The old 1,100 square foot Dart Bank in Mason is now agourmet deli and grocery store. The aptly named Vault will soon have a largeselection of wine that will be stored in the bank former vault.
Jared Browers rehabbed the 368 S. Jefferson building,which has been a bank, a clothing store and a bridal shop. Browers also toredown the façade put on the front of the building in the 1970s, restored themarble floors and replaced the store front window.
“We pretty much gutted the inside of the store and foundold building materials that had been removed from the walls,” Browers says.“Old Dart Bank employees come in here and their jaws drop.”
The former teller counter is Browers’ check out and delicounter, where Browers sells homemade pasta salads, fresh baked bread andquality meats. Browers also uses local products whenever possible.
“My main mission is to improve people’s eating habits inMason,” Browers says. “We have a lot of fast food and fried places, and youcan’t get organic greens or breads.”
So far, says Browers, things have gone really well. When theyopened, he thought he’d sell 50 sandwiches a day, but he’s never sold less than90 sandwiches in a day.
“We opened up three weeks ago and my original predictionswere completely outmatched,” Browers says.
Source: Jared Browers, Vault
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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