Best Recent Renovation

Factory People

With its recharged decor and Web site, FactoryPeople keeps its cutting edge razor sharp. While their Industrial Age-toned nom de commerce may evoke creepy visions of Pink Floyd's The Wall, the recent remodeling recalls a certain Cold War wall on the night of its celebrated destruction. The explosive blocks of murals (including works by Peat Duggins, Rachel Koper, and Baseera Khan) oddly evoke happy people rocking out atop brightly spray-painted slabs of concrete as the Berlin monolith came a-tumblin' down.

FactoryPeople
1325 S. Congress, 512/440-8625
www.factorypeople.com