Wednesday, May 15, 2013
If you are looking for a new place to enjoy a glass of wine and some tapas, Whitefish Bay will have a new place to explore this summer called Vinamo.
Vinamo, a new wine and tapas restaurant, is expected to open sometime in August. Rose Niles approached village officials in November about opening a restaurant in the space previously occupied by Cutters barbershop at 402 E. Silver Spring. Niles plans to offer soups, sandwiches and small plate options for lunch. For dinner, it would offer Italian food and Spanish small plate dishes, which have gained popularity in recent years. She also hopes to serve brunch on Saturday and Sunday. "We want to create a warm, but still very trendy, atmosphere," Niles said in November. "Somewhere people can come in have a nice glass of wine or an import beer, and enjoy small plate dining." Niles told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that the restaurant would …
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Whitefish Bay's yarn and needlepoint store is closing its doors with the retirement of owner Dawn Slugg.
After 52 years in business, Ruhama's Yarn and Needlepoint is closing its doors. Store owner Dawn Slugg has been planning to retire for several years, but she was hoping to sell the store to one of two potential buyers. With both business deals falling through, Slugg is left with no other option but to close the store she has owned for the last 32 years. "This decision was not made lightly and without reflecting on you, my wonderful and loyal community. You have enabled me to live my dream and for this I am deeply grateful," Slugg wrote on the Ruhama's Facebook page. "After 32 fun, challenging, rewarding and successful years it is now time for me to close this chapter and begin a new. "From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for sharing …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Business district leaders say the program was so effective in the first phase that they want to continue the grant program to fill the remaining vacancies on the street.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Business district leaders say the program was so effective in the first phase that they want to continue the grant program to fill the remaining vacancies on the street.
After spending all of the funds in its business grant program, the Whitefish Bay Business Improvement District is rejuvenating the program with the hope of filling additional vacancies on Silver Spring Drive. Whitefish Bay's retail incentive grant program was launched in 2009 with a pot of $200,000 that was to last through 2014. After three years, the money has already been spent. "We wanted to get new businesses on the street as soon as we could," said Sendik's Food Markets co-owner Ted Balistreri, a member of the BID board. Here's a brief history of the retail incentive grant program: On Monday night, the Village Board agreed to lend another $200,000 to extend the program for another five years past the 2014 expiration date. In effect, …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The Madison-based pizza company has pegged Silver Spring Drive for its foray into the Milwaukee market.
After seven years of building The Roman Candle Pizzeria in Madison, Brewer Stouffer chose to make his foray into the Milwaukee pizza market via Whitefish Bay. First launched in Madison in 2005, The Roman Candle expanded to Middleton in 2007 and Fitchburg in 2010. By September, the company hopes to be serving East-Coast style pizza in a 3,000-square-foot vacancy in the east end of the former Honquest Furniture building at 133 E. Silver Spring Drive. Of all the neighborhoods in and around Milwaukee, Stouffer said he was attracted to Whitefish Bay because he saw a need for a neighborhood pizza place. "Whitefish Bay is a nice demographic mix, because it is family-oriented and there is an emphasis on neighborhoods, an emphasis on walking and …
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Whitefish Bay's new dinner spot prioritizes fresh, approachable and unique food options in its remodeled space at 342 E. Silver Spring Drive.
James McMahon knows how to do three things particularly well: write music, maintain a handlebar mustache and open restaurants. The first two might be irrelevant for the point of this article, but his experience opening restaurants is anything but. After opening six Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants in the last 15 years, and helping out with other restaurants in the area, McMahon knows that a good restauranteur listens closely to their customers in the beginning weeks. McMahon and co-owner Paul Berlin are off to a good start by opening up a community-focused eatery at 342 E. Silver Spring Drive, which has been a constant target for redevelopment ever since El Guapo's Mexican restaurant left in December 2010. But McMahon also hopes to continue…
Saturday, April 20, 2013
With five stores in Florida, the owners of Grace & Shelly's Cupcakes plan to open in Whitefish Bay on Aug. 1.
Whitefish Bay's business district will get a little sweeter come Aug. 1, when Florida-based Grace & Shelly's Cupcakes plan to open in the former Think Toys storefront at 308 E. Silver Spring Drive. Shelly Stayer and Grace Bolen have made quite a name for themselves in Naples, FL, where they have opened five cupcake shops. In addition to gourmet cupcakes, the Whitefish Bay shop will also be offering Wisconsin-made ice cream and gourmet popcorn. Stayer said the two first met three years ago at Bolen's cupcake shop in Naples. They soon became friends and decided to open their first Grace & Shelly's Cupcakes store in the summer of 2011. Stayer, a Wisconsin native, moved from Fond du Lac to Naples four years ago and spends her summers in …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Whitefish Bay's newest personal fitness studio opened this week, offering personal training, TRX, yoga, and other exercises tailored to an individual's fitness goals.
Those looking to get in shape for the summer months have a new local fitness option in Orange Shoe Personal Fitness at 121 E. Silver Spring Drive. Orange Shoe was started in 2004 by Joshua Martin, and now the company boasts seven locations: three in the Madison area; one a piece in Brookfield, Chicago and Houston; and now, the Whitefish Bay location. The Whitefish Bay studio is owned by Tina Martin – no relation to Joshua. She says she chose to open in the former Honquest Furniture building because of its size, visibility and close proximity to her existing personal training clients. "I felt the area was lacking something like this. It's a little bit different than most fitness places," she said. "Whitefish Bay is a great community, and …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
The Mandel Group presented four landscaping options for the Silver Spring walkway, which will also accommodate outdoor dining for two incoming restaurants.
A new look could be coming to Consaul Commons, the public walkway located between the village's two incoming restaurants: Vinamo and The Bay. The Mandel Group presented four different landscaping schemes to the Village Board Monday night. All four of the options would remove the curb and hedgerows along the walls, allowing outdoor dining tables to be flush with the exterior walls. Dick Lincoln, senior vice president at The Mandel Group, said renovating the 40-foot-wide walkway is beneficial to Mandel's Beaumont Place apartment development coming to the parking lot north of the Silver Spring businesses. "It was really important in our overall concept for The Beaumont Place development to develop, maintain and enhance this kind of pedestrian…
Monday, April 15, 2013
What started as a small bakery has expanded to a $22 million operation with 34 stores across the country.
Twenty years ago, a small bakery opened its doors on Downer Avenue, making a name for itself with high quality European breads. Today, Breadsmith still bakes fresh bread daily on Downer Avenue. But with insight from its headquarters in Whitefish Bay, the company has expanded to a total of 34 stores in 15 states. What started as a $300,000 operation now brings in an estimated $22 million per year in sales. Breadsmith President Tim Malouf started as a retail clerk and has had experience with nearly every facet of the business over the last 20 years. Malouf said Breadsmith's recipe for success includes top-shelf ingredients, knowledgable and passionate franchisees, and a corporate philosophy that prioritizes quality over quantity. "We're …
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