“The ‘40s is when that theater first went up. “The 1940s is really the era where this neighborhood came into existence,” says Gott, who also lives in the Huntridge. Lee, a chef who previously cooked in kitchens like that of fellow downtown restaurant, Esther’s Kitchen, and Gott who comes from a background of event design and marketing, submitted their plans for a cozy 24-hour diner that draws on the nostalgia of the historic neighborhood. Lee and Gott were one team out of about 90 to submit applications to win a coffee shop of their own imagining. Meatloaf sandwich with smashed potato salad and shell and cheese. Anchored by the Huntridge Theater, Dapper is pouring money into the center, restoring the historic theater, sprucing up the exteriors on existing businesses, and opening new ones - like the diner’s neighbor, Yukon Pizza.

The contest was The Great Las Vegas Coffee Shop Giveaway, a contest put on by Dapper Companies, a real estate development firm in Southern Nevada that has taken a vested interest in a shopping center on Charleston Boulevard at Maryland Parkway. But its owners, Aaron Lee and Mallory Gott, won an unprecedented contest, awarding them the restaurant and all its contents - for free. In total, transforming the lot in the Huntridge neighborhood into Winnie & Ethel’s totaled about one million dollars. A new diner debuts in downtown Las Vegas on Saturday, November 4 with a vintage-inspired 3,000-square-foot space, an electronic marquee on the wall, and a brand spanking new kitchen.

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