# Redesign Summary: Princess Maria Diner

## Design Direction
Warm editorial upscale-diner aesthetic. Borrowed hospitality mood, premium spacing, and image-led composition from Haven Annecy. Kept the diner's family-owned personality while elevating the visual language to feel destination-worthy.

## Section Structure
1. **Top Bar** — Contact info, hours, social links in a slim dark band
2. **Sticky Header** — Logo + nav, clean and minimal
3. **Cinematic Hero** — Full-viewport background image with dark gradient overlay, tagline, headline, and prominent breakfast menu CTA
4. **About / Our Story** — Editorial two-column layout with the 30-year history and a signature dining room photograph
5. **Gallery** — Full-width masonry-style grid (hero image spanning 2x2) showing food, coffee bar, team, and interior
6. **Menu Highlights** — Tabbed interface (Dinner / Breakfast) with curated items, prices, and descriptions. CTA to full menu
7. **Testimonial** — Dark atmospheric pull-quote for pacing and social proof
8. **Contact / Visit** — Address, phone, hours, social, Google Maps embed, and directions link
9. **Footer** — Logo, quick links, copyright

## Key Improvements Over Source
- Removed Bootstrap carousels, flat section stacking, and generic template styling
- Added clear visual hierarchy and editorial rhythm with alternating light/dark sections
- Replaced weak icon-heavy CTAs with bold, high-contrast buttons
- Introduced scroll-triggered fade-in animations for polish
- Tabbed menu preview instead of a long undifferentiated menu dump
- Added testimonial section for trust and social proof
- Responsive with deliberate mobile layout (not just stacked columns)

## Typography
- **Headings:** Playfair Display (editorial, premium serif)
- **Body:** Inter (clean, legible sans-serif)

## Color Palette
| Role | Color |
|------|-------|
| Background | `#faf6f0` (warm cream) |
| Dark background | `#1a1513` (deep espresso) |
| Accent / gold | `#c8a46c` |
| Body text | `#2c2420` / `#5a4a40` |
| Light text on dark | `#d4c9c0` |

## Imagery
All images sourced from the existing Princess Maria Diner site (gallery and hero). The hero background image is used with a dark overlay to create a cinematic effect. Gallery images are presented in a tight editorial grid with hover zoom.

## External Assets
- Google Fonts (Playfair Display + Inter)
- Google Maps embed iframe (approximate location pin)