After years in the wine business I have decided to return to the Restaurant business and Hospitably Industry. I was invited by a group of friends to become an investor and become the Managing Partner of St.Joseph's Brewery & Public House.
Mid April 2015 come and visit at 540 N College Ave. in Indiapolis
It is located in the old Catholic Church of St. Joseph's. The cornerstone to the building was laid in 1879 and the church, that was designed by D.A.Bohlen was open on July 4th, 1880. Unfortunately, the Parrish was relocated to the south side of Indianapolis in 1949 and the church was closed. It was used for a few years for some Church events before the doors completely shut down.
After taking possession of the building last year we started to renovate the inside. We installed a 15 barrel Micro Brewery and the Restaurant will have a seating capacity of almost 190 people.
Our Head brewer is Mr. Alan Simons formerly of Oaken Barrel in Greenwood and Scott Reifenberger is our Executive Chef who left the Skyline Club after 12 years there.
It was an interesting project and hopefully we will by open in just about 5 weeks.
Here some pictures of the original fresco and the way the church building had looked before and after
The altar area where the brew house will be installed
The old ceilings
The Old Fresco
When the staples and bells were removed
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Building the platform for the tanks, approx 16000 lbs of steel and almost 80.000 lbs of concrete
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| Blue lines outlined where things are going |
renovation in progress
The tanks were designed so they could fit through the front door
Precision work done by the guys from the rigging company, amazing
We are getting there, I can almost smell the food already and hear the laughter of the customers.
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| Seating plan with tables? |
Looking towards the entrance
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one of our future Vegetarian dishes
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