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Schlitz Park Sets Opening Schedule for Brown Bottle and Names Chef
Milwaukee, October27, 2014 – Schlitz Park, the 46-acre riverfront office property, announced today that the famed Brown Bottle restaurant will re-open starting with lunch and happy hour service on Monday, November 17th and will add dinner service beginning Monday, December 1st. Ben Hudson, most recently with Bacchus restaurant, was also named executive chef.
The Brown Bottlefirst opened in 1938 as a meeting place for visitors at the end of brewery tours. The restaurant, located at 221 W. Galena St. on the ground level of Schlitz Park’s recently renovated Stock-House building complex, will initially be open Monday-Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“We want to honor Brown Bottle’s rich history by providing a nod to old world pub fare while offering a more modern style of food and atmosphere in a comfortable and convenient downtown location,” explained Schlitz Park President Gary Grunau.
“Our menu will entice a wide range of customers from those looking for classic pub to Wisconsin comfort foods,” added Executive Chef Ben Hudson. “Special attention will be paid to locally sourced foods from Wisconsin; vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options; and wholesome offerings.”
The initial lunch and appetizer menu will include Schlitz Park Beer Nuggets featuring bite-sized beer-infused pizza dough served with a Schlitz beer cheese sauce; a Waldorf with a Twistsalad consisting of seasonal apples, pears and celery tossed in a honey amaretto vinaigrette served on bib lettuce and topped with sliced almond; and Pulled Pork and Slawwith braised pork shoulder, BBQ sauce, fried onion and topped with cold slaw.
The Brown Bottle bar will also serve classic cocktails and a wide variety of wine and beer including Schlitz. In addition to starting to offer dinner service in December, the Brown Bottle will be available for private social and corporate events. In December the Brown Bottle hours expandto Mondays-Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturdays from 4 to 10 p.m.
Looking ahead to next spring and summer whenwarmer temps return, the Brown Bottle Patio Gardenwill offer full bar and food table serviceoverlooking Schlitz Park’s new Brewhouse Square park.
“We’re excited to introduce the Brown Bottle to a new era of guests and make it a dining destination in the Downtown and Brewers Hill areas whether to meet with colleagues or gather with friends,” Hudson said.
Hudson, a graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon, most recently worked alongside such notable executive chefs as Adam Siegel and Nick Wirth from Bacchus. In Portland, he served as head chef of the vegan restaurant and bar, the Hungry Tiger Too, and was sous Chef at Mama Mia’s Trattoria.
Schlitz Park is working with its food service partner Davíans to operate the Brown Bottle. Davíans runs the office complex’s Schlitz Park Café in the RiverCenter and The Brew which recently opened in the Stock-House.
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More than 4,300 employees work in Schlitz Park, home to major Milwaukee organizations including ManpowerGroup, Time Warner and others that provide financial services, health care, employment, education, technology and other important services. Schlitz Park is owned and managed by The Brewery Works, Inc., the organization formed by the families that purchased the Schlitz Park property in 1983.
The Brewery Works, Inc., 1555 N. RiverCenter Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212
414.272.6302