A high-class restaurant and furniture gallery concept could come to an empty corner of downtown Los Gatos.

The Planning Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to recommend granting a conditional use permit to RH, a luxury home goods company with plans to open a restaurant and gallery at 31 University Ave. The Corte Madera-based company — known for its luxury furniture and interior design work that it pairs with fine dining — would fill the vacant 15,957-square-foot space that previously housed Steamer’s The Grillhouse and Gap in Old Town.

Commissioners also voted 4-1 to allow RH’s proposed changes to the existing building facade. The changes would modify the facade, which looks like three buildings, to one continuous building. Commissioner Susan Burnett voted no because she said she want

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