{"id":245119,"date":"2012-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/uptown-tavern-to-open-mid-july\/"},"modified":"2012-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T07:00:00","slug":"uptown-tavern-to-open-mid-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/uptown-tavern-to-open-mid-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Uptown Tavern to open mid July"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Cohen and Verant group team up once again for new restaurant in old Ono Sushi Hillcrest location<\/strong><\/p>\n

Por Margie M. Palmer | Reportero SDUN\"Uptown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Those who frequent Hillcrest\u2019s restaurant corridor on University Avenue have likely noticed the change: 1236 University Ave. is no longer home to 15-year resident Ono Sushi. The good news is that the space has already been acquired by new owners, who said their brainchild, Uptown Tavern, will soon be open for business.<\/p>\n

West Coast Tavern co-owner David Cohen has once again partnered with Verant Group founders Mark Cirillo, Joe Vaught and Eric Lingenfelder for the new tavern, and the foursome said they anticipate their newest venture will add to Hillcrest\u2019s already unique flavor.<\/p>\n

Lingenfelder said he and his partners \u2013 who in addition to co-owning West Coast Tavern with Cohen also run True North Tavern, Barleymash and Tavern at the Beach, among others \u2013 vision the Hillcrest restaurant as becoming a true neighborhood bar and grill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been looking for a space in Hillcrest for about two and a half years,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen the Ono Sushi building came up available, we saw this as a premier location right there on University Avenue. The size and the location fit well with what we wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

What most people do not realize, Cohen said, is the building space is about four times larger than what patrons may have believed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is so much more to the property than the interior space,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cThere is a large back patio, a couple back houses and an upper back house. The property is about 7,000 square feet in total. It really is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most of Uptown Tavern\u2019s seating will be outdoors, and those wishing to dine privately can reserve the back houses, Cohen said. \u201cThose will be converted to private dining areas. There\u2019s a lot of space which could be utilized for weddings, rehearsal dinners or other events,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Uptown Tavern\u2019s menu will consist of \u201cprogressive bar fare,\u201d Lingenfelder said, and the venue will feature 20 beers on tap as well as wine and spirits.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will have the type of food you can get at some of the other taverns [we run],\u201d he said. \u201cYou can think of it as taking the West Coast menu and putting another twist on it. There will be a few small plates, sharable items and a few staple items as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group intends to install a myriad of flat-screen televisions for the interior, which Lingenfelder said he hopes will bring repeat customers. \u201cIf there is an event or sports game on, we\u2019ll be showing it,\u201d Lingenfelder said. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a fun, comfortable environment where people can come two or three days a week and have a drink in a laid-back place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cohen said patrons can expect to see a lot more light, a focus on outdoor seating and the transformation of Ono Sushi\u2019s front-and-center sushi bar into a liquor bar.<\/p>\n

\u201cOno had a lot of dark colors and dark wood in its interior,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to bring a lot more daylight in. It\u2019s going to be a big change over what [the previous owners] had.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uptown Tavern is scheduled to open the second week in July.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Cohen and Verant group team up once again for new restaurant in old Ono Sushi Hillcrest location By Margie M. Palmer | SDUN Reporter Those who frequent Hillcrest\u2019s restaurant corridor on University Avenue have likely noticed the change: 1236 University Ave. is no longer home to 15-year resident Ono Sushi. The good news is […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":245120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Uptown Tavern to open mid July","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}