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 South Bend, which drew quite a reaction from the Domers. No one expects to see a bar at a tailgate, especially one that looks like this!  It is truly a fine piece of furniture.