Love at the Pub: An Insider's Guide to Craftsmanship, Conversation, and Community at the Brick Store Pub

by Mary Jane Mahan

"Love at the Pub" is the true story of a small southern town's love for its friendly beer pub. When three bootstrapping young men opened the visionary Brick Store Pub in 1997 on the commercial square of Decatur, Georgia, the neighborhood was smitten. Economic renaissance and properly poured pints swept the city as a unique culture began to grow inside this relaxed, community-minded pub. "Love at the Pub" is an intimate sharing of a warm mystique that brims with world class beer, authentic conversation, staff parties, and community celebrations-including a few marriages and a start-up church. The Brick Store's perfect timing with Decatur's growth and the craft beer wave explosion made it a local darling, a venerated national star, and a valued "third place" that thrives to this day.

Stories from inside these historic red brick walls *How the Brick Store became rated the #2 beer bar on planet Earth *What local building used to sit on the site of 125 E Court Square *How the Georgia beer law fight was won (and who to thank) *Why the second floor bar makes you swear you're in Europe

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2009

Reviews

[Dan Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed the topic, and it had some insights into what makes a pub wonderful, but it goes on to long and includes accounts of parties, etc., that nobody could possibly want read if they weren't there.