DOYLESTOWN DISTRICT, PA– A California- based metropolitan craft winery and restaurant is arranged to open its doors in 2023 in downtown Doylestown.
As early as this spring, Waters Edge Wineries will be starting a business on the very first flooring and basement of The Residences at 50 North Main Street in the heart of the district.
At a zoning hearing board conference in October, Waters Edge Doylestown principal Eric Landolfi in-depth prepare for the regional micro-winery, which will include an 84 seat restaurant, kitchen area and standup red wine bar on the very first flooring and a tasting space and red wine production center in the
basement.
The structure, situated at North Main Street and Shewell Avenue throughout the street from the Doylestown Fire Company and the Bucks County Administration Building, is being refurbished and broadened to consist of 6 high-end property systems, 5 enclosed garage areas and the very first flooring winery.
The Doylestown Waters Edge Winery and Bistro would be a very first for the California- based franchise in Bucks County, the very first in Pennsylvania and the very first in theNortheast Its other 13 areas remain in California, Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia.
The franchise, stated Landolfi, was noted in INC Magazine’s Top 5,000 franchises in 2022. “We were 2,894 th on that list. It is a distinct idea that continues to grow. And we are preparing for including another 6 to 7 areas by 2024,” he stated.
At the restaurant, Landolfi stated consumers will have the ability to delight in a glass of red wine and picked from a variety of food products to match their choice.
“We will use appetisers, little plates, tapas, flatbreads, salads, charcuterie boards and desserts. We will likewise have a red wine club and you can acquire red wine by the glass or by the bottle. And you’ll have the ability to tailor your label.”
“We’re not going to be taking on finer dining take a seat dining establishments in the location,” he stated. “This will be more little plates and tapas. I’m picturing like in Europe where they have red wine bars.”
Weather allowing, Landolfi stated they prepare to have outside seating on the walkway along Shewell Avenue.
At the heart of the operation will be its on-site red wine production operation situated on the basement level.
Landolfi stated they will make all of their white wines internal and will include timeless choices in addition to lesser-known grape ranges.
“Downstairs in the lower part of the structure that’s where the red wine production will be,” statedLandolfi “And in addition to that will be what we call a Winemakers Table, which can fit approximately 20 visitors. You can lease the space and have red wine tastings straight from the tanks, sample brand-new white wines and have a choose menu.”
He explained the production end of the operation as a little batch micro-winery. “We’ll get our juice from all over the world – California primarily,” he stated. “When we get it we’ll put it in our barrels to ferment. It will then enter into our holding – or aging – tanks. After 4 to 8 weeks we’ll bottle the red wine.
“We will be making red wine for the red wine newbie and more complicated red wine for the red wine lover,” stated Landolfi.
Built in 1897, the structure referred to as the Hellyer structure initially housed A.S. Hellyer & & Sons Dry Goods andNotions It most just recently housed the Bucks County Human Services Department prior to the county offered the structure to Stephen Worth in 2018. Many might keep in mind having a look at books there when the structure was house to l the Doylestown Branch of the Bucks County Free Library from 1956 to 1988.
Now referred to as The Residences at 50 North Main, the brand-new property home vary from a 2,950 square foot, bi-level penthouse condo noted at $2.5 million to an 1,830 square foot second-floor condo noted at $1.45 million.
