KaVarna On The Move

Ka Varna has announced they will be moving from their current location at 112 S. Broadway. The good news is, it's just up the street! Here's what they had to say in their latest e-newsletter:

"We have been waiting to make a certain announcement for a very long time. Today we can announce, officially, that we will be moving Kavarna Coffeehouse to 143 N. Broadway this June. After nearly two years of being preoccupied with our next step, we have finally made it. The lease is signed, the I's are dotted, the floorplans have been drawn up in CAD, and we are extremely excited.

"143 N. Broadway is one of three Egyptian Revival buildings built in Wisconsin during the apex of art deco eclecticism. What we've been told is that in 1930, the auto part company AC Delco had a competition among its dealerships and the facade was the prize. We haven't been able to verify the story yet, if anyone out there knows anything about this, we'd love to hear from you. If it's true, the winner of the contest was located on Broadway. Seventy eight years later, we are the beneficiaries of someone's auto part sales skills.

"The new building will allow us to increase the scope of what we do. With roughly three times as much space, we will be able to seat more people, accommodate large groups, begin catering, function as a performing arts center, open a delicatessen, increase retail, and a dozen other things. We come up with new ideas for the space almost every day. But best of all, we will be remaining with our friends in the Broadway District, where (as someone pointed out) we belong.

"Our current building has served us very well for almost ten years. But as we approached the end of our lease, we realized that our dream had outgrown the 1600 square feet at 112 S. Broadway. As much as we continue to appreciate the character of the space, at this point we are far more conscious of its limitations. It's time for 1930's nightclub nights, chamber music, competitive square dancing, fringe theater, and indoor croquet tournaments. So, we wish 112 S. Broadway well and we hope that it has many happy, future occupants!"