About Us
In 2005 we had to replace the entire floor in the
Pub. The century-old mahogany back bar remains, but we
were forced to rebuild the front bar. We
kept all dimensions the same as the old bar. We used oak for the new bar and
dark green granite for the top. We used a frame and panel design with what
appear to be 12" by 12" fluted posts at the corners. The posts
represent the post that held the corner of the building up for decades, before
the front of the Pub was rebuilt. We also added a brass rail. The new bar looks
great.
The summer before my son's
senior year of college, he asked if we could build him a portable replica of
the Shinnick’s bar for his apartment at school. So,
together, we designed a bar that looked like the Pub bar, with the same
dimensions (except for length) and is easily transportable. The top is 7' and
the base is 6'. The sides and front are hinged, so the base folds up flat. The
top fits over the base and 4 screws lock them together. We added a replaceable
oval plaque in the center that has the shape of a moose set into it. The moose
represents Ignats, the mascot of Zahm
Hall at Notre Dame, as well as the nickname my brother Tom gave me when I was
10. Needless to say, my son had one of the most popular places on campus. The
only problem was that people didn’t want to leave. He graduated in May of 2009 and the bar is
now the highlight of my basement.
This past summer, we were looking for a
project to keep busy and thought about building a bar that was easy to move
from place to place. To do this, we needed to resize the previous bar. We
designed one with a 5' top and a 4' base, which folds flat and fits easily into the back of any SUV with room to spare. My son recently took it tailgating to