Panther Pub and Eatery Gets Go-Ahead From Planning Commission
The planned Greendale Panthers-themed restaurant will fit 95 people and include an outdoor dining patio.
A Greendale athletics-themed pub and eatery in the Village Center is one step closer to becoming a reality.
The Planning Commission unanimously voted Wednesday night to recommend the Village Board approve the Panther Pub and Eatery application.
The restaurant, planned for the former Associated Bank on Broad Street, will fit about 95 people and will include a 40-person outdoor dining patio.
While the restaurant requested the maximum allowable hours of operation, commissioners recommended hours to be similar to competing Village Center restaurants, Ricardo’s Pizza and Bartolotta’s Joey Gerard. Owner Mike Drilling agreed. Village staff will come back to the Board with a recommendation on hours of operation once they confirm the other restaurants' open times.
The restaurant plans to employ between 40 and 50 employees, with full- and part-time positions.
Parking needs will be satisfied by the existing parking in the Village Center, as well as, the Municipal Parking Lot on Parking Street.
Drilling said in August that the restaurant is scheduled to open next summer.
As a Greendale High School graduate and eight-year assistant baseball coach, Drilling wants this restaurant to be a source of fundraising for various Greendale non-profits and athletics.
Drilling said the menu would be simple with good and consistent food.
The Village Board will review the recommendation at a meeting on Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. at Village Hall.
P.J.
8:13 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
Great news Mike !!! Its nice to see that people are willing to keep our village alive !! Its also nice to know that it will add to the diverse choice of places we will have to go eat at. Ricardos.. for pizza and etc, Joey Girards for a great steak and other foods along that line, and Ferches for a great lunch or lighter meal and of course some great ice cream drinks or sundaes. Now your place will fit right in the middle with burgers and such things that will be great for the younger & middle aged families that have kids in school and also people that want to go eat a great meal and also help support the Panthers !!! So cool... it will be a great addition to our village... Thankyou Mike for your great ideas and making this a reality. You probably dont know who this is, but i delt with you and Jack at the auto repair and you were always a wonderful guy to talk to and deal with.... and will be nice to see ya in the village when we come to visit your Panther Pub next year. Thanks again !!!!
Steve Baldwin
8:16 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2012
Does the Greendale School Board of Trustees think a bar is the right thing for the Panthers? Three restaurants - I wouldn't invest in this. But what do I know?
P.J.
7:48 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012
Hey Steve..... The other 2 places...ricardos & Joey's both have bars too. Just because there is a bar doesnt mean that you have to drink booze... there is soda and coffee & tea too. It is up to the person to make that decision. And as long as they are over 21 and do it responsibly, then its ok. And all 3 of them have a different type of food. Lets celebrate that we who live in Greendale like to see the village thive and make it a very popular place to go. Years ago it was great to do all your shopping in the village, but times have changed and we have to keep it going to best we know how. Too bad the library is where its at.. i think they should move it to where Sentry used to be, and continue the shopping stores in that area too. I think it would really help those businesses do better if they were all in the same area. For some reason, people always seem to forget about that little area over there.
Julie R
8:33 am on Friday, September 14, 2012
What a wonderful idea- responsible parents/ adults will drink wherever they go. What a better way to make contributions to the school sport program than by keeping it on Grwendale. Given the choice to go down the road, outside of Greendale, or to eat within Greendale many will make that choice knowing the moneybosstaying on the community.
Brody
1:06 am on Saturday, September 15, 2012
Missing the concept of a RESTAURANT that supports its local community continues. It's unfortunate, but it makes me that much more excited for people to see the real picture here. I'm beyond excited for the fresh business in Greendale and the additional avenue for growth to our extra circular activities it will provide.
Chip Duncan
8:06 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012
This looks to me like Drilling is encouraging people to email his support. My bet is this place bankrupts the investors. That said, What does the Village and School Board think? They don't weigh in because that creates a decision they have to make.
Ms. Misto
8:44 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2012
Thank you Mr. Duncan and Mr. Baldwin! It's good to know that there are still some responsible people out there in Greendale. Move the Library so that a sports bar can move in?...Really?? What's next?? Maybe people will be justifying the possibility of a strip club moving into the village yet too. That would bring in a lot more choices and options not to mention revenue!!
P.J.
10:50 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
Its not a sports bar, and it already has a building to be in. So you wouldnt have to worry about the library moving for The Panther Pub. What i ment, is to move the library to make better use of the space for some more shopping areas, stores... etc. That is what i ment. Also like the cookie place over in the old sentry building.. they have such wonderful cookies and such that it would be great it they would get a little closer in the action, then off to the side. And with the size of the library, you get really get a number of stores in there... it would be great to do almost like a small little mall inside... kinda like the streets of old milwaukee.. but the "streets of Ol' Greendale". But you know what Ms. Misto.. what they could do is open a massage parlor and call it the Panther Rub.. only kidding.. just couldnt pass that one up. I think was people are missing... is the Panther pub is going to be like the Chancery Pub... which is a great resturant.. with burgers, appitizers and food on that order....... its not just a bar... Ricardos and Joeys also have a bar.. but you dont say nothing about them. Thats because they also have great food too.
Brody
3:17 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012
I don't understand how people have such a problem with a restaurant.
Ms. Misto
12:23 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I am thinking of the statue of the little girl. Ricardos and Joey Girards are enough. Love them both, but to have have a bar open right next to the Library during some of the same hours of operation (library open until 8:00 in the evening) is not responsible. I see children coming and going on bikes all the time. How is it, that nobody sees this..or even cares. Where I grew up, there was a bar on every corner. It was not a fun place to grow up. Oh well..whatever! Enough said. It's your village.
At least I had a few years to enjoy it.
P.J.
8:03 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
I think your problem is you keep calling it a bar. Its not a bar. It is another resturant. You keep saying bar bar bar.... The place you grew up was just bars... i think that is why you keep asking is nobody else sees this... thats because you are the only one calling it a bar. Maybe you have to rethink it and call it another resturant.
Bren
12:41 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
One of the main village resident issues is business hours. Why should the new restaurant be asked to align its hours with Ricardo's and Bartolatta's?