Mexican design studio LOA Leon Orraca Arquitectos has designed a local restaurant called La Tequila. The restaurant is located in the shopping and financial district of Guadalajara, Mexico. The project was designed to reactivate the character of original textures and components by taking them and applying them in novel ways to create a new but familiar language. This is similar to restaurant dishes, taking traditional Mexican recipes and translating them into a modern setting.

The origin of the source was the main concern, with locally produced materials and handcrafts that would reaffirm what the concept stands for.The program is fairly straightforward. Back-of-house areas, including kitchen, product reception, staff bathrooms, and offices, are distributed across two levels and take up roughly 40% of the total volume. 

Meanwhile, the front of the house, which occupies the remaining 60% of the restaurant, is divided into 3 distinct areas: an interior hall, ideal for family gatherings, that faces the open section of the kitchen and is in close proximity to bathrooms and kids' club; a large semi-outdoor area for different seating configurations directly in front of the bar, that offers great views of the neighboring commercial district; and an adjoining terrace that can be enclosed by a series of textile curtains to serve as private dining areas.