One Week Late on My Post, and the Place is Closed

On June 23rd we patronized Mattingly Brewery, a neighborhood brewpub, for my first time and Tim's 2nd or 3rd. As I sat down to write this blog, a bit late, I Googled the website, which I like to include at the end of my blog. This is what I found:

http://mattinglybrewing.blogspot.com/

I am sad that I didn't do my part and go to this place beforehand, not that one more person could have saved this man's dream, but at least I could have said I tried. The beer we had was quite good, ringing in at 9.5% ABV and I had to have two. Even Tim, who prefers foreign brews to local microbrews, thought the beer was good. I had a cubano sandwich which was good as well. They had a noontime special costing a mere 2.99, which I may have been a last-ditch effort to keep the place in business by attracting local business folks. But as Tim said (to paraphrase) certain members of a certain race do not like to venture into areas where there are members of other races. Mattingly was on the Western edge of Benton Park and yes, bordering less gentrified neighborhoods. It certainly was safe.

I will mourn just a litte the loss of a little piece of our neighborhood and hope the next person to occupy the space fares better. I will do a better job too.