Located in Jersey City's Arts District, the café features interior architecture by Inaba Williams and custom fabrication by Kyle May, Architect. From majestic, playful columns to colorful resin furnishings, the café welcomes guests with carefully curated features of all scales.
Monumental forms, blocks of color, bold shapes, and touches of warmth fill the daylit interior. The largest features are the four 22-foot columns that frame the double-height space. Their undulating profiles accentuate the café’s tall, lofty proportions. Other large custom pieces include an 11-foot-diameter, peach-colored table sitting at the center of the space, while a continuous 18-foot-long sky blue counter lies behind it. Beyond the counter are the kitchen’s deep red millwork, stainless-steel worktops, and oiled wood display shelves.
Visitors experience more one-of-a-kind elements up close, each varying in light quality, texture, and saturation of color. Massive blue display shelves appear weightless. Their translucent finish and prismatic undersides reveal the glowy silhouettes of objects displayed above. Next to them is the ‘Cold Niche’ – a bent wood, 9-foot tall curved panel that showcases refrigerated drinks. Its curved surface reflects daylight from the 23-foot tall, floor-to-ceiling windows, while its opening frames the bright artificial light behind. Resting on the counter is the gem of the project: a luminous red pastry case. Made of thick walls, its deep translucent appearance gives it, too, a weightless quality. It's elevated glass shelves look as if they float above supports.
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