Joanna Kirkendall and Daniel Souder, owners of
1215 Wine Bar & Coffee Lab, are embarking on their second Over-the-Rhine restaurant venture, Pleasantry. It will be an all-day neighborhood restaurant featuring a curated wine list and small plates.
The 1,000-square-foot restaurant will have 45 seats plus a 15-seat bar as well as room for 15 on an outdoor patio. It’s located at the corner of 15th and Pleasant streets in the
Osborne development, which has 11 condos and retail space in three historically rehabbed buildings.
Kirkendall and Souder brought on executive chef Evan Hartman, who was recently the sous chef at the President’s Room at The Phoenix.
Specific menu items are still being development but will feature seasonal ingredients sourced from sustainable farmers, fishermen and butchers. The breakfast menu will include an everything biscuit with house-cured salmon and cream cheese, and the dinner menu will include 10-12 dishes under $18, including a duck rillette with grilled Sixteen Bricks bread, pickled vegetables and sweet jam.
Souder, Pleasantry’s wine director, is working with wine producers in California and Europe as well as distributors who can help bring in minimally manipulated wines that are made with organically-grown grapes and without sulfites.
When it opens this Spring, Pleasantry’s hours will be 7 a.m.-11 p.m. daily, with wine and coffee served throughout the day.
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