Nick and Drew Lachey joined city and 4EG officials to cut the ribbon on their new bar in Over-the-Rhine on Dec. 19 in a neighborhood with a lot of history for the brothers.
"Of all the neighborhoods in Cincinnati, this is the most meaningful not only for me but for my brother as well. We went to school two blocks away at the SCPA (School for Creative and Performing Arts) on Sycamore and spent every day of our lives walking through this neighborhood to school," Nick Lachey told me. "We always understood the potential, and it's so exciting to see the rebirth of this neighborhood, and the opportunity to be a part of it on a business level was very exciting for us."
Lachey's Bar will open to the public on Jan. 1 at 12th and Walnut streets. The Lacheys and 4EG worked with the city to preserve the historic facade of the building, formerly the Pabst Bedding Warehouse building, but the interior is all modern. The Lacheys wanted a sports bar focus, and more than 20 HDTVs will broadcast local and national games. A ticker underneath the TVs will display scores and news. The bar is also the first with a bay where pedal wagons can dock and have their patrons served at the wagon. Currently, Ohio law prohibits pedal wagons, which are driven on roads, from serving alcohol on the wagon while it's on the street.
Click the image to the right to check out the bar and the scene from its ribbon cutting.
"I think obviously there's a heavy sports theme here. A lot of the other places may dabble in that, but we've made it a focus of our place," Lachey said. "Everyone down here has a different identity, and what we've tried to do is be true to our identity."
Nick and Drew Lachey joined city and 4EG officials to cut the ribbon on their new bar in Over-the-Rhine on Dec. 19 in a neighborhood with a lot of history for the brothers.
"Of all the neighborhoods in Cincinnati, this is the most meaningful not only for me but for my brother as well. We went to school two blocks away at the SCPA (School for Creative and Performing Arts) on Sycamore and spent every day of our lives walking through this neighborhood to school," Nick Lachey told me. "We always understood the potential, and it's so exciting to see the rebirth of this neighborhood, and the opportunity to be a part of it on a business level was very exciting for us."
Lachey's Bar will open to the public on Jan. 1 at 12th and Walnut streets. The Lacheys and 4EG worked with the city to preserve the historic facade of the building, formerly the Pabst Bedding Warehouse building, but the interior is all modern. The Lacheys wanted a sports bar focus, and more than 20 HDTVs will broadcast local and national games. A ticker underneath the TVs will display scores and news. The bar is also the first with a bay where pedal wagons can dock and have their patrons served at the wagon. Currently, Ohio law prohibits pedal wagons, which are driven on roads, from serving alcohol on the wagon while it's on the street.
Click the image to the right to check out the bar and the scene from its ribbon cutting.
"I think obviously there's a heavy sports theme here. A lot of the other places may dabble in that, but we've made it a focus of our place," Lachey said. "Everyone down here has a different identity, and what we've tried to do is be true to our identity."
Fitting in with the sports bar theme, the menu offers a lot of American classics such as burgers and wings. Celebrity chef Brian Duffy was brought in by 4EG to work on the menu. He also worked with the company on menus at Keystone Bar and Grill and Mt. Adams Pavilion, among others.
"They (Nick and Drew) wanted some pretty classic American stuff, some of the stuff to go really healthy as well. We're doing everything from a really nice meatball that's got bacon and ham and cheddar in it and then we go to the other side to a kale, quinoa and edamame salad," Duffy told me.
Burger offerings include a bison burger topped with goetta and American cheese, as well as a burger called the Cure topped with American cheese and a fried egg, he said.
"OTR is a place I've loved to go and hang out as well as eat – you've got places like The Eagle and Bakersfield and new spots like Kreuger's – so to be able to open a spot like this that is new with something that's not being done by anyone else is something I'm proud of," Duffy said. "It's classic, fun food with huge flavor profiles."
The bar is the focus of a reality television series on A&E that will document the brothers' opening of the bar. Cameras were on site to film the ribbon cutting.
Nick Lachey said he thinks the bar will fit into the fabric of OTR while still standing out and offering something different.
"In terms of the mentality of the bar itself, we want to be a piece of the overall success of Over-the-Rhine," he said. "There's not one particular type of thing that's working here, and that's what makes it so good."
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