2nd Street Brew house has been opened a year. It occupies the unassuming corner of 2nd and Morris and gets more traffic from cars on their way to Target than pedestrians hunting food and drink.

I came across the Brew House one day when I was trolling Twitter. (You do it, too. Right? Right?!) Their happy hour occupies the inconvenient hours of 4-6 PM, but determined to try a new happy hour, I managed to get down to 2nd and Morris by 4:30 last Wednesday. My friends and I settled into a table in the back, close to the Ms. Pac Man machine. When I realized that I couldn’t beat my friends at that, I suggested we play darts. We essentially had the back part of the bar to ourselves, besides a few loners who were curling up with their Kindles and a beer.


Curling up is easy at the Brew House since they have upholstered chairs placed throughout the bar. These and the low-lamp lighting contribute to the overall warmth of the place. Logan, the bartender, said that the bar reminded her of a cabin in the Poconos; I couldn’t agree more.

Logan was awesome. She worked with my friend for ten minutes, trying to help her find a beer that she liked on draft. My friend finally got the Southern Tier Crème Brulee, which tastes more like dessert than beer. I drank the Founders Dirty Bastard, which I had never tried before and loved. I wish that they had had more beers on special; there were only five half-price draft options.
That’s my only criticism though, and I hear that the number of beers on special has fluctuated as the brand-new Brew House finds their happy hour stride. Altogether, the ambience, the staff, the food, and the price are spot on. As of last Wednesday, their specials were as follows: half-price select drafts, half off the entire food menu, and $2 domestic cans and bottles… and get this y’all—seven days a week! I only know of one other bar that has a happy hour all week: Watkins Drinkery. You know of any more?


If I lived closer to 2nd and Morris this bar would definitely be my go to. As it is, it will become a regular fixture on my happy hour circuit. And when I say regular, I mean that I went back there on Friday.
Cheers, y’all.