Downtown Milwaukee’s Schlitz Park is bringing back a Milwaukee institution, The Brown Bottle Pub, at 221 W. Galena St.
OnMilwaukee.com, a media partner of BizTimes, is reporting that a new Class B tavern license and food dealer (restaurant) license was applied for on July 2 for the pub by The Brown Bottle LLC.
The building formerly housed the Schlitz Brewing Company’s tasting room, which opened in 1938. The hand-carved woodwork and the old photos inside the old Brown Bottle, that closed in 2004, were meant to conjure up the atmosphere of a 19th century European tavern.
When Schlitz was finally shuttered in 1982, the popularity of the Brown Bottle gave it continued life and it became a full restaurant in 1986.
Dean Cannestra opened Libiamo in the former Brown Bottle space in 2005. However, it closed in 2012.
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The new Brown Bottle has been under construction for months and will feature a new outdoor beer garden.
For more, visit OnMilwaukee.com.
