Monday, January 14, 2008

Renovations @ Victory Brewing Company


RENOVATIONS OF THE RESTAURANT @ VICTORY BREWING COMPANY

From the owners of Victory brewing:


In just under twelve years, the walls of Victory Brewing Company have been filled completely with many, many memories. We relish the times we have played host to our guests’ birthdays, anniversaries and post-game celebrations. It’s nothing less than a thrill to see this old shell of a bakery plant brought to life by the folks that have come to enjoy it so much.


As you might imagine, we have countless memories of our own captured within this space. Prior to opening, it was just a few of us, namely myself, Ron, my father, and a host of trusted contractors that had just five months and an impossibly small budget gathered from friends and family to transform this abandoned building into a place that you enjoy socializing in. For those of you who have never done it, I would not recommend the experience of project management on a tight budget, especially when you had never built a brewery or restaurant before.


But some of these great memories are about to be physically removed. The hearth ovens, victims of constant heat, need be replaced and so, block by block, they will go away come February, just shy of their 12th birthday. No one stands to lose more, in terms of sentimental value, than Ron and I as we embark on building a bigger and better Victory. Things that cost us our precious pennies back then are simply worn out and we have to acknowledge and deal with that reality. Allowing sentimentality to command our actions while our beloved place slips into dysfunctional disrepair is simply not an option. You deserve better than that.
So permit us a few months and a few private tears as we revitalize our kitchen facility, expand with new dining areas and build the better, more durable Victory that our budget could not have permitted twelve years ago.


Trust us. Behind the scenes of our restaurant we have constantly upgraded the brewing facilities, to the tune of nearly $6 million, to bring you ever more delicious Victory beer. It’s time the restaurant benefited from some renovation, too. All the while, we remain focused on stepping into the future, without obliterating the precious past.
Onward to Victory!

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