Bar, restaurant slated for the two former Dinky station structures

Under Construction: Two former Dinky station buildings will be transformed into a bar and a restaurant. (File photo June 2014).

Under Construction: Two former Dinky station buildings will be transformed into a bar and a restaurant. (File photo June 2014).

Princeton University is partnering with Jim Nawn and his Fenwick Hospitality Group to bring a bar and a restaurant to the two structures that formerly housed the Dinky station on University Place. Nawn owns Agricola restaurant on Witherspoon (across from Small World Coffee) and Great Road Farm (under the direction of Steve Tomlinson, farmer).

From the story: The bar will be housed in the smaller, north building, with 60 indoor seats and 30 outside and will serve drinks and small bites for lunch and dinner.

For the south building, formerly used for baggage handling, the group is proposing an “approachable French-influenced menu” serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. There will be seating for 125 people inside and 50 outside. In addition, there will be counter seating and a private dining room.

The bar is scheduled to open in spring 2016 and the bistro in spring 2017.

Read more here in the story by Min Pullan, from the Office of Communications.