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The Win~Dow restaurant adaptive reuse

Orange

Description

Conversion of a 1924 Standard Oil super station's two buildings into a kitchen/bar with 225 outdoor dining seats, 16 bar seats, and walk-up service.

Impact summary

Would activate a long-vacant historic corner; fencing, landscaping, and screening details must be revised first.

Applicant

Name: Jeff Goodman (operator); Jeff Rabbitt, AO Architects
Address: 237 W. Chapman AvenueSee this on the map

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 1
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Design Review Committee

Tabled4–0, unanimous

Last discussed May 20, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

May 20, 2026Tabled 4–0

Design Review Committee — May 20, 2026

Conversion of a 1924 Standard Oil super station's two buildings into a kitchen/bar with 225 outdoor dining seats, 16 bar seats, and walk-up service.

Related issues (1)

The Win~Dow restaurant at the former Texaco station

Two vacant historic gas station buildings in Old Towne will become a restaurant with walk-up service, outdoor dining and a full bar. Neighbors worried about the six-foot fence, the mechanical roof screen, and maintenance of decomposed granite. The committee approved it with conditions on lighting, fence color and trees.

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