photo by jekemp

For years we've strolled by the ramshackled graffiti-covered trailer and longed to restore it to its days of glory when it was an ice cream stand, not a dingy brothel. 3rd Ward has beat us to it.

The guys behind 3rd Ward have been hard at work buffering up an old silver trailer in the lot adjacent to Roberta's. But what for?

As it turns out, 3rd Ward confirmed to us today that they're getting ready to open up a restaurant "in a souped-up vintage trailer" featuring "gourmet American" fare and a "gorgeous yard," sometime in the near future. We heard it'll be somewhere on Metropolitan.

And, conveniently, since that long-abandoned prostitute/ice cream trailer in the lot across from their new location on Metropolitan Ave. was recently boarded up to make way for a restaurant (said the construction guy), we'll speculate that's where the new digs will be.