Former Hubbard Inn owner Alonso to merge art and food in new Fulton Market restaurant

Daniel Alonso, a partner in Wicker Park'sBlack Bull and formerly in Hubbard Inn, is merging art and food in the West Loop with Fulton Market Kitchen, scheduled to open in March. The restaurant, in the former Victor Hotel space at 311 N. Sangamon St., is the brainchild of Mr. Alonso and designer/partner Alex Morales.

The pair took over the 6,000-square-foot space and gutted it to the studs to create a restaurant inspired by the thriving community in Miami's Wynwood Arts District, Mr. Alonso says.

We got a tour this week. Fulton Market Kitchen will comprise a main dining room, lounge and two private dining rooms with total seating for 175 — each room with its own look.

The use of street art, graffiti and iconic pop art, which hits you as soon as you walk through the heavy steel meatpacking doo