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A view of the lowered ceiling on the first floor of the newly renovated Ferguson Brewing Company that will soon re-open.
Ferguson Brewing Company ‘Brewing up’ For Reopening
By Tom Anselm
“The Pumpkin will be ready,”said a very excited Lizzie Lonero as we talked to her last week at Vincenzo’s Restaurant, another restaurant they own along with Cork.
Lizzie is the wife of Mike Lonero, who along with Mike’s father Joe, has been arguably the main driving force in the renewal of the Ferguson downtown business and entertainment district for several years running. And what she was referring to was the Pumpkin Ale, a beer that has been a stalwart on the menu at The Ferguson Brewing Company for several years.
This is good news for anyone who has been a fan of that brew, as well as the restaurant, which has been shuttered since a mid-summer fire destroyed the kitchen. They are fast making the necessary repairs to open very soon.
“We had a lot of damage, mostly smoke
and soot. Oh, it was everywhere, on everything. The fire smoldered overnight, so the damage was all the way upstairs as well. We had to replace or clean every inch of the place. By some miracle, the brewing area was not damaged and we were able to still brew beer,” said Lizzie.
“But we are really happy that the
Pumpkin will be ready!”
Mike Hutch, bar manager, is equally
thrilled, and for other reasons as well.
“We had to replace most of the furnishings, dropped the ceiling on the first floor, restored the second floor, added light fixtures,” he said, adding that the kitchen is completely different.
A view of the lowered ceiling on the first floor of the newly renovated Ferguson Brewing Company that will soon re-open.
Across South Florissant from The
Ferguson Brewing Company, Jackie Mafuli of Cose Dolci Bakery is also looking forward to the reopening “We miss the business generated by walk-ins from the customers who visit the restaurant. It’s great that they are going to come back soon.”
There has not been an announced date for reopening, but Hutch said they are very close, perhaps next week. So get ready, everyone. As Lizzie Lonero says, “the Pumpkin will be ready” and available at Ferguson Brewing Co, as well as the other Ferguson restaurants in the S. Florissant Road business district.
