Originally built in 1867 and then known as Gilbert Buildings, by 1935 the edifice was purchased by H. Buring and Sobels to be used as a cellar and warehouse for their Quelltaler Wines label. Red October is the bar and restaurant in Quelltaler House on Gilbert Place. Owed by a couple from Moscow, the name is taken from the former site of a famous Russian chocolate factory that has since become an art and food district.