beer and books
News first broke that Williams & Graham would plant a 1920s-themed bar in a bookstore at the edge of Highland back in April, and Todd Colehour, former executive at Kona Grill, and Sean Kenyon, Squeaky Bean and Euclid Hall barman and Westword’s “Ask the Bartender” contributor, had planned to start slinging drinks in June of this year. Construction and liquor license delays, however, foiled those plans. “It’s been a long road, and we’ve made some mistakes along the way,” says Kenyon. “But finally, here we are.”
After a lot of hard work — and construction that will continue until the doors open — the partners are will open Williams & Graham tomorrow night. “There are still some finishes that need to be done, and we’ve got about 1,000 books coming in in the next day and a half, but we’re opening. I would bartend on a sawhorse if I had to,” says Kenyon. (MORE)
