I never ate at Walnut Grill but according to my friends the facelift the space received for Up Modern Kitchen was a good move. I arrived to meet my friends for lunch. We ordered the corn bread and coincidentally enough we all ordered the duck tacos. I expected the corn bread to be just piles of cut corn bread on a plate but the appetizer was plated well and was utensil necessary. The duck tacos as well had some nice plating skills applied and were devoured well by all of us. The waitress while nice was a little spacey and was not able to be found at the end of our meal but the host made up for her shortcomings and made the experience end well. I teetered between a 3 and 4 star but will have to come back to validate the additional star. Up Modern Kitchen's lunch menu is just a wee bit more than I'd like to pay for lunch and also I do but I don't get them staring every protein on their menu with the warning of consuming raw meat