Tempe’s best rooms have a centerpiece you can’t buy — a feature wall, a sculptural ceiling, an installation that turns a bar into a destination. Lion Craft’s artistic features division designs and fabricates those one-off pieces in our Phoenix shop, blending millwork, metal, resin, light, and salvaged materials into commercial-grade art. Around Tempe, our custom fabrication shapes the artist-driven interior of Taco Chelo, the shadowy drama of Anoche Cantina, the maximalist cocktail-room details at Idle Hands, and the unapologetically bold environments of Drop Dead Gorgeous and Filthy Animal. Each piece arrives engineered: stamped mounting details where required, fire-rated finishes, and installation by the same crew that built it.
The Build Custom Furniture & Millwork for Taco Chelo, Tempe Taco Chelo brings vibrant, market-driven Mexican cooking to Tempe — a colorful neighborhood taqueria with a strong cocktail and mezcal program. Lion Craft fabricated and installed the custom booths, tables, and bar millwork that shape the room: bright, durable furnishings built to turn tables from lunch through late night. It is one of the Mexican restaurants …
Anoche Cantina
The Build Custom Furniture & Millwork for Anoche Cantina, Tempe Anoche Cantina turned a Mill Avenue address in Tempe into one of the city's most photographed agave-and-cocktail rooms, and Lion Craft built the furniture that anchors it. Our Phoenix shop fabricated and installed the custom booths, banquettes, dining tables, and the full bar die — durable, brand-true pieces engineered for a late-night cantina that stays packed. Every joint was cut, finished, and installed in-hou…
Idle Hands
The Build Custom Furniture & Millwork for Idle Hands, Austin Idle Hands pours craft cocktails from a moody, hidden-bar setting on Austin's Rainey Street, and Lion Craft built the fixtures that give it character. Our Phoenix shop fabricated and installed custom banquettes, the layered bar die, and lounge tables — richly detailed, hard-wearing pieces engineered for a busy speakeasy-style cocktail room. Every element was designed, built, and installed in-house by one team &mdash…
Drop Dead Gorgeous
The Build Custom Furniture & Millwork for Drop Dead Gorgeous, Tempe Drop Dead Gorgeous is a glam, design-heavy cocktail lounge tucked into the Mill Avenue scene in Tempe, and Lion Craft built the furniture that makes it pop. Our Phoenix shop fabricated and installed plush custom banquettes, lounge tables, and the sculpted bar millwork engineered for a photogenic, high-turn cocktail room. Every element was designed, built, and installed in-house by one team — the same single-s…
Filthy Animal
The Build Custom Furniture & Millwork for Filthy Animal, Tempe Filthy Animal is a bold steak-and-cocktails concept on Mill Avenue in Tempe, and Lion Craft built the room that frames it. Our Phoenix shop fabricated and installed custom booths, banquettes, dining tables, and bar millwork — rich, durable furnishings engineered for a high-energy steakhouse that runs dinner and late-night side by side. Every piece was designed, built, and installed in-house by one team — the…
NOVO
The Build Custom Furniture & Millwork for NOVO, Tempe NOVO is a modern American eatery and gathering spot on South Terrace Road near the Tempe waterfront, and Lion Craft built the furniture that fills it. Our Phoenix shop fabricated and installed custom booths, banquettes, dining tables, and bar millwork — clean, contemporary, hard-wearing pieces engineered for an all-day restaurant and bar. Every element was designed, built, and installed in-house by one team — the sam…
Taco Chelo was conceived with artists at the table, and its Tempe room shows it — custom feature elements Lion Craft fabricated to carry the concept’s gallery-taqueria identity.
Anoche’s after-dark cantina mood is built, not decorated — sculptural and textural features Lion Craft crafted to make the room feel discovered rather than designed.
Idle Hands packs personality into every surface — Lion Craft fabricated the custom installations and detail work that reward a second and third look from the barstool.
