As an avid cook, I would say that a one handle faucet will work best. There are some traditional faucets that do not have cross handles that might fit your kitchen as well. I know you indicated that your home is more traditional. However, do you have a pic of what your kitchen will look like in order to see the faucet and cabs together?.

Thank you! I've seen some of the traditional pull-downs (like this and the one below), and just don't like the look of them. Here's an inspiration photo for the kitchen -- very simple: white, subway title, shaker cabinetry.

Another poster recently purchased a hybrid for her gorgeous historic kitchen.

Do you really, REALLY love the look of bridge faucets? Like, so much that you'd sacrifice function for that look? If yes, get the bridge. Personally I like the look of bridge faucets, but the function of a single-handle pulldown sprayer far outweighs the aesthetics of a bridge. If I had a two-handled faucet, I'd be annoyed by the functionality (or lack thereof) far more often than I'd think "wow it's beautiful". But that's personal preference.

I was 90% sure that I wanted a bridge faucet during most of my planning stage...then I imagined all of my kids messing with it, having to use both hands, husband complaining etc and ended up buying that Brizo Litze that you show in your picture. I love that faucet.

For the convenience of a single hole faucet with a more traditional look, check out the Kohler Artifacts line. Artifacts Pulldown faucet. We’ve had ours for nearly six years. Terrific functionality, lifetime warranty. They even have a touchless model.

K R, same, especially now that I have a big single-bowl sink. I use the pull-down to spray it out several times a day.

We have the Delta Trinsic pull down with the "touch" feature. The functionality is great. It's is a little more modern looking, so if you want more traditional, just get a 1-hole pull down that has more traditional styling. We have a hard working 6-kid scratch cooking kitchen, so I really appreciate the touch feature when my hands are dirty with chicken germs or other grimy things bc I can turn the faucet on with my forearm or even my nose.

And just because I'm a fanatic, don't forget to get the Never MT for your soap pumper. It'll be months or years before it goes "MT."

I am not a fan of a bridge faucet for the reasons mentioned here. Also dislike a side sprayer. It’s not as good water pressure and I don’t like that you have to keep gripping the side spray handle for it to keep spraying.

I am with @darbuka about the Kohler Artifacts kitchen faucet. Besides being quite a looker, I really like the good ergonomics feel of the sprayer. You can set the spray on, and walk away for a few seconds while it sprays your colander of fruit or vegetables. And I like that it has 3 spray modes - regular, berry (a soft spray), and a sweep spray that is in a fan shape so that you can spray a dinner plate with one motion.

I did neither. I have a faucet with the one lever to turn on the water, plus a side sprayer. I get good water pressure with the side sprayer and the water temp is whatever the temperature I have the faucet set at. It could just be my bad luck with the pull down faucets I had in the past but there always seemed to be an issue with them. The one at my last house never did go back in place correctly. (This was a rental so it most likely was a cheap quality faucet.) When we replaced the faucet in our current home, I just couldn’t think of a reason to get the pull down sprayer over the side sprayer so I went with the side sprayer.

I love the look of bridge faucet, but never considered one.I love having a pulldown faucet. There are several more traditional looking ones besides the Artifacts (which is stunning).

Here are 2 for starters:

Delta Cassidy

Moen Brantford

Here are some options that would give you the best of both worlds—the traditional styling you prefer with the modern features that you need:

Rohl Country Acqui Single Hole Column Spout Kitchen Faucet with Sidespray and Porcelain Levers, Polished Nickel

Rohl Country Cinquanta Single Hole Column Spout Kitchen Faucet with Sidespray and Metal Lever, Polished Nickel

Newport Brass “Nadya” 941

And a few more that don’t have links but if you like one, I’ll find the link! I’m just too tired to go back and forth copying and pasting for all of them right now.😑

One-handle pull-down, no contest.

I used to really like two handled faucets. Old fashioned. I'm not crazy about the look of one handle, but, I put 2 handles in the bathroom and used a single lever at the kitchen sink and I would never go with 2 handles again. Next bathroom update will get a one handle faucet. We have a lever that you can turn on with your elbow and shut off the same way, so you don't even have to touch the handle.

Never in a million years would I choose two handled faucet for a kitchen. I would also never pick a one-handled faucet that is on top of the fixture like the Newport example above. I prefer the one handle to be to the side of or in front of the fixture. I actually turned mine to the front so that messy hands are over the sink to turn on/off faucet rather than to the side.

Here you go, @mags_and, as requested:

Kohler “Artifacts” 2-hole kitchen sink faucet with 14-11/16” swing spout and matching side spray

Danze “Opulence” kitchen faucet with metal side spray