Walnut Street Café is a new all day eatery conceptualized by New York City-based Parts and Labor Design, and is BDP Hospitality’s (of Pearl & Ash, Rebelle) first project outside of Manhattan. Chef Daniel Eddy offers an American menu, sommelier Patrick Cappiello has curated a terroir-driven wine list, and an inspired pastry program comes from acclaimed pastry chef Melissa Weller (of Roberta’s, Per Se). The restaurant is divided into two spaces - the café / bar and the main dining room - each with sculptural architecture, custom lighting, and a light color palette to create a minimalist feel. Boasting 21-foot ceilings, the café features creamy white concrete tile floors and a bar faced in silver travertine stone with a bleached walnut top. A towering back bar is set in front of floor-to-ceiling windows and draws the eye upward. The combination of materials and colors, from wood surfaces to pale walls to polished floor tiles, creates a casual elegance that allows the daytime café to seamlessly transition into a cocktail bar at night. A carved threshold, lit by custom brass light fixtures, signifies the move from the café to main dining room. Lower ceiling heights and decorative privacy partitions give the space a more intimate feel than that of the café. An open kitchen is crowned by a pastel blue soffit and decorated with faceted brass sconces; blue leather bar stools compliment a purple quartzite dining counter.