Yer Mom's Book & Wine, a bookstore, wine bar, and cafe, will open in Louisville, Ky., later this spring, the Louisville Courier Journal reported.
Located at 814 East Main St., Yer Mom's Book & Wine is intended to be an anchor tenant for the NuLu Marketplace North development, which will open later this year. In addition to a curated book selection, Yer Mom's will feature a variety of local and mainstream wines, nonalcoholic beverage options, and a food menu consisting of sandwiches, salads, and small bites.
"We don't have a bookstore in downtown Louisville," store owner Tara Leigh Goode told the Courier Journal. "We desperately need one. They tend to be great for foot traffic, great place makers, great anchors to get more people downtown."
Along with Yer Mom's, Goode will open two additional businesses in the same development: a 4,500-square-foot co-working space called Greenhouse Workspace, and a grocery store called Grown Up Harvest Grocery that will emphasize locally sourced products and food.
"Place makers are important," she said. "I love that... we can create a multi-use space that's humming and buzzy, that brings and invites people in."
NuLu Marketplace North remains under construction, with the developer expecting the first tenants to open after the Kentucky Derby in May. Goode said she hopes to have Yer Mom's Book & Wine open by early June.