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After the loss of her frequent collaborator and business partner Rachel Marshall in 2023, food and drink entrepreneur Kate Opatz says she plans to bring a small dream the two shared to E Olive Way.
You have the debut of the “smallest, prettiest cocktail bar” on Capitol Hill — and maybe anywhere — to look forward to in 2024.
Opatz announced this week she is beginning work on the new teensy tiny cocktail project with help from designer Niko Ciel McMahan in the E Olive Way space formerly home to Crumble and Flake.
“Rachel and I coveted this tiny bakery space next to Montana for years and dreamed about putting a teeny bar there,” Optaz writes. “It finally came available and i couldn’t pass it up 🤗. looking forward to working w @gayportals and making the smallest, prettiest cocktail bar around.”
The new cocktail project will join The Jilted Siren which opened around the corner last spring in creating new hangouts on the block.
CHS reported here in November as Crumble and Flake owner Toby Matasar announced the end of the 11-year run for the Capitol Hill bakery with plans for an expanded cafe future in Issaquah.
Marshall’s April death stirred reverence and heartache as her family revealed the 42-year-old died from liver failure caused by excessive drinking brought on by depression during the pandemic lockdowns. She was survived by her partner Adam Peters and two children.
Opatz, Marshall, and Peters opened Montana together on this block of E Olive Way in 2011 and opened the way for a handful of collaborations including Broadway’s Nacho Borracho. Opatz has also been the center of other collaborations including in late 2019 as the Capitol Hill nightlife veteran teamed up with first time owners Ani Custer and David Gurwitz to open natural wine bar La Dive on E Pike. That combo is now also planning a La Dive expansion to Lower Queen Anne.
On E Olive Way, Opatz will need to be nimble. The new space is just shy of 500 square feet.
No name and no opening date have been announced for the project.
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