The structure that you are dining in tonight was built in 1905.  For the last 120 years or so it has remained a core commercial building in this Hosford-Abernathy neighborhood.  In its early iterations, this was a telegram office, supply house, butchery, and Gattos Modern Shoe Repairing store.  The owners lived upstairs, while their business was on the street level below.  As the neighborhood changed, so did the services offered. The upstairs became a three-room hotel (the original sign you can still see when you look north on 11th Ave) with café Otis on the street level.  Later, the hotel was converted into shared apartments.  The most current and well-known business was Cellar Door Coffee Roasters.  They had a café on the street level and their roasting was done in the basement.  When the apartments became too much of a burden, the upstairs was converted into the first restaurant space called 2nd Story.  After it closed, it was proceeded by Fenrir and then Willow.  We have happily taken the proverbial baton and transformed this space into something new, yet old once again.  We’ve made numerous changes to this upstairs space, all the while trying to be respectful to the old structure and yet install some modern necessities like the new ductless vent units.  We are excited and honored to be stewards of this historic building.