Located only minutes from Philadelphia's University City, the historic Rittenhouse Square and also the 30th Street Station, the Walnut Street Café is really a versatile eatery ideal for residents and guests from the FMC Tower, commuters, businessmen and women, in addition to college students. The variety of options in the restaurant allows guests to find the type of dining experience they're going to have. Whether you are in jeans along with a T-shirt or wearing a suit and tie, each one is welcomed at the Walnut Street Café.
Late for any meeting or just require a quick bite to eat? Visit the pastry counter, and grab an espresso having a spelt and raspberry jam scone. Possess some time to spare, or wish to work on that ten-page term paper? Sit by the windows or perhaps in the dining room, watch the passersby, read a newspaper or your Kindle in the café and revel in a sit-down breakfast. The open-kitchen layout enables an easy-going and casual atmosphere perfect for the morning. Guests from the versatile eatery may also visit on the weekend for a decadent brunch. Every Sunday, the café has live jazz music for brunch-goers to listen to as they sip on mimosas.
Guests can enjoy the American-style menu, created by the renowned Chef Daniel Eddy, inside or outside in the backyard. Lunch includes not only a raw bar but also a 30-minute dining option for those people who are tight on time. Guests and residents of FMC, the first vertical neighborhood, that do not wish to leave their homes using their exquisite high-rise view of the city, can opt for an in-room dining option. Regardless if you are eating in or picking up, the menu was created to focus on each guest's particular tastes and likings.
The Walnut Street Café morphs from a pastry counter by day to a fully stocked bar by night with a wine menu hand-picked by wine connoisseur Patrick Cappiello. Professors from the nearby universities, young professionals, locals and travelers alike can sip on refreshing beverages in the happy hour menu, including some delicious classic bar appetizer snacks, such as a Pretzel with Beer Cheese, or Korean BBQ Wings. The Walnut Street Café provides guests preferring a quieter or more intimate setting seating upstairs within the mezzanine, which overlooks the café. The open space of the eatery makes it an excellent venue for private dining and/or business meetings, parties, as well as banquets.
Patrick Cappiello, Daniel Eddy and Branden McRill, the owners from the Philly eatery, are all about pleasing their guests and letting them pick the kind of dining experience they would like to have at the café. A guest comes in the morning for any quick coffee after which return in the evening with some friends for happy hour and a sit-down dinner. The variety from the menu and its outstanding location make the Walnut Street Café the perfect spot to enjoy the next meal, whatever time of day or night.
