Really sad news but Main & Six is closing in March :(
QuoteOne of the most decorated craft breweries in Jacksonville is shutting down just under five years since it opened its doors.
Main & Six Brewing Co. said on Facebook Wednesday night that it would be closing in the next month and a half, with a projected closing date of March 13 — "but as with many circumstances in life in recent years, this may change or occur sooner," co-owner Dennis Espinosa wrote.
https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2022/01/20/main-six-closing.html
Very disappointing news. They'd been pursuing expansion into a rooftop and outdoor space as recently as last year that would have been great for street-level interaction.
Definitely a blow to Springfield and the aura of a Main Street renaissance. How is 'Strings' holding up?
Why is Strings in quotes? Is that not its real name? It's doing great. Packed every Saturday and Sunday for football and doing fine on other nights too.
I'm sad to see Main and 6 go. Admittedly, I did not go there as much as I should have, but I really enjoyed their beers. Hopefully someone can continue brewing Swoop Juice and Super Bloom.
Two of my downtown dwellers friends got the bums rush one Thursday night not long ago, watching NFL football there...... It closed at 9 pm.
They were surprised and dissapointed.
How about Silkies? I love the food but just don't get over there very often to eat.
Quote from: MusicMan on January 21, 2022, 09:32:24 AM
Two of my downtown dwellers friends got the bums rush one Thursday night not long ago, watching NFL football there...... It closed at 9 pm.
They were surprised and dissapointed.
You know of people 'surprised and disappointed' that a business closed exactly at its posted operating hours of 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM?
If that's the case, I hereby vow to never shop again at "Winn Dixie", "Mayday Ice Cream", "Reddi-Arts", or my local "dentist" as neither are open at 1am. Come to think of it, I'm cancelling my YMCA (if that's even their 'real' name) membership as well because they won't let me work out at 9pm on a Friday night.
Doesn't that sound ludicrous when you look at yourself in a mirror and repeat these things to yourself?
Not really. It's Thursday night NFL and its a Sports bar. Not accomodating your core customer base sounds pretty silly to me. Only a few Thursday's a year you'd have to be open a little later. You could actually use it as a marketing tool.
Wonder if they closed at 9 during the Alabama vs Georgia NC game. Do you know? It was a Monday. They close at 9 pm on Monday. Judging from what you've written they don't stay open for Monday Night Football either.
Have to agree here... closing at 9 for a sports bar leaves NBA, MlLB, NHL, night time NASCAR, and Battlebots off the table...
Quote from: MusicMan on January 21, 2022, 12:57:07 PM
Not really. It's Thursday night NFL and its a Sports bar. Not accomodating your core customer base sounds pretty silly to me. Only a few Thursday's a year you'd have to be open a little later. You could actually use it as a marketing tool.
Did you ask your 'friends' if the bar was full when they shut down at 7, or was it pretty empty? If there were 40 people there then I agree it would be silly to turn away that revenue, but if you're keeping 8 employees at work so 2 people can sip on their beers that's a waste of time and money.
It was 9 pm and pretty empty as I recall them saying.
Quote from: MusicMan on January 21, 2022, 12:57:07 PM
Not really. It's Thursday night NFL and its a Sports bar. Not accomodating your core customer base sounds pretty silly to me. Only a few Thursday's a year you'd have to be open a little later. You could actually use it as a marketing tool.
Wonder if they closed at 9 during the Alabama vs Georgia NC game. Do you know? It was a Monday. They close at 9 pm on Monday. Judging from what you've written they don't stay open for Monday Night Football either.
Were they really a sports bar? I always considered the place to be a craft brewery moreso than a real sports bar.
I had asked how Strings was doing (Not main and 6th). And commented about closing earlier than anticipated on a Thursday night featuring NFL football, presumably the lifeline for a sports bar.
STRINGS.....Family. Beer. Sports. In that order.
And closing at 9 (5 night a week) pretty much reinforces that. Which is fine. I can assure you my friends won't go back on Thursday evening expecting to watch Thursday Night Football. I guess they don't do MNF or Sunday Night Football either.
I would imagine as Capt has said, if it's packed at closing tine, they would stay open?
Strings is definitely a sports bar and in normal times it makes sense that customers might expect it to be open to watch games. That said, every business has to make calls like this to make things work. Presumably they shut down at 9 on Thursdays for a reason. With labor and other costs rising and a lot of people still not wanting to go out, it's not an unusual decision.
Agree. That being said closing at 9 on Sunday and Monday night would be unusual for a sports bar during football season, as MNF and SNF are huge potential audiences. If the Jags were playing an away game on either of those nights I would expect them to be open, not usher everyone out because the published hour of closing was 9 pm.
Sports are year round. And they often go beyond 9 pm. Closing at 11 pm on Friday and Saturday actually is pretty conservative for a sports bar IMO.
I there another 'Sports' bar serving the Springfield market? None comes to mind.
Quote from: MusicMan on January 21, 2022, 02:06:44 PM
I had asked how Strings was doing (Not main and 6th). And commented about closing earlier than anticipated on a Thursday night featuring NFL football, presumably the lifeline for a sports bar.
Gotcha. My misunderstanding. I was referencing Main and 6th.
Quote from: MusicMan on January 21, 2022, 09:24:58 AM
Definitely a blow to Springfield and the aura of a Main Street renaissance.
There are internal factors involved, which were alluded to in the statement. Hence, they don't wish to discuss the details publicly.
There's at least a half dozen new businesses planned to open on or near Main Street in Springfield in the next 6 months.
Great news. Still need the blocks from 1st Street up through 6th to fill in.
Quote from: MusicMan on January 21, 2022, 05:37:37 PM
Great news. Still need the blocks from 1st Street up through 6th to fill in.
Multi-family will likely play a large role in that.
Filling up 12 consecutive blocks (1st-12th) of commercial space is pretty darn difficult anywhere. That's like 5 Points + Park & King + Shoppes of Avondale combined.
I'm surprised Vestcor hasn't put something in along those blocks. IIRC, Last time those vacant parcels and buildings were for sale it was overpriced. Vestcor's new build in Murray Hill is finished I think. Let's see what impact it has on that stretch of Edgewood.
Vestcor*
Stopped by this afternoon, business was booming. Also appeared the building has been sold as there were the survey stakes on the corners of the property. Also while there one of the owners of Engine 15 came in and the friends we were with told us that the young lady working behind the bar was from Engine 15.....perhaps an indication.
well Engine 15 had been looking to come back to the urban core ever since the Myrtle Avenue location closed
Quote from: tufsu1 on February 06, 2022, 04:22:37 PM
well Engine 15 had been looking to come back to the urban core ever since the Myrtle Avenue location closed
A new brewery will be taking over the Main & Six location.
Save the Swoop Juice and Super Bloom recipes/hop schedules/whatever it's called!