Tenderloin Tuesday
Any Steak from our Regular Menu with 2 Sides only $15
Beer & Wine Wednesday
All Draft Beer only $2.00 and $10 off all Bottles of Wine
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In 2003, John
Gallagher and his wife Susie purchased the abandoned building
on Mill Street in downtown Waterloo, Illinois with the intent
of making it into a destination restaurant that serves wonderful
food.
But the idea
for the restaurant project goes back much farther. In fact,
for twenty years before, the owners had been gathering artifacts
throughout the region for use when the time came to fulfill
their dream. First of all, it took a lot of imagination to
see the grace of the 1870's building, and to have the vision
to completely restore it to an elegance beyond its original.
For example,
you can see the original railings taken from the 1908 McKinley
Bridge, when it was restored. These are now featured on the
dining balcony over the entrance, and in the first floor bar
area.
There are six
distinct dining areas in Gallagher's, and each is unique.
The owners gathered elegant pocket doors from the Chase Park-Plaza
Hotel in St. Louis, when it was restored, as well as from
other World's Fair Era buildings now being renovated in the
Shaw's Garden Area. These doors are now set on their sides
and are being used as wainscot on first floor and to build
booths.
John and Susie
Gallagher, plus all five of their sons, their nephews, brothers-in-law,
and others have done almost all of the physical labor needed
to bring the building up to modern standards and beyond. They
not only did all the woodworking, but also removed the old
plaster to expose much of the original brick structure.
One of the
things you see immediately upon entering the restaurant is
the more than century-old bar, which is original to the building.
However, the owners have completely restored the old quarter-sawn
oak wood, and repaired the broken stained glass to its original
glory. Similarly, in the third-floor dining rooms, you can
see a unique private bar that dates to the 1920's.
The old Bee
Hive Bowl in Waterloo provided not only the hardwood bowling
lanes which the owners turned into chic dining tables, but
the special cookers were rescued from the kitchen there that
was famous for its fried chicken.
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