In Dauphin County, a new restaurant and bar is getting ready to open its doors along Restaurant Row in Harrisburg.
The Federal Taphouse has moved into the building where the ‘Dragonfly Nightclub’ used to be. That club was shut down because of crime.
Federal Taphouse closed down back in March after two stabbings in just three weeks. One person died.
But the new tenants say they won't let past violence won't keep them from running a successful business.
“I think that the times have changed a bit. And I think that downtown, through all this revitalization that's happening like the Buddha Buddha up the street, ourselves here and some other restaurants that you're most likely going to see coming to Second Street,” explained owner Judd Goodman. “I think we will really have a bigger impact on bringing people back from the West Shore, as well as Mechanicsburg, Hershey and Carlisle, pretty much all over. Creating downtown as a destination again.”
The Federal Taphouse is expected to open its bar on December 27 and will have 100 beers on tap.
They're hoping to open the restaurant sometime before New Year’s.
The Federal Taphouse has moved into the building where the ‘Dragonfly Nightclub’ used to be. That club was shut down because of crime.
Federal Taphouse closed down back in March after two stabbings in just three weeks. One person died.
But the new tenants say they won't let past violence won't keep them from running a successful business.
“I think that the times have changed a bit. And I think that downtown, through all this revitalization that's happening like the Buddha Buddha up the street, ourselves here and some other restaurants that you're most likely going to see coming to Second Street,” explained owner Judd Goodman. “I think we will really have a bigger impact on bringing people back from the West Shore, as well as Mechanicsburg, Hershey and Carlisle, pretty much all over. Creating downtown as a destination again.”
The Federal Taphouse is expected to open its bar on December 27 and will have 100 beers on tap.
They're hoping to open the restaurant sometime before New Year’s.