PHOTOS: Massage Envy Grand Opening

Photos were posted to our Pics & Clips Gallery from the opening of the new massage establishment on Silver Spring Drive. See those and other photos posted by community members.

New Restaurant Will Fill Former El Guapo's Space

A local restauranteur has stepped up to open The Bay, a community-based restaurant and bar on Silver Spring Drive.

After years of hearing his neighbors begging for a restaurant on Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish Bay resident and restauranteur Paul Berlin decided to step up to the plate. Berlin is one of two experienced restauranteurs behind The Bay, a full-service restaurant and bar that expects to fill the former El Guapo's space by March or April. With a slogan of "By the Bay for the Bay," Berlin said the restaurant "will be connected to the community through schools, groups, local businesses and ownership."  Berlin said he decided to start the restaurant because he and his neighbors were tired of not seeing a restaurant in Whitefish Bay. "Being Bay residents, I want to be able to walk up Silver Spring and do all the things we want to do, but one of …

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Dispatches: The Changing American Dream

After Home Away from Home is Extinguished, Two British Friends Open Three Lions

Following fire at British-style tavern, the former pub's two managers and longtime friends realized their local slice of home in Three Lions Pub.

The English pub is homogeneous to a community hub, providing a venue for locals to come and expound on culture, David Price says. It's much more than just a place to grab a "pint and a bite." “It's a place to go watch soccer, a cozy little pub like back home, where you can come on your own and read a book or come with 20 people and have a party,” Price said. Price and longtime friend Christopher Tinker both grew up in small towns situated between Manchester and Liverpool in the United Kingdom, where they came to digest the paramountcy of the local pub to the English communities they serve. They made the journey to Milwaukee in early 2003, on scholarships to play soccer and study at Cardinal Stritch University, in a group of five. It was in…

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New Furniture Store Moving into Peabody's Space

Honquest Furniture for Living hopes to open its doors in January.

More than a year after Peabody's Interiors moved from Whitefish Bay to Brown Deer, a new home furnishing company has set its sights on the space with the hope of moving in by January. Honquest Furniture for Living will sell furniture, rugs, mattress sets and other home accessories. The company, which is more than 50 years old, has a store in Barrington, IL, and an outlet store in Deerfield, IL. Lori Stengren, the company's vice president of sales, said she became familiar with Whitefish Bay because her friends moved here about 15 years ago. She said she became familiar with the owners of Peabody's and wanted to move in to their old space, which she said will meet their needs perfectly. "We were looking for another location, and we felt …

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Interior Design Group Plans to Open on Silver Spring

Susan Fredman at Home will join forces with James Hoffman Homes in Berkeley Building storefront.

Chicago-based Susan Fredman Design Group plans to open an interior design business called Susan Fredman at Home within James Hoffman Homes, a design and building company on Silver Spring Drive. The Whitefish Bay Plan Commission on Monday night unanimously approved the business' application for a conditional-use permit to operate out of the James H. Hoffman Homes storefront at 401 E. Silver Spring Dr. An interior designer of 35 years, Susan Fredman opened her first store, Susan Fredman at Home with Nature, in Union Pier, Mich., in 2002, according to the company's website. In 2008, she opened another store, Susan Fredman at Home in the City, in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. The Whitefish Bay store will offer lighting, some …

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CowDung

2:42 pm on Thursday, August 18, 2011

I am firmly opposed to this development... ...unless they sell donuts, of course. ;-)   more ›