The wood burning pizza oven is a focal point of the restaurant and was imported from Italy. They are rolling out new menus, cocktails and they now serve draft beers. Just four months later, Oakfire is preparing for their Grand Opening on June 5th at 5:00pm, although soft openings are happening throughout the weeks leading up to the event. The owners, looking for a better way to enjoy the views of the lake and expand for more seating, razed the building in January of 2017 to make way for a larger, contemporary restaurant with a panaramic view of Geneva Lake. In 2015, Oakfire opened in the former Scuttlebutt’s building and became one of the most popular restaurants in town. The Downtown Lake Geneva restaurant scene is home to Oakfire, the city’s first Neapolitan Pizzeria. It’s here you’ll find authentic Italian cooking, with an American infusion. The external changes brought about by Oakfire Restaurant are to take place between Novemand April 30, 2017.Authentic Italian Pizzeria Opens in Lake Geneva Imported ingredients, Cooking Pizzas in Ninety Seconds For better or for worse, everything effects everything along the lake front, and this lake front is about to change. It has also bound the hands of future Planning Commission decisions by setting this precedent that will assure similar tall glass and concrete structures are approved (for if denied the city would be open to possible litigation). Whether viewed as a beauty mark or a scar, this decision by the Planning Commission has altered the direction and appearance of the City of Lake Geneva’s lake front. This decision to approve a thirty-eight foot concrete, glass and fake wood building is setting a precedent for a permanent change to the appearance of the city’s lake front. One can expect that there will be applications for additional tall modern looking buildings along Wrigley Drive, starting with the future development of the Popeye’s parking lot. The Planning Commission’s unanimous approval of the application has set a precedence that opens Wrigley Drive to modern developments with no regard for the historic surroundings and buildings in the rest of the downtown area. Note: The height of Popeye’s Restaurant was listed as fifteen feet in one document and seventeen feet in another. The new Oakfire building would be about two and a half times taller than Popeye’s Restaurant located on the other side of Oakfire. The confusing picture (still included in this latest application) showed a pictorial of the renovated building, as being the same height as the two story building west of it whereas, the two story building is twenty-six feet tall and the new Oakfire Building (although called a two story building) will be the height of a three story building at thirty-eight feet.
Last month the filed application for building modifications to the Oakfire Restaurant (effectively a new building) was sent back for clarifications. Oakfire Restaurant (formerly Scuttlebutts Restaurant) is located next to the Popeye’s parking lot on Wrigley Drive. Tom Hartz, successful restaurateur, but failed “Phantom of the Opera” theater owner, made the motion to approve. Most approved modifications only affect the residents next door, but with Oakfire Restaurant being on the city’s lake front directly across from the beach, this modification affects more than just the neighbors, it affects the entire lake front, and hence the entire city.
Lake Geneva’s Planning Commission approved both the General Development Plan, and the Precise Implementation Plan for the requested Oakfire Restaurant modifications.Īlthough listed as a modification for appearance purposes, in actuality it will be a new 38-foot-high concrete and glass building.
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