Former Brady Street Futons to be redeveloped as a cafe and lounge featuring music on vinyl
The former longtime home of Brady Street Futons will be redeveloped into a cafe and lounge featuring music on vinyl as well as art.
The Deep Groove will highlight locally based music, art, food and beverages, said Kim Forbeck.
"We love Milwaukee! As well as our music and art scene," Forbeck told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Facebook Messenger.
She and her husband, Todd Dunsirn, bought the building, 1200-1204 E. Brady St., for $600,000 through their investment group, Emerald Needle LLC, according to a newly filed deed.
The Deep Groove − the name is an homage to old school vinyl records − "will be more of a cafe" than a tavern, Forbeck said.
It will likely operate from around 10 a.m. to 9 or 10 p.m., she said, with such programming as trivia, jazz nights, blues nights, painting and jewelry-making classes.
It could take three to six months to open The Deep Groove, Forbeck said. The two-story, 3,200-square-foot building will undergo major renovations, and the business will need Common Council approval for a tavern license.
The couple's musician son, Henry Dunsirn, will help manage it.
Forbeck worked at Urban Ecology Center for more than 20 years. Todd Dunsirn operated an IT consulting business, True Process, for several years before selling it in 2018.
Brady Street Futons closed in March after 31 years in business. The building, constructed in 1880, originally hosted Sikorski Saloon, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society. It later housed Pat's Bike Shop.
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