I confirmed with the Village of Shorewood and BID executive director, Jim Plaisted, yesterday that a new French bakery/restaurant will open at 4401 N. Oakland Ave.
It's the former site of Lakeshore Gallery and, more recently, Performance Running Outfitters who moved just north to 4533 N Oakland Ave. in May. The Business Journal's Stacy Vogel Davis reported this news on Monday.
The locally owned business will be called La Orangerie and won't, of course, open until next year.
The owner Gene Webb will appear today at the village's Community Development Authority meeting as it takes up his request for a $50,000 village loan. Webb, who trained in France, is expected to put more than $300,000 into the space.
The 100-plus-year-old building also houses Zen the Salon, Goody Gourmets, Joe's North Shore Barber Shop, Men's Room, Shorewood Coin Shop, So-Solace and Vanity Fur.
Watch for a complete report in the coming weeks on OnMilwaukee.com.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
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