Bru: An indoor beer garden in Center City
Teddy Sourias of Finn McCool's is about a month from opening.
Bru: An indoor beer garden in Center City
Michael Klein, Philly.com
Picture this: an indoor German-style beer garden in the heart of Center City - with computerized beer-tap system on the wall, oversize garage door to bring the outdoors in, and a spot to plug in a laptop or iPad.
That's all coming in March at 1318 Chestnut St. when Bru opens.
Teddy Sourias, who owns the Finn McCool's Pub and Prime Lounge at 12th and Sansom Streets, has been putting Bru together for the last year in the former Mitchell & Ness retail shop, a double-wide storefront on a (for now) fairly quiet stretch of Chestnut Street between Juniper and 13th Streets.
Bru will have two entrances - one through the front on Chestnut and the other on Drury Street in the rear. Bru backs up to the front of McGillin's Olde Ale House, the city's oldest bar.
German-style menu - and, sorry: no burgers or cheesesteaks. Sourias says you can get those anywhere.
The draft wall will be run off of iPads. Six beers will be self-service; you buy a "brew card" and swipe to select what and how much you want. A nearby bar, whose taps will be carved into the side of a tree and suspended from the ceiling - will have 32 drafts of which 15 will be locals.
The TV soccer focus will mean lots of 7 a.m. openings.
When the garage door is open, one will get the whiff of the famous Drury street dumpsters.- Ha, that was my thought too. But it'll be a good extra entrance for when McGillin's is too crowded, which is usually the case. — PhillyFanSince1982
- as soon as i saw 'ipad' i was instantly turned off— Zero
- Good. More room for us. — Tatt2
- Ditch the Zero and get with the Hero. — hipdaddy
- I think Bru is a little late to the beer garden party. By the time they open this concept will already by passe'— RIP Philly
- Riiiight. Because there are sooooo many beer gardens in center city.
And when this opens--next month--the beer garden scene in center city will be passe. In a month.
Do you even know how to find center city? Ninny.— Tatt2 - Tatt2 if I see you there lets get a beer and laugh at this miserable jerks. — hipdaddy
- Have two on me - perhaps it will help your miserable syntax and grammar.
— 24sDad - I had a dream last night that I read an article on Philly.com and all the comments were positive.— philly57
- I'd consider that a hallucination rather than a dream, given the uniniformed sourballs who infest the comment boards. — Tatt2
- And I guess that makes you perfect because you called them out?
OMG.— 24sDad - Why, yes. Yes it does. Thank you for noticing.
I assume you're a friend of the Zero and RIP? Have fun with them at Applebee's, or Chili's, or wherever it is you cool kids in Bensalem go these days.— Tatt2 - Will they serve gourmet cupcakes and frozen yogurt?— Gradhospital
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Sounds really bad. Like those terrible bars down at the Wack Center.
