When a business is based on relationships, you can feel a heartbeat of care and hospitality at its core. Parker Garage business owners, Brent Walker and Todd Simons, have taken intentional steps to “honor the past, elevate the present, and serve the community with authenticity and pride.” Over the summer, they renovated Parker Garage in order to modernize and ensure that every space could be open to connection and next-level service.
Brent and Todd have been friends for more than 25 years. When the opportunity opened up in October 2025 for Todd and his wife Antoinette to buy 50% ownership of Parker Garage, their story came full circle. This gave both owners an opportunity to dream forward and continue what Brent and his wife, Meghan, have been building since 2013.
By updating their event space, adding all-new booth seating, putting fresh paint on the walls, and sourcing consistent artwork throughout the space, Brent and Todd selectively established their “premium, but casual, come as you are” atmosphere. Now they can host larger events, parties, celebrations, and gatherings alike, along with catering services.
Brent says, “We’re not fine dining, but we take our dining very seriously. From a food standpoint, we really care a lot about the product of what we purchase. We prep everything ourselves, so it’s all made in-house. That turns into a great finished product. We source really heavily on products, and make decisions that we feel fit the message that we get from the clients as well as our own love of food and dining.”
With the summer’s renovation, they highlight their partnership with good friends, Jesse Katz and his father, Andy Katz. Brent shares, “Jesse just won winemaker of the year. His winery’s in Alexander Valley, and it’s called Aperture Cellars. Aperture represents the lens of a camera. All the pictures you see in this room are from his dad, Andy Katz Photography. We’ve been long friends. We used to go to Andy’s house in Sonoma. We took him on trips, so we got to be good friends with Jesse as he was getting started. This wine he makes just for us.” Sure enough, Brett holds a wine bottle in his hand with Parker Garage’s old building front on it.
He continues, “We look to find unique products. I use the word relationship a lot in the restaurant because it’s tied to your employees, to each other, to the whole experience with the customer. It becomes this interactive living relationship. We look at the menu that way. It’s a living, breathing document. We’re always looking for ways to make it better, and we’ll never stop that exploration because we think there’s always new cool things out there that need to be found, and we like sharing those with the customer. We decided to partner with Jesse and Andy on all this artwork and the wine to really give it a modern cultural feel that is consistent.”
Todd shares, “The excitement is that you know you’re going in the right direction. You’re walking down the right path. With two visions that are very aligned, we’re taking the restaurant to another level of business; for the community, for Mainstreet, to create memories.”