Before the chef partnerships and the James Beard Award, Rob Katz ran Chicago music venues. BOKA grew from the same instinct: find the talent, build the room, and give people a reason to come back.

The founder of Punch Bowl Social built a business around giving people reasons to stay. From bowling lanes to boutique hotels and a proposed soccer arena, he keeps working on the room where an evening happens.
A fictional heir in Santa Monica. Working artists in Scottsdale. A quieter kind of luxury in Sedona. EDG connects hospitality branding to the rooms, restaurants and small decisions that guests actually experience.