- July 11, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
WATERTOWN — Over the years, a downtown landlord has seen businesses come and go from a Public Square building she’s owned for the past 15 years.
And now building owner Vonnette Monteith, who served in the military in Korea and has been living in Louisville, Ky., plans to open a restaurant in the three-story brick building at 63-65 Public Square.
Reginald J. Schweitzer Jr., executive director of Neighbors of Watertown Inc., confirmed that Ms. Monteith plans to open the eatery by Sept. 1. Work on the building’s interior has already begun.
The interior renovations are not going to be that extensive, since the storefront has been the home of a series of restaurants over the years, and it already has a kitchen and dining room, he said.
The building owner is moving back from Kentucky. Her daughter, who has finished culinary school, will help operate the restaurant.
“I’m happy with another new business in downtown and…
