Shakespeare’s Pub

History

Established in 2003.

In January of 2000, Scott and I talked of opening a pub of our own while closing up shop at another local watering hole we worked at. It was a Tuesday, a busy night for the bar, and a game of pool always followed the evening before going home. I knew we could do this, but, it was 3AM, and as talk goes, it was just that to me, talk. We left for our homes after that game and at 9AM that morning, just hours after that pool game, Scott was knocking at my door ready to place plans into effect. Scott found the Shakespeare’s Company building. It was in pieces. The back of the building had been blown out in a fire. There was no staircase, or a window without a crack. My initial reaction was, «NO WAY!» to the idea that this was our place. Scott was relentless about building our pub here. I have always trusted him, so I agreed to follow him on this journey. I remember going home to Angela and telling her, I just put us into certain bankruptcy. After that initial thought, we researched the histor