Ode to Food and Drinks is back open at new location
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —A Sioux Falls restaurant is back open after relocating.
While people had dined at Ode to Food and Drinks inside the Cherapa Place for 10 years, you can now find them in the Country Inn & Suites in downtown Sioux Falls. The restaurant has spent the last 2 weeks moving.
'All of our employees have been super helpful. And, there's a lot of, you know, love and care put into all of this. They helped us with taking out ceiling tiles, which is a messy job, putting them back up and painting and, recovering booths and, you know, bringing over our furniture and lighting and everything,' Ode to Food and Drinks owner, Theresa Flannery Kramer said.
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'A lot of people come stay at this hotel specifically for the, like, river view that the old restaurant used to provide. I would say it's kind of, not like a cult, but a group thing. Like, I came to find out a lot of our, regulars specifically stay here for the restaurant. So they are also excited as well,' Country Inn & Suites, Alan Thongvanh said.
The new location has a patio that will bring a different aspect to their new space.
'This one is definitely more of, like, when you want to go have a drink on a patio kind of patio vibe, and it's a lot closer to the water,' Flannery Kramer said.
And with their Irish roots, it was important to the owners to be open by St. Patrick's Day weekend.
'We are an Irish family, and we have over the past ten years, we have really, brought in a lot of our Irish favorites. And, we've already had some calls of people going, where are you? Where can I get my corned beef and cabbage? Where can I get my Irish curry? So, you know, getting open before was really important,' Flannery Kramer said.
Today is the first day Ode to Food is open at their new location.
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