Imagine opening your dream restaurant to great acclaim — only to have to close it three months later. That’s what happened to Cole Jeanes, owner of Kinfolk restaurant in Harbor Town.
Kinfolk, which began as a pop-up in the old Puck Food Hall at 409 South Main and, later, Comeback Coffee, opened for breakfast and lunch in late March 2024 in a brick-and-mortar spot at 111 Harbor Town Square. “We took over a year to build,” says Jeanes, 36.
The restaurant was patterned after a diner. “It kind of was inspired by Waffle House and country-style diners,” says Jeanes. Natalie Lieberman of Collect + Curate Studio designed the interior. “More like a ’70s diner instead of really, really country.”…