24 Oct Family Friendly Brewpubs On The Rise
By Mason Adams For All About Beer
Mike Rangel had just filed the application to serve liquor at his new brewpub when he discovered his wife was pregnant. The news changed his life—and his business model.
“Instead of become a full hipster bar, we decided to go family friendly and not bring in liquor,” Rangel says.
Some elements already were in place: Rangel’s three-year old pizza business. A new building previously occupied by Two Moons Brew-N-View, a combination restaurant, brewery and movie theater. Brewer Doug Riley, a Two Moons holdover.
The building’s facade acts as a draw itself: Two old-school satellite dishes, welded together, form a UFO that’s embedded in the front of the building, against a purple background and painted cityscape. The crashed spaceship replaced a sculpted 30-foot gorilla that previously guarded the restaurant. Rangel also added a game room with foosball, pool, ping-pong, and vintage pinball and arcade game. “Slowly but surely, between that and offering the room for free for birthday parties, it started to catch on,” he says… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT ALL ABOUT BEER
Mike Rangel had just filed the application to serve liquor at his new brewpub when he discovered his wife was pregnant. The news changed his life—and his business model.
“Instead of become a full hipster bar, we decided to go family friendly and not bring in liquor,” Rangel says.
Some elements already were in place: Rangel’s three-year old pizza business. A new building previously occupied by Two Moons Brew-N-View, a combination restaurant, brewery and movie theater. Brewer Doug Riley, a Two Moons holdover.
The building’s facade acts as a draw itself: Two old-school satellite dishes, welded together, form a UFO that’s embedded in the front of the building, against a purple background and painted cityscape. The crashed spaceship replaced a sculpted 30-foot gorilla that previously guarded the restaurant. Rangel also added a game room with foosball, pool, ping-pong, and vintage pinball and arcade game. “Slowly but surely, between that and offering the room for free for birthday parties, it started to catch on,” he says… CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY AT ALL ABOUT BEER
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