Cong Bar Stool

■ Vintage mid-century industrial silhouette 

■ True bar-height

■ Powder-coated blackened steel frame

■ Reinforced footrest with cross stretchers 

■ Padded seat and back

■ Commercial-grade construction

■ Non-marring floor glides

■ Easy-clean wipe-down upholstery

■ Matching side chair available 

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A Bar-Height Stool with Mid-Century Character

The Cong Bar Stool brings warm vintage character to bars, lounges, and high-top dining areas. The channel-stitched seat and back — borrowed from mid-century automotive upholstery and classic American diner design — gives the stool a tailored, hand-finished feel that reads richer and more considered than typical metal-frame bar seating. Set against the slim, tapered blackened steel legs and reinforced footrest, the cognac upholstery pops beautifully against dark wood bar tops, exposed brick, blackened steel railings, and warm overhead lighting. For designers working on cocktail lounges, whiskey bars, gastropubs, brewpubs, mid-century concepts, and hotel lobby bars, the Cong delivers an immediate sense of place — the kind of bar stool guests instinctively want to settle into.

True Bar Height, Built for Long Evenings

The Cong Bar Stool is built at true bar height — 30″ seat — sized for standard 42″ bar tops and high-top tables. If you're seating guests at standard counter-height surfaces (36″ counters), the side chair-height variant is the right specification instead. The integrated footrest, reinforced with cross stretchers between the legs, gives guests a comfortable place to rest their feet through long evenings — a small detail that makes a meaningful difference to how long guests linger (and how many rounds they order). Padded seat and back use commercial-grade construction designed for years of daily bar use.

Built for Daily Bar and Lounge Service

The Cong combines clean European styling with the kind of sturdy steel-frame construction North American operators expect from commercial bar seating. The powder-coated steel frame resists scuffs, scratches, spilled cocktails, and the daily abuse of high-traffic bar service. Non-marring floor glides protect hardwood, tile, and polished concrete flooring through years of stool-pulling and bar-front turnover. The wipe-clean upholstery surface makes daily maintenance simple — important to operators running busy weekend service, while the polished aesthetic gives designers and contractors confidence the bar will photograph and perform as intended.

Coordinated Bar and Dining Program

The Cong Bar Stool is part of a two-piece family — the matching Cong Side Chair offers the same channel-stitched seat, back, and blackened steel frame at standard dining height. For venues with both a bar and a dining room, specifying the two pieces together creates a unified design language across the whole space — one of the easiest ways to make a multi-zone venue feel intentionally designed rather than assembled from a catalogue.

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