Dayton’s newest business is a familiar one to many residents of Northern Kentucky river cities.
Roebling Point Books & Coffee opened their third storefront on April 29. Located in a former corner grocery store at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Vine Street, their newest bookstore has all the hallmarks of their popular Covington and Newport locations.
In addition, Lil’s Bagels proprietor Julia Kiester has debuted her newest business, Lil’s Kitchen, inside the Dayton location. Lil’s Bagels closed last December after lease negotiations with their landlord, Gravity Property Management, fell through.
“This has been, for all intents, a perfect marriage,” Roebling Point owner Richard Hunt told LINK nky. “We are now all as one under Roebling.”
While Lil’s Kitchen won’t be serving their signature bagels, their menu features an array of fresh options for customers, such as soups, wraps, salads and cold sandwiches. Roebling Point will eventually offer food from Lil’s at their Covington and Newport locations
“The feedback we’ve gotten is that everybody’s thrilled to be able to get a taste of that food again,” Hunt said. “But also to be able to say ‘hey, I can afford to come here a couple of times a week.'”
Lil’s Bagels were previously neighbors to Roebling Point’s Covington location. According to Hunt, the business relationship between the two stores was friendly. Lil’s and Roebling Point collaborated on a variety of community projects.
When Lil’s closed, Hunt and Keister found themselves collaborating once again. This time, they hatched a plan to bring Lil’s into the Roebling fold.
“We’ve always been very mindful of competition and our neighbors but the collaboration seemed like one of those things where it might help boost us boost business,” Hunt said.
