PROJECT TITLE: Gordo

CATEGORY: interior design and branding

LOCATION: Kifisias Ave 238-240, Athens, Greece

AREA: 102 m² 

PROJECT STATUS: completed, June 2025

LEAD DESIGNER: Miltos Kontogiannis

PROJECT MANAGER: Miltos Kontogiannis

DESIGN TEAM: Serafeim Pappas, Anthi Papaevagelou, Marion Galani

PHOTOGRAPHY: Dimitris Mougos

GORDO, a burger-house boldly parked in Kifisia, runs on the motto “Bold Bites, Full Tank.” It’s familiar and fun, a pit-stop for the senses, designed to feel cold yet innocent; industrial yet inviting; structured yet playful.

Entering GORDO is like pulling into a gas station that moonlights as a diner of deliciousness. Metallic panels cascade across the walls cool, reflective, unapologetically raw, while the floor lies in industrial grey, durable and honest underfoot.

Branding bursts in red, pink, and orange: the hues of thirst and joy, like 1970s signs tinged with candy floss warmth. Red chairs are scattered like fire engine flashes amid inox tables, sleek and stainless, they anchor the space with understated strength.

A huge dinosaur light-box looms overhead, its friendly, hand-drawn red contours giving a surreal wink to the era of roadside kitsch. It’s not a roar but an invitation, a mascot whose grin says “here, you’re free to feast.

Gas-station signage hangs above tables and counters. GORDO is about a full tank, in every sense.  When you sit, when the lamp light hums off inox and metal and the dinosaur’s glow softens the air, you don’t just eat.

You pause in something easy, playful, and unexpectedly tender. GORDO is bold, but it’s not brash. It’s full, but it’s not heavy. It’s a place you fill up on burgers, on whimsy, and on the memory of a place that feels like coming home, only more fun.