Read on for the inside word on why restaurants turn the lights down low—and whether dim-dining is here to stay.

created Restaurant V, where menu, décor, and ambiance will be continually updated. Calleja relied on the Lutron team to design a lighting control solution that not only works for this space but ...

An intimate atmosphere is also created in the restaurant interiors thanks ... use of factors and intentions that an appropriate design of the lighting for the building could be developed.

There’s a certain combination of factors — good lighting, a chic crowd ... it’s the result of dozens of deliberate design choices that restaurant owners are making in order to create ...

The restaurant’s decor, complete with dim mood lighting, has remained nearly untouched since it first opened. In the ’80s, Italian restaurants slowly moved away from the homespun aesthetic ...