New York-based Ketchy Shuby is converting the former Banko Cantina at 114 S. Olive Avenue in West Palm Beach into a three-story, 13,083-square-foot venue combining dining, cocktails, live music, and a rooftop bar, according to the operator's Instagram. The concept is targeting a fall 2026 opening.
The building dates to 1923 and sits within walking distance of Clematis Street, the primary corridor for downtown West Palm Beach's hospitality and entertainment district. Ketchy Shuby's decision to work within a century-old structure rather than a new-construction shell gives the project an architectural anchor that most comparable nightlife venues in the market lack, though the source offers no detail on which elements of the original building will be preserved or restored during the conversion.
The 13,083-square-foot footprint, spread across three floors, is substantial for a single operator on Olive Avenue. The format — New American cooking at the base, escalating toward cocktail programming and a rooftop component — allows the venue to run multiple audiences within a single address: an early-evening dining crowd and a later-night draw built around music and bar volume. The rooftop element positions the concept as a destination rather than a pass-through stop on the Clematis corridor.
Banko Cantina was the prior occupant at 114 S. Olive. No design team, construction firm, or lease terms appear in the source. The fall 2026 opening window is the operator's stated target as of the Instagram posting and should be treated as a target rather than a confirmed date until permits or a formal operator statement surface.
What to watch: which design and construction team Ketchy Shuby attaches to the adaptive reuse, the specific music programming format across the three floors, and whether the fall 2026 window holds through permitting. At 13,083 square feet, the project is one of the larger single-operator hospitality commitments on Olive Avenue in recent memory — the format and execution will be closely tracked by other operators watching where the Clematis-adjacent corridor is headed.
