Eight Row

Eight Row was homegrown by DFG. It is a personal concept born in celebration of the American orchard and the flavors of Central Washington’s farming communities.

Chef David and his brother Ian grew up in Washington orchard country. The term eight row refers to the largest cherry size on a standard gauge; as kids the brothers spent hours every harvest scouring their orchard for one. Their cooking folds the family’s culinary traditions into those of the more recent immigrants who work alongside them every day — a farm-inspired, pan-American cuisine that reflects the diverse, tight-knit community of their orchard.

The restaurant features produce from the Nichols orchards — Sleepy Hollow on the Wenatchee River, Eagle Rapids on the Columbia — and from neighboring family farms, with pickling and fermentation carrying the harvest through the year. The narrative of family and home runs through the food, the room, and the welcome.

The design had much to hold — romance, grit, nostalgia above all. Concrete floors recall the packing house. The wordmark is a stencil, the way bins and boxes of fruit are marked. We drew the identity as a universe of figures, printed by hand — cherries, leaves, hills — the orchard, scattered through the room.