Republic opening second location in Uptown
These days, it seems like you either love Uptown or you hate it. The dining destination is still home to cozy independents like Lucia and Barbette, but it also a bastian for bro bars and retail chains. If you ask me, Uptown could use a good, homegrown neighborhood bar with a stellar craft beer list and locallysourced comfort food. Is that too much to ask?
Boom, prayers answered: The owners of Republic tell me they will open a second location of their acclaimed beer bar in Calhoun Square, hopefully by November. Matty O and Rick Guntzel have signed a lease for the secondlevel space formerly home to cheapest north face jackets the Independent.
The original Republic opened in May 2011 in the old Sgt. Preston at Seven Corners. The pub made a quick name for itself by holding weekly craft beer events (beer school!) and expanding its tap beer portfolio to a whopping 56 drafts
O Uptown plans call for a total remodel of the Independent sleeker, clubby space.
be very similar to the Seven Corners location we strip the space back to nothing, see what there and then add what we need, he said.
He warm up the room by adding timber and brick. The biggest change will cheap north face jackets sale come to the Independent shabby smoking porch. The underused space will be transformed into an extension of the interior bar with big windows and more seating.
They aiming for about 40 tap lines, continuing Republic commitment to Minnesota craft beers, as well as German and Belgian favorites. The food will mirror the original location, but the new kitchen pizza oven means they might add flatbreads to the scratchmade menu.
O is no stranger to Uptown. He lived in the neighborhood 20 years ago and spent many nights in this very bar, when it was called the Smiling Moose (prior to the Independent).
The look of the area has changed but that doesn mean he can bring some of that neighborhood charm back.
me, I love to maintain that sort of place in the community again, O said. Commenters must follow our Terms of Use.