This New Café in Brooklyn Is a Stylish Ode to Georgian Food and Design

When curating the objects to showcase in Jamieri, Chichinadze wanted to go beyond the canvas. “There’s something about mixed media and 3-D wall sculptures that really does it for me,” she says. Featured designers include Idaaf Architects, led by Nana Zaalishvili, who is responsible for those earthy candleholders mentioned earlier. There’s Crater Ceramics, founded by two friends in Tbilisi who create surreal minimalist pieces out of clay (like this clever ear coffee cup). There are photographs by Guram Tsibakhashvili, embroidered Georgian linens by Pito Seturi, an aluminum furniture collection by Studio Gypsandconcrete, including this striking side table, and jacquard-woven tapestries by Levan Mindiashvili that illustrate handwritten texts and Georgian calligraphy. Each creative with their own distinct discipline, but all together in a room presenting as one cohesive tableau of Georgian excellence.

A small selection of vintage and antique pieces also intermingles with the contemporary collection, including hand-painted clay vessels and a Robert Sonneman mid-century chrome wall lamp. “I source from all over,” she says. “Estate sales, Facebook marketplace, auction sites. I also go upstate often.

Photo: Cason Lukens

Photo: Cason Lukens

In its current manifestation, Jamieri is a multi-disciplinary space that operates as a showroom, café, and experiential platform for events and pop-ups—some that take place onsite, and others at partners’ locations, like Jamieri’s recent collaboration with Colbo in the Lower East Side. “I believe we’re entering a whole different era of how we handle art, how we handle design, how we handle food,” she says. “Everything can be exhibited as an art form.”

Photo: Pascal Perich