STONINGTON — Water Street Cafe plans to close after dinner service Saturday, November 7, ending 32 years in Stonington Borough, according to a November 2 Daily Voice report.
Reporter Josh Lanier attributed the announcement to owners Stephanie Hayes-Houlihan and Walter Houlihan. The report says they thanked customers and encouraged people with unused gift certificates to redeem them before the closing. It did not give a reason for the decision.
The restaurant’s own website confirms its location at 143 Water Street and says the couple founded the cafe in 1994 after working in New York City. The site describes a menu drawing on French and Asian cooking, with locally sourced seafood and produce.
The closing date and gift-certificate request come from Daily Voice’s account of the owners’ announcement. The cafe’s ordinary website pages reviewed for this article did not carry that announcement. Eastern CT News has not independently interviewed the owners or established any plans for the space.
This AI-prepared report uses the linked reporting and restaurant website. The accompanying restaurant photograph is a file image from its website, not a photograph of the final service.