GREEN BAY − A new business downtown aims to become a fun hangout space with food, drinks, console and card games.
Haven is opening at 401 N. Washington St., Suite 107, in the former space of the Waterfront Market, in the CityDeck Landing building. The market opened in June 2023 with a coffee shop — now closed and replaced by Java Cream— and radio station WGBW 97.9 FM.
Tony Wiltgen, Shawn Zambarda and Adam Slota partnered to lease the market space in April but decided not to change anything immediately. At the time, Zambarda said they were looking at a business that could entertain residents in the area.
“We want to see what is really needed and would work best,” he said.
After a couple months, the partners decided to rebrand the market and turn it into Haven, a place for people to hang out, have drinks, play games and enjoy food.
“We are going to have a living room kind of feel,” Wiltgen said. “We are going to have a deli and pretty much a full service bar.”
He said the idea is to have a space for people to play card games like Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer. Eventually, they will add several TVs and console games to hold tournaments with video games like Mario Kart, Super Smash Brothers and more.