Gabe Kveton has long held hopes of operating a cocktail bar. He’ll get his wish when he opens the doors to Water Street at 7268 Manchester Road, next to Acero, scheduled for February. Water Street, nostalgically named for Kveton’s father’s now defunct publishing company, will be both cocktail bar and café, with a focus on local, organic fare.
The 1,200-square-foot venue will initially only keep dinner hours, serving small plates, appetizers, paninis, house-made pastries and, of course, coffee drinks. Cocktails on the menu will include both signature and classic potions – some that call for Kveton’s own house-made infusions, grenadines and limoncello.
Running the cocktail bar and café means that Kveton will be leaving his post as manager and server at I Fratellini, where he’s worked since the Italian restaurant opened in 2001. He’s excited for the new venture. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a while,” he said. “This spot opening on Manchester and my ideas – the timing seems really right.”
This article appears in Dec 1-31, 2010.