Quanto Basta Coming to Spring Street

Former Elections Board Office, as seen from my upstairs porch
(center of picture, visible between two poles)

When I first moved to North Spring Street in downtown Winston-Salem, it was not just the gorgeous old house that drew me here. I also liked the convenience: to restaurants, galleries, performance spaces, bars, and government services. One of the first reaped benefits of this kind of convenient living was being able to walk across the street to the county elections board office to change my voter registration.

That office, though,  moved into the new county government complex on the other side of downtown shortly after that, which is still easy to walk to for early voting and such. The old building across the street has since then been many things, including home to the Winston-Salem Symphony, Bald Eagle Technologies (now merged with OutSourceIT), and a couple of inscrutable "financial advising" firms.

With a front entrance facing West Fourth Street and a side entrance facing North Spring Street, this building is at the early stages of renovation and reconstruction. According to a small article posted in Smitty's Notes, the good folks who opened the Spring House Restaurant, Kitchen, & Bar (within sight of the Roediger House) are going to turn this into Quanto Basta, an Italian restaurant and wine shop:

Quanto Basta: Italian Eatery & Wine Bar coming to 4th Street Winston.

Coming soon! Quanto Basta: Italian Eatery & Wine Bar. Located at 4th and Spring Street in downtown Winston-Salem. This is another project from the folks that brought us Spring House Restaurant, Kitchen, & Bar. Chef Tim Grandinetti, Lynn Murphy and Lynnette Matthews-Murphy. 

The establishment will feature a deli market and dining room on the first floor seating 80. A wine bar will be located on the second floor that will seat 60. There will be a Roof Top Terrace overlooking downtown that will seat 48. Construction has already started with an anticipated opening in Spring 2014.

From Smitty's Notes

A couple of weeks ago, Quanto Basta posted this rendering to their Facebook page:

Source: Quanto Basta Facebook Page
View from intersection of Fourth & Spring

Unfortunately, also a couple of weeks ago, the Spring Street side of the building got hit with this: