Redeveloping historic Tosa powerhouse adding Ally’s Bistro
Restaurant’s 2nd location scheduled for spring ’21
A new restaurant will open in a historic former powerhouse next to a Wauwatosa apartment building that is under construction, it was announced Monday.
Ally’s Bistro, of Menomonee Falls, is planning to open a second location in the 105-year-old building at 10460 Innovation Drive, in the Milwaukee County Research Park.
The historic building is being restored by Mandel Group Inc. as part of its 102-unit Crescent Apartments development, which is under construction. The restaurant and apartments are to open in spring 2021.
The new restaurant, Ally’s Powerhouse Café, will be open for breakfast, lunch and happy hour with a light dinner menu.
The café design accommodates 40 to 50 patrons on a new exterior terrace that will feature fire pits and decorative lighting. Indoor seating includes areas accommodating private parties of up to 50 guests.
The outdoor terrace connects to the guest terrace at the adjoining Marriott Springhill Suites Hotel, which opened last year.
Ally’s has operated since 2011 in Menomonee Falls, in the Woodlands Apartments at N72 W13350 Lund Lane.
“Working from our Menomonee Falls cafe we’ve developed quite a business clientele in Tosa and look forward to serving them from our new Powerhouse Café,” said Rodney Zimmerman, who owns and operates Ally’s with his wife, Michelle, and three children.
In addition to Ally’s Powerhouse Café, the building will house a fitness, training and physical therapy business that will be announced soon, and the residential management offices for the adjoining Crescent Apartments.