REAL ESTATE | New Mexican restaurant set to open on N. Fundamental Road in West Bend, Wi

November 6, 2023 – West Bend, Wi – A brand new Mexican restaurant is making ready to have a delicate open within the coming days at 111 N. Fundamental Road. Take a sneak and peek inside the brand new…

Sabor A Mezcal Bar & Grill might be opening within the decrease degree of the Murphy & Prachthauser / Baird constructing; it’s taking the spot of the previous Copper River Bar & Grill.

Ruben Hernandez, 44, is the proprietor. He received his begin within the restaurant business in 1995 at Johnny Rockets restaurant in Santa Monica, California; the stylish spot served hamburgers and shakes.  After shifting to Wisconsin in 2017, Hernandez labored in an institution on the south facet of Milwaukee and lately determined to strike out on his personal.

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“Individuals consider Mexican meals as simply rice, beans, tacos and burritos however we’re going to deliver fusion with a Mexican and American menu.”

Hernandez gave the instance of Pozole which is a broth and filled with flavo. “It’s like a soup however completely totally different with pork and hen,” he mentioned.

Hernandez mentioned they can even make all their very own pastry. “All of our desserts and breads and our sourdough will all be made in home,” he mentioned. “For our soup we can have a sourdough ball.”

“We’re going to be totally different due to the Mezcal,” he mentioned.

Mezcal is an “agave-based spirit, and tequila,” primarily made within the Mexican state of Oaxaca, the place Hernandez grew up.

“I used to be born in Oaxaca, Mexico,” mentioned Hernandez. “I might be bringing a wide range of these culinary specialties to the realm.

“We’re going to have consistency with our meals,” he mentioned. “Not simply any meat or any ribeye; our tradition goes to be to be there for our friends.”

A part of the tradition, for Hernandez, is that individuals who go to the restaurant are friends and never prospects.

“When folks say ‘prospects’ it’s like pondering of cash. I consider our friends as friends, like somebody who involves our home and we’re going to worth them.”

Sabor A Mezcal Bar & Grill might be open for lunch and dinner and Hernandez is hoping so as to add Sunday brunch. “It’s important to see it,” he mentioned. “Like our crème brûlée with Mezcal.”

Sabor A Mezcal will make use of a dozen folks and is trying to develop.

A grand opening might be December 1, 2023.

Beneath is a few historical past on the situation on N. Fundamental Road.

August 2022 – Copper River Bar and Grill, LLC, 111 N. Fundamental Road, West Bend, WI has moved into the previous Oaken Hogg location and is making nice strides in the direction of opening in mid-August.

Tracey Serwatt, owns the constructing together with his spouse, Rebecca. “As constructing homeowners, we’re really invested within the improvement of Downtown and are very enthusiastic about all of the enhancements the town is doing to Fundamental Road and the riverwalk,” he mentioned.

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“We hope to create a singular informal eating expertise that has an amazing ambiance and provides lovely out of doors seating, overlooking the river.”

Throughout a tour Serwatt confirmed how he gutted the area and was making headway with upgrades corresponding to an ADA compliant lavatory and extra purposeful area with an entrance off the riverwalk. “Proper after July 4th the entire west facet of the riverwalk might be knocked out,” Serwatt mentioned.

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Serwatt has partnered with native chef Katie Pozorski and plans to open the bar and grill together with an occasion heart. Neighbors might be accustomed to Pozorski as she beforehand labored at Wallace Lake Supper Membership and Sysco.

“We can have a menu that’s impressed by our native farmers market and delightful location on the river,” mentioned Pozorski. “Whereas having native favorites, we’ll deliver city impressed choices to West Bend.”

Tracey Serwatt began within the restaurant business working at Champs, a sequence restaurant in Brookfield, after which at Tunes and later Membership Baja in Germantown.

“The placement has been utterly gutted. All new plumbing, all new electrical, we’re placing a big funding into the property to open a brand new venue,” mentioned Serwatt.

One other large a part of the enterprise would be the patio seating alongside the riverwalk. “We’ll have roughly 15 tables; it’ll be fenced in,” Serwatt mentioned.

Serwatt and his spouse mentioned this enterprise together with the theme, “Copper River is one thing downtown West Bend actually hasn’t seen earlier than.”

Barring any provide chain shortages, Serwatt is planning to open the second week in August 2022. Keep tuned, the brand new menu might be launched shortly.

On a historical past notice: What number of eating places/organizations/companies are you able to title that had been within the decrease degree of 111 N. Fundamental Road.  I’ll begin: Chamber of Commerce, Muddy’s on Fundamental, Cafe Soeurette…

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