Healthy eating is focus of new Bowls restaurant
On Pewaukee Lake
After uncovering windows original to the 1920s building, removing four layers of drywall and unearthing other surprises, a renovation project is close to wrapping up at W278-N2315 Prospect Ave. in Pewaukee, and the Edgewater Supper Club is closer to opening.
Owner Bernie Kook bought the building that last housed the Sandbar sports pub in fall 2015, renaming the downstairs, lakelevel pub the Edgewater and making repairs to the kitchen and to the patio with a prime view of the lake.
“I bought the 32 pier slips and two apartments on the second floor, and they gave me the bar and restaurant for free,” said Kook, who founded All County Electric Supply 25 years ago and sold it three years ago.
After renovation of the mainlevel restaurant and exterior of the 94-year-old building, he hopes to open the restaurant in mid-July but still is seeking a chef and other staff.
His aim is a casual restaurant serving simple but wellmade food including steaks, he said.
Besides finding the original windows, which had been nailed shut and covered in drywall, the project has uncovered elements such as woodwork meant to look like fluted columns on the building.
Kook notes the Prospect Ave. building is a short drive from I-94 on Highway SS, with views of the sunset. The main-level restaurant has 28 feet of new
windows that will let diners look out to the lake.
Bigger Urban Beets
Urban Beets, the tiny counter-service restaurant focusing on vegan and raw foods on N. King Drive, is about six weeks from opening an addition that will increase food and drink offerings, seating and hours.
The new menu will bring more hot items, such as vegan pizzas and a veggie burger, said owner Dawn Balistreri.
With the expansion, Urban Beets will start serving wine and beer. The beverage focus at the original cafe, which opened in early 2016, has been fresh juices and smoothies.
The second dining room, just to the north of the current one at 1401 N. King Drive, will add 25 seats to the 15 in the original cafe.
Diners still will order at the counter in the new dining room, Balistreri said, but they’ll be given numbers and can take their seats while waiting for their orders.
The original cafe mainly will be for picking up carryout orders, graband-go items and juices and smoothies. Seating will remain.
The final menu is expected to include more breakfast items, including waffles, as well as raw desserts.
Most menu items will be about $8 or $9, with pizzas $8 to $15.
Hours will be from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., extended from the current 6:30 p.m.
Dining week back
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