

Ensenburger of Bloomington, and Otto Wasserzieher of Nauvoo. The taproom is bedecked in rougher finishes and darker materials, a nod to the masculine feel that the client wanted to create. Marketing Problems in the Late Nineteenth Century: The California Wine Association.

Once they had a blank slate, the crew set to work on creating the owner’s vision of a trendy place to imbibe craft brews. “It was like urban archaeology, pulling out all the decades of walls,” Otto says. With each layer they peeled back, they discovered evidence of other restaurants and bars past. Designed by architect Josh Otto’s firm Otto Architects and David Whipple’s Assimilation Design Lab, and constructed by Vince Massara’s Three Services Corp., the project began with Massara and Otto gutting nearly 90% of the old building’s interior. All of the bar’s tubes and wiring, from the tap lines to the speaker cables, are hidden.īut the bar wasn't born looking this way.

Music fills the space from speakers hidden above the bar, which are equalized to deliver steady volume throughout the establishment. Instead of gawking at a beer list behind the bar, customers order their beverages on iPads that are handed out like menus. Discover Matic Wines, a winery in tajerska, Slovenia and explore their most popular wines. In the Philadelphia neighborhood of Rittenhouse Square sits the Tria Taproom, a hip local watering hole where bartenders pour beer, wine, cider, and artisanal sodas from 40 unmarked shiny taps.
