Quartz Bar Countertops and Tilework at Oak and Bean
Built for the Pace of a Coffee and Wine Bar
Oak and Bean is a coffee bar and wine bar, a place where the finishes have to work as hard as the people behind them. The project called for extensive countertop fabrication throughout the business, with surfaces that could take daily use and still look clean and consistent over time. In a room where the counters are the workspace, the material choice is not a cosmetic decision. It is an operational one.
Why Quartz Suits a Hospitality Setting
Quartz was a natural fit for this application. Because it is non-porous, it holds up in a hospitality setting where counters see constant use from open to close, spills, wiping down, and heavy traffic all day. That non-porous surface is practical and easy to maintain without asking the design to give up any detail. For a business that runs coffee service in the morning and wine service at night, a surface that stays low-maintenance through both is doing real work.
Waterfall Edges With a Tailored Finish
Several of the countertops feature waterfall edges, where the quartz continues down the sides of the cabinetry or bar structure rather than stopping at the counter’s edge. Each of those outside corners was mitered, which lets the material turn the corner with a crisp, continuous appearance instead of a blunt seam.
Why a Mitered Waterfall Edge Matters in a Commercial Bar
This fabrication detail earns its keep in a commercial bar. A mitered waterfall edge gives the counter a built-in, intentional feel and protects the visual flow of the surface as it wraps down to the floor. It takes careful fabrication and precise installation to align those edges cleanly, and doing it consistently across multiple countertop areas is where the craftsmanship shows. A single waterfall edge is a detail; several of them matched across a working bar is a fabrication standard.
Why It Works
Oak and Bean needed surfaces that would stay fresh through constant use. The non-porous quartz countertops deliver durability and straightforward maintenance, while the mitered waterfall edges bring a level of precision that gives the bar areas their character. The rear bar tile completes the working spaces with a clean, cohesive backdrop. Nothing here is decoration for its own sake; each choice answers how the space gets used.
Countertops and Rear Bar Tilework
Beyond the quartz countertop work, Mart Design Co. also installed rear bar tile throughout the space. The rear bar is an active part of any coffee and wine bar, and the tilework creates a finished backdrop behind the service area while complementing the counter surfaces in front of it. Layering the two, durable stone up front and tile behind, gives the room a considered material palette rather than a single showpiece surrounded by plain finishes. The details land where they will actually be noticed.
Technical Details
- Countertops: non-porous quartz, fabricated and installed throughout the coffee and wine bar
- Edge detail: multiple waterfall edges with mitered outside corners for a continuous, seamless wrap
- Tilework: rear bar tile installed throughout the space, behind the service area
- Scope: extensive countertop fabrication across multiple bar areas, plus rear bar tile installation
- In-house work: natural stone / quartz fabrication and installation by Mart Design Co.
- Property type: commercial coffee bar and wine bar
Project Highlights
- Quartz countertops installed throughout the coffee and wine bar
- Multiple custom-fabricated waterfall edges
- Precision-mitered outside corners
- Non-porous countertop material suited to frequent commercial use
- Rear bar tilework installed throughout the space
- Durable surfaces designed to retain a fresh appearance over time
- Extensive countertop fabrication across multiple bar areas
The finished space
From coffee in the morning to wine later in the day, Oak and Bean's counters are built for the rhythm of the business. The project combines resilient quartz, detailed mitered fabrication, and rear bar tilework into commercial surfaces that are practical, polished, and made to hold up over time.
