Patrick DePula
Salvatore’s Tomato Pies in Sun Prairie, has expanded to larger digs at 121 E. Main St.
Coming soon
Cafe Domestique, 1408 Williamson St., will be open any day now (it’s waiting on a routine health inspection). Just a quick jaunt from the Capital City bike path, the cafe will cater to the cycling crowd. The coffeehouse plans on hosting group bike rides as well as airing cycling races like the Tour de France.
Morris Ramen, 106 King St., is set to open later this month in the former home of Red Sushi (which moved to West Washington Avenue). The traditional ramen shop is a venture of veteran Muramoto chef Matt Morris and his wife, former 43 North chef Francesca Hong.
Now open
Porter, a new coffee and sandwich shop at 640 W. Washington Ave., is now open in the former historic Milwaukee Road Depot. It’s the first phase of the Washington Market project being spearheaded by Gil Altschul, owner of Grampa’s Pizzeria. He’s developing the taco restaurant Bandit in the baggage depot adjunct to Porter. There are also plans for a public market on the historic train station’s platform. Altschul hopes to have the project complete by the end of summer 2017.
Salvatore’s Tomato Pies in Sun Prairie, has expanded to larger digs at 121 E. Main St., a 116-year-old brick building in the heart of downtown. Unlike the old location, there is a bar. The menu has also been totally revamped and now includes more entrees.
Closed
Porktropolis, 126 N. Bristol St. in Sun Prairie, closed on Nov. 30 after struggling financially at its new location. Chef-owner Todd Dukes wrote on Facebook, “Quite simply sales are slow and the debt is mounting; that with the added cost of moving we cannot continue.” The BBQ restaurant moved to a larger location in Sun Prairie just a few months ago.
