The Studio
Behind every great restaurant website is a team that loves food.
Why we exist.
Talk of the Town Studio was built around a single observation: most restaurants have incredible food, warm hospitality, and a genuine story to tell, and almost none of it shows up online.
We started in Bellevue, WA with a handful of local clients and a belief that the gap between a restaurant's in-person experience and its digital presence didn't have to exist.
Restaurants move fast, run lean, and don't have time to learn social algorithms or debug a WordPress plugin at midnight. They need a team that already knows how the industry works, and can make the digital side disappear as a problem.
That's us.
Our Philosophy
“Most restaurants have amazing food and a terrible digital presence. We fix the second part.”
We're portfolio-driven and results-oriented. We build for how restaurants actually work: seasonality, staff turnover, last- minute specials, a busy owner who has no time. Everything we make is designed to be as easy to run as it is impressive to look at.
The Team
Restaurant owners hire people, not companies.
Alex Rivera
Founder & Creative Director
Former restaurant manager turned designer. Spent years on the floor before realizing great hospitality deserves great design. Obsessed with typography, food photography, and finding the perfect ramen.
Jordan Kim
Web Developer
Builds fast, beautiful websites that actually rank. Has a thing for scroll mechanics and performance optimization. Currently on a mission to try every pho spot in the Pacific Northwest.
Mia Torres
Social Media & Content Strategist
Turns restaurant stories into scroll-stopping content. Fluent in Instagram algorithms, capable of writing a caption that makes you order delivery at 11pm. Big fan of anything with a good spice level.
Bellevue, WA
Our favorite local spots.
Dirty Dan Harris
Best steak in Bellevue, full stop.
Boundary Bay Brewery
Our unofficial office for Friday afternoon strategy sessions.
La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza
The Neapolitan pizza Bellevue didn't know it deserved.
Jensens
The smash burger reference point everything else gets compared to.
Let's make your restaurant the talk of the town.
We take on a small number of clients at a time so every project gets our full attention.
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