The Commodore Bar & Restaurant
A Jazz Age bar and restaurant in Saint Paul's Cathedral Hill, reimagining its historic ballroom as a best-in-class live music venue.
The Commodore has been part of Saint Paul’s story since 1920. Its basement speakeasy hosted F. Scott Fitzgerald during Prohibition, and the art deco bar it unveiled in 1934 was modeled on the bars of the great transatlantic ocean liners. Today it is the Twin Cities’ last romantic venue from the Jazz Age, and the website leans into every bit of that glamour.
We have worked with The Commodore since 2018, and our 2025 redesign sets the mood before a guest ever walks through the door. Art deco details and rich photography show off the room itself, the history reads like a story rather than a footnote, and booking a table, browsing the menus, or planning a private event is always one tap away.
The next chapter is music. The Commodore is reimagining its ballroom as a best-in-class, high-fidelity listening room, with warm lighting, carefully designed acoustics, and a calendar of regional and touring artists. We gave that vision a home on the site, from the homepage to a page where regulars and music lovers can see the plans and join as founding supporters, so jazz and live music return to a room built in the Jazz Age.
Branding
Gold
HEX #B88B45
R:184 G:139 B:69
Black
HEX #020202
R:2 G:2 B:2
Light Gold
HEX #DBC6A8
R:219 G:198 B:168
Dark Gray
HEX #222222
R:34 G:34 B:34
Cream
HEX #F8F5ED
R:248 G:245 B:237
White
HEX #FFFFFF
R:255 G:255 B:255
Headings & Navigation
Poiret One
A thin, geometric art deco face that sets the Jazz Age tone. It carries every headline, the navigation, the eyebrows, and the buttons.
Subheadings & Menu Items
Cormorant Infant
A refined serif for subheadings, menu item names, and chips. It adds the warmth of a printed menu beneath the deco headlines.
Body
Raleway
A clean, open sans for body copy, hours, and event details, so the practical information stays easy to read on the dark pages.
The website
Jazz Age glamour, on every screen
From the first look at the bar to the plans for the ballroom, every page invites guests in before they walk through the door.
The homepageReservations and menus up front, beneath a photo of the bar. 
The music venue visionThe plans for the ballroom, and a way to join as a founding supporter. 
The historyFrom the 1920 hotel to the 1934 art deco bar, told as a story. 
Private eventsEvent spaces that sell the room before the first phone call.
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