Whitestone Welcomes Two New Restaurant Concepts Oasthouse Kitchen + Bar and Keepers Restaurant to its Parkside Village South ...
December 31 2019 - 7:00AM
Locally famous Austin restaurant concept creators chef Amir
Hajimaleki and brother Ali will be bringing two new concepts to
Whitestone’s Parkside Village property in Austin, Texas. Adding
another 8,043 square feet of occupancy, the brothers will be using
an efficient and creative twist… operating two separate restaurant
concepts utilizing one kitchen.
While the Hajimaleki brothers already have an Oasthouse
restaurant in Northwest Austin, Keepers is a new concept. They are
experienced entrepreneurs who also have a highly successful
restaurant in the neighborhood called District Kitchen, which was
opened in 2013. They are very in tune with the unique Austin
market, its “Keep Austin Weird” mantra, and the exotic tastes,
desires, and diverse palate of the local community.
Oasthouse Kitchen + Bar is going to occupy 5,543 square feet as
a full-service restaurant, with orders being taken at the table,
featuring a menu with an assortment of internationally inspired
dishes like carnitas poutine, pimento deviled eggs, and braised
pork shoulder with sweet potato spaetzle, and will include a full
bar program bar program focusing on local craft beers, beer
cocktails, and whiskey.
Keepers is a new coastal, family-friendly, seafood concept,
occupying the remaining 2,500 square feet and will operate as a
separate eatery complete with its own patio. The vision is a
collaboration with the chef’s longtime friend and mentor Rene
Melendes. The concept is a dream coming to fruition for the
entrepreneurs, who had talked about it for years and is named after
a Port Aransas pier that Hajimaleki has been fishing on for almost
20 years. The casual eatery will continue the restaurant group’s
focus on supporting local purveyors and sourcing sustainably. The
menu will include a king crab roll, grilled whole fish, ceviche,
boiled shrimp tossed in Vietnamese nuoc cham butter, and fried
slathered in shrimp étouffée and pimento cheese.
Whitestone Chairman and CEO Jim Mastandrea commented, “We are
pleased to have the Hajimaleki brothers join us at Parkside Village
South. We are always humbled when locally successful entrepreneurs
recognize our properties as the go-to destinations.” He added,
“Bringing these two restaurant concepts to Parkside Village South
is a win/win for both the local community and Whitestone
stakeholders. As a firm, it is our goal to help provide the
‘American Dream’ opportunities to diverse, culturally-distinctive
entrepreneurs who know their neighborhoods well and want to serve
accordingly.” Mr. Mastandrea added, “In utilizing the unique
‘two-restaurant-one-kitchen’ concept, it helps both Whitestone and
our new entrepreneurs mitigate risk and control costs. The chefs
are able to focus more efficiently on the execution of their new
dining creations out of one shared kitchen and Whitestone as the
landlord is able to save on common area building improvements and
other expenses.”
About Whitestone REITWhitestone is a
community-centered retail REIT that acquires, owns, manages,
develops and redevelops high quality "e-commerce resistant"
neighborhood, community and lifestyle retail centers principally
located in the largest, fastest-growing and most affluent markets
in the Sunbelt. Whitestone’s optimal mix of national, regional and
local tenants provides daily necessities, needed services and
entertainment to the communities in which they are located.
Whitestone's properties are primarily located in business-friendly
Phoenix, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, which
are among the fastest growing U.S. population centers with highly
educated workforces, high household incomes and strong job growth.
For additional information, visit www.whitestonereit.com.
Whitestone REIT Contact:Kevin Reed, Director of
Investor RelationsWhitestone REIT(713)
435-2219ir@whitestonereit.com
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