WSCR's Live Holiday Broadcast From Mickey Finn's Brewery Highlights Brewpub's First Year In New Location, 20th Anniversary
WSCR's Live Holiday Broadcast From Mickey Finn's Brewery Highlights Brewpub's First Year In New Location, 20th Anniversary
LIBERTYVILLE - An all-day live broadcast December 17 featuring WSCR's Spiegel & Mannelly (Matt Spiegel and Pat Mannelly) and Boers & Bernstein (Terry Boers and Dan Bernstein) highlighted Mickey Finn's Brewery's first year in its new Libertyville location as well as its 20th year as Lake County's largest microbrewery.
The event was sponsored by Mickey Finn's Brewery, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Backyard Barbeque, Lovers Lane, and Spada Law Offices. They were the first such live remotes at the newly relocated Mickey Finn's Brewery, 345 N. Milwaukee Avenue, located a half block south of its old location.
The move to and substantial makeover of the historic 345 N. Milwaukee building has seen a significant spike in dining, bar, and banquet business from loyal customers dating back 20 years when Lake County's largest brewpub was founded and from others trying it for the first time, said Brian Grano, Mickey Finn's Brewery's owner the last ten years.
The menu includes such brewpub favorites as the Mickey Burger, Pat E. Melt, Reuben, and brisket sandwiches; natural gas-fired pizza; and signature hot wings. New to the menu are gluten-free pizza, gluten-free Organic beef burgers, and gluten-free chicken tenders, as well as Finn's Cobb salad and blackened chicken salad, and brisket chili.
The menu is complemented by Mickey Finn's Brewery's award winning, hand-crafted ales and lagers, including a full array of its Amber Wheat, Stout, IPA, and multiple Seasonals. Its most popular creation, Santa's Magic, came out the day after Thanksgiving.
Its much needed banquet facility fills a void in Lake County. Bookings for weddings, rehearsal dinners, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, private parties, sales training meetings, and fund raisers are up significantly from a year ago in the previous building.
The brewpub's massive remodeling of the existing 15,000 square foot office building includes a main dining room with seating for 175, banquet facility serving up to 20 guests, kitchen double the size of the old one boasting state-of-the-art equipment, beer garden, all-you-can-eat Friday fry free weekend entertainment, bigger capacity brewery. There is much more parking available at the new location.
Most recently, Mickey Finn's Brewery was the only suburban Chicago brewpub and one of only four in the entire Chicago area to be honored in Zagat's 2014 edition of "Between The Bun - Must Try Burgers Across The Country." In addition, Mickey Finn's Brewery's was voted "Best Burger, Best Microbrewery, and Best Beer Garden in "Northburbia."
Mickey Finn's Brewery, whose motto is "Life, Libertyville, And The Pursuit Of Happiness," is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The brewpub is closed on Mondays. For more information, please visit www.mickeyfinnsbrewery.com, or call (847) 362-6688.
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