Brewhouse Inn & Suites, the hotel that is under construction at the former Pabst brewery in downtown Milwaukee, and a restaurant in that hotel, will open in mid-April, said Ted Matkom of Gorman & Company, which is developing the hotel in the fromer Pabst Brew House and Mill House buildings northwest of Juneau Avenue and North 10th Street.
Gorman has leased the 5,580-square-foot restaurant space in the building to Mark Zierath, the owner of Jackson’s Blue Ribbon Pub in Wauwatosa and Ella’s (formerly Sluggo’s Sports Bar) in Brookfield, Matkom said. The menu and format for the restaurant have yet to be determined, but it will include a Pabst brewing history theme, Matkom said. The restaurant will provide food for room service for the hotel. The restaurant will also be connected to a beer garden patio, which is being built behind the hotel.
The Milwaukee Economic Development Corp. recently approved a $950,000 loan for the restaurant.
