Roasted Barrelhouse & Eatery Meeting Notes
Meeting: 6th Ward Block Watch, 8/22/2016
Presenter: Pete Landis
Feels like he is a part of Lawrenceville community now
- Part of Market Square Association, which works with Zone 2 police often
- Work together to improve community, reduce crime
- Current status of Roasted
- Back deck was an area of concern for nearby residents when building owned by Eclipse
- Used to create a lot of noise complaints
- No permit for it, not in compliance with zoning
- During previous meeting with impacted residents, Pete had promised not to retain it in response to these community concerns
- Created new addition behind existing building, where folks can do dinner/drinks
- Doubled size, but no noise complaints – seems to be working out for everyone
- Opened already
- Not open for lunch yet but hoping to get there soon
- Current hours:
- Monday-Thursday: 5-11 PM
- Friday-Saturday: 5 PM-2 AM
- Ideally going to start doing lunch and eventually do Sundays as well
- Renovations of space
- Front façade: pulled off glass block from Bill’s Tavern and restored façade
- Didn’t have to do this because not designated as historic, but preserved it to historic standards anyway
- Wanted to keep historic look, make it look like it’s been there for years
- Residents who remember Bill’s Tavern have told him that Bill would be proud!
- Front windows can open during warmer months
- Seats 8 people between inside and outside and creates communal table feel.
- Menu
- Back to basics: not modern deep-frying equipment, just good drinks and oven-roasted food
- Cocktail program: easy highball drinks (different sizes offered), historical cocktails from 1800s-1960s
- Food: everything is oven roasted, seasoned & slow-roasted, served “au jus”
- Tweaking menu as they go, but available now online at roastedpgh.com
- Collaboration with other 6th Ward businesses
- Working to get all business owners together to create dialogue, contribute back to community
- Working to resolve parking impact on the residential neighborhood: collaborative valet parking to a lease with parking lots
- Thinking they will incentivize customers to use it with discounts
- Vice President of the West Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association, so have lots of good connections with state and governmental agencies to help get some of these things done.
- Hiring: growing and looking to hire
- Front façade: pulled off glass block from Bill’s Tavern and restored façade
- Back deck was an area of concern for nearby residents when building owned by Eclipse