Queen Village Quarterly Crier Magazine - Fall 2019

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F e a t u r e : op e n i n g s

New Businesses Keep it Local Philadelphia-inspired rooms at a new hotel and regional wines at Bloomsday

Rooms at a new hotel opening in Queen Village this fall

Hotel photos by Joseph G. Brin

Queen Village Quarterly Crier \\ FALL 2019

by Suzanne Dreitlein & Heather Shayne Blakeslee

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wo new Queen Village businesses have taken over long-vacant corners to offer neighborhood amenities. Bloomsday Cafe on Headhouse Square is serving up highly curated, seasonal food as well as coffee and regional wine; a new hotel, tentatively named The Queen, will offer 30 rooms that feature a vintage industrial aesthetic, a full-service restaurant located on the ground floor, and a roof deck with panoramic views and a full-service bar. Richard Veitch, lead builder and master craftsman on the hotel project, has been working on breathing new life into the buildings at the corner of Bainbridge and 5th streets. His painstaking craftwork now reflects the beauty and local color of Queen Village. “Rich was the brain behind so much of the design,” says Adam Zaken, who owns the hotel along with Ido Zaken. “The hotel is a piece of art— we commissioned it, and Rich is the artist.” The brothers are no strangers to the neighborhood: Ido’s father owned Dr. Denim on South Street, and Adam spent many days in his youth hanging out on South Street and eating cheese fries at Ishkabibble’s. Now an adult and property owner, he says, “Queen Village is an incredible neighborhood. Our goal was to make something special for the area.” Although it would have been much easier and faster to demolish and build new, building on the original structure was


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