When Brendan Koon was tapped to oversee the design of Sacramento restaurant Camden Spit & Larder, he sought to embed the soul of its chef and proprietor Oliver Ridgeway into the eatery. It was during an interview with Ridgeway that Koon, who serves as a principal with VITAE Architecture, latched onto a specific piece of Ridgeway’s past: that his father was once a tailor.

And so, a dining room-haberdashery hybrid was born. Occupying the first floor of a notable Sacramento office building originally designed by Harry Devine, the restaurant leans into the midcentury style of its shell. Here, a floor-to-ceiling glass storefront is a natural extension of the façade, which further illustrates the dichotomy between past and present.

Interiors are further layered with accessible textures and patterns, expressing an intellectual yet cheeky attitude. “All patterns are taken directly from men’s and women’s suiting: houndstooth, plaid, pinstripe, wingtip, herringbone,” Koon says. “Clashing patterns are part of the overall aesthetic, which is very similar to how modern fashion approaches suiting today—it’s not afraid to mix patterns, one on top of the other.

Ceiling acoustical panels convey a pressed tin appearance above the dining room and bar area, which is conceived like a show kitchen and stands out with a dramatic visual effect on its face that comprises horn buttons cast into resin panels in a button-front pattern. Balancing whimsical art pieces like animals dressed in well-tailored outfits, the dining room is populated by custom seating that ranges from meticulously handcrafted banquettes to oversized wingback chairs.

The London Underground train informed the color palette, while fixtures like custom dual chandeliers and reading lamps line banquettes, complementing the restaurant’s inviting, residential style. Koon describes the brasserie as “a beautiful, rich space” that required “both historical and modern elements that can be construed as both brooding and serious.”