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The owners of Goldy's restaurant in downtown Boise plan to turn a former warehouse space on Grove Street into an open 'marketplace' with two restaurants and a retail store selling coffee. magazines and newspapers.
The 4,000-square-foot space on Grove, between Sixth Street and Capitol Boulevard, is in a former warehouse that houses the Bardenay distillery pub. Goldy's owners Alan and Patty Head said renovation began in June with an opening planned for late August.
Jordan-Wilcomb Construction Inc., Boise, is the general contractor for the renovation, designed by Rob Thornton of Erstad Thornton Architects, Boise. No cost estimate was released on the project, which is under way.
The three-part venture collectively will be called The Grove Street Place. Alan Head said the area is designed to be an open gathering place for shoppers and restaurant-goers, similar to Pike's Market in Seattle, with seating inside for about 95, and 30 to 35 on an outside patio.
Head said last week that former Goldy's partner and namesake M.A. Goldy, who had owned 12 percent of the Breakfast Bistro, decided to sell his interest to the Heads in May to pursue other interests.
"It was an amicable departure," Head said. "He wanted to do his own thing."
Goldy said he and Head parted on good terms, but...