Michael Sherfick and Sherfick Companies of Noblesville, Indiana are the owners of the East Street bulding; who have purchased and redeveloped several residential real estate and commercial properties in Bates-Hendricks.
Johnson said. 1718 will also offer outdoor seating on a rear patio. Johnson, who moved to Bates Hendricks with wife Tiffany Obrecht-Johnson in 2016, said the opportunity to run a restaurant appealed to him for a couple of reasons. The two couples met each other through Obrecht-Johnson's business, Blank Page Marketing. That business is next door at 1720 S. East St., in a building also owned by Sherfick Companies.
He saw a business opportunity in the fact that Bates-Hendricks is a busy neighborhood with a growing number of young families, yet it has very few restaurants. Johnson also relished the chance to get back into the hospitality business. He most recently worked in construction but earlier in his career spent about a decade in food service, including a stint at the Rathskeller restaurant near Massachusetts Avenue.

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