Springfield Brewing Company opening new pub on Historic C-Street
The football pub/taproom will be named Mumbles1888 and will be located at 504 E. Commercial St., where Ruthies was formerly located. SBC expects Mumbles1888 to open by late Fall 2025.
SBC says Mumbles1888 will show every English Premier League game live and will hopefully draw fans for the 2026 World Cup. The pub will also show all American sports and international sports such as rugby, F1, Olympics, boxing and many more.
The taproom will not serve food and instead encourages customers to try out the many restaurants on C-Street and bring or order their own food.
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'We hope we won't have time for food – we hope to be too busy slinging beers, pouring cocktails (with 2 ingredients, or less), and watching great sport on the telly!' says SBC co-owner Neil Chanter in a news release. 'There is already an awesome selection of eateries on C-Street, and we hope our customers visit them all. But what C-Street doesn't currently have is a taproom, and the intent is to deliver that as soon as we can!'
SBC says Mumbles1888 is named after the small Welsh town of Mumbles that was once known for a near-mile stretch of 26 pubs, and the year 1888, which was the first year of 504 East Commercial being open for business, the English Football League and the British and Irish Lions Rugby team touring the Southern Hemisphere.
Mumbles1888 will be open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The Mumbles1888 website can be viewed here.
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