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Eater
08-07-2025
- Business
- Eater
Inside Wrigleyville's New Brewery Serving Up Taters Spliced With Bulgolgi
It's been seven years since Hotel Zachary opened across the street from Wrigley Field, and the building's tall shadow has led to a transformation surrounding the Friendly Confines. Wrigleyville is no stranger to turnover among its bars and restaurants, but as icons like John Barleycorn, and yes — the original Taco Bell — met their demise, it's left an opening for a different type of nightlife to emerge along Clark Street. In the middle of this chaos, beer consumption has changed in America. And that's why Pilot Project Brewing isn't banking on hops alone. The Wrigleyville location should soon debut at 3473 N. Clark Street; ownership is waiting for its liquor license, according to a rep. It's the second Pilot Project to open in Chicago, following the original brewery in Logan Square. There's also a Milwaukee location. Pilot Project serves as an incubator of small brewers, leasing out its space and equipment to jump-start businesses and offering beers from different brands inside its taproom. The Wrigley location takes that a step further with a new food menu. Earlier, ownership peculiarly described the menu as 'neo-American street food' without teasing any specific items. It turns out that means dishes like Italian won tons, soup dumplings in a bath of pozole, and loaded tater tots with pieces of bulgogi. It's more or less food made by third culture kids, combining the food their immigrant parents grew up eating with food commonly found in American homes. It's a version of New American tweaked for the bar. Beyond the souped-up menu, Pilot Project is also serving glasses of wine and canned cocktails from its own brand, Devious. Tour through the 3,000-square-foot space — which includes patios on the roof and ground floor — in the photos below. Pilot Project Wrigleyville, 3473 N. Clark Street, opening soon Eater Chicago All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The ground-floor patio provides an escape from busy Clark Street. The rooftop patio is more chill. A view of Clark Street from the rooftop patio. This brewery will also serve glasses of wine. Donna's Pickle Beer is one of Pilot Project's success stories thanks to a tart taste that's great on hot days. Black Manhattan
Irish Examiner
03-07-2025
- Health
- Irish Examiner
Former John Barleycorn hotel site poised for a healthy makeover
THE long-vacant site of the former John Barleycorn Hotel, destroyed by fire in 2006, is set for redevelopment as a primary care centre. Permission for the c 36,000sq ft (3,313sq m) one-stop healthcare hub in Riverstown, Glanmire, clears the way for productive use of the brownfield site, which has lain idle for almost 20 years. Artist's impression of the proposed Valley Healthcare Primary Care Centre in Riverstown, Glanmire The hotel, which began life as a coach stop in the 18th century, was repeatedly targeted by vandals and was demolished in 2008 to make way for a mixed-use development, including a foodstore, a 67-bed hotel, a gaelscoil, a leisure centre with a 25m swimming pool and substantial underground parking. However, the proposal 'fell victim to the economic recession and was never built' — as per planning documents submitted by HW Planning on behalf of current developers Valley Healthcare Fund/Infrastructure Investment Fund, who have been given the go-ahead to build the new primary care centre. The John Barleycorn in Rivestown on fire in August 2006. Picture: Jim Jamel Valley Healthcare is also planning a €20m-plus 55,000sq ft primary care centre on the former Douglas Woollen Mills site, south of Cork City. The project was approved by Cork City Council, but appealed to An Coimisiún Pleanála, with a decision due in early August. The fund has a presence in Cork since 2018, when it opened a primary care centre in Midleton. It acquired two more the following year in Carrigtwohill and Fermoy. Last year, it opened another in Ballincollig, at the former Murphy Barracks site. The Glanmire project was refused planning by Cork City Council in January on the grounds of flood risk — the Glashaboy River is nearby — but the planning board reversed the decision. Aerial picture of the former John Barleycorn site The 1ha site — part of a larger landholding of 2.25ha — is now set for redevelopment as a part two-storey/three-storey primary care centre, to include a retail unit and two GP practices. The land parcel is south of Old Court Rd and west of East Cliff Rd, where a Lidl supermarket and Sarsfield Hurling Club are located. Peggy McTeggart receiving a guard of honour as she arrives at the John Barleycorn, Glanmire, at a function to honour her achievements after her pupils captured seven trophies at the All-Ireland dancing championship held in Derry. Picture: Eddie O'Hare John O'Callaghan Park is immediately to the south, and the permitted Glanmire & Riverstown Greenway will provide direct pedestrian and cycle connections to the park and beyond. The site has been the subject of various proposals in the past, including a plan to expand the John Barleycorn Hotel, after developer/investor Joe O'Donovan bought it for a reported €5m in 2004 — with Rebel Bar group input. Scoil Mhuire Debs Ball at John Barleycorn Hotel, 1976. Actress Fiona Shaw, seated, front left. It was put on the market again in 2012 for a reported €2.5m. Clyda Eco Homes Ltd, whose directors are Barry Coleman and Patricia Carty, are the current owners, although the land is likely to transfer to Valley Healthcare following the grant of planning permission. It's understood the sale of the land to Valley Healthcare was contingent on a successful planning application. A source close to the deal, who did not want to be named, said it was 'welcome news for Glanmire, and hopefully will facilitate the development of the site, after so many years lying idle'. Glanmire's population is close to 10,000 and Valley Healthcare said in its submission to the planning board there was a demand for a primary care centre in the area, now classified as an 'urban town'. The new centre is likely to operate under an operational lease model, with the HSE leasing it from Valley Healthcare. A similar arrangement is in place for the planned Woollen Mills primary care centre. Valley Healthcare, now owned by international investor John Laing, has about 20 primary care centres across Ireland, with at least half a dozen more in the pipeline. They provide single point of access to outpatient care to local communities, offering patients a full range of non-acute healthcare and social services. Valley generates revenue through rental and service income, coming from the HSE and other tenants. Tenants in the centress typically include GP practices, pharmacies, and ancillary healthcare tenants.
