City Street Investors has made enormous progress restoring and activating the historic Evans School building since my last review five years ago when they had just taken it over.
The most visible component is their Schoolyard Beer Garden which occupies the center of the main floor inside the building plus an expansive outdoor seating area in front of the building.
Another key component is the Schoolyard Café in the southeast corner of the building. This is an expansive coffee shop with coffee, pastries, salads, and sandwiches during the day plus wine and small plates at night.
There's more seating for restaurant patrons in the first floor hallway. The new Bonsai Bar occupies the boiler room space, down a staircase from the beer hall.
Office space is available on the third floor with some office/retail on the second floor. The old auditorium is now a flexible ballroom/meeting room. The second floor hallway offers more restaurant seating plus a second bar.
The building looks great, the restaurants are booming, and it looks like much of the other office/retail space has been leased. It is great to see such a gorgeous, historic building being reused in such a thoughtful way. read more