When few others had an interest in restoring the historic Victorian building at the corner of Main Street and Buntrock Avenue in Thiensville, Barka and Jesse Daily stepped forward with a vision and a fierce work ethic.
With her history growing up in Kathmandu, his engineering background and their shared love of cooking, the couple started the cheel restaurant featuring food from the Himalayas to the Rockies and grew it into a destination for people throughout southeastern Wisconsin. But on late Sunday afternoon, the Dailys stood among the crowds of onlookers and watched helplessly as smoke and flames poured out of their building. The building that they put their hearts and souls into every day for the last seven years was significantly damaged. A Facebook post made Monday by the cheel confirmed the building was a total loss.