Scotty's Brewhouse was a chain of

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. There are Scotty's Brewhouse's located in 7 cities in Indiana. Locations outside of Indiana include Oxford Ohio, Poplar Bluff Missouri, Champaign Illinois and Mattoon Illinois. On December 12, 2018, it was announced that Scotty's Holdings LLC, the parent company of Scotty's Brewhouse, had filed for

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History

Scotty's Brewhouse was founded by Scott Wise in 1996. He opened the first Scotty's in

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. The original location started serving hard alcohol, for the first time ever, in October 2015. The restaurant also underwent a $300,000 renovation. The Second Scotty's location opened in Bloomington, Indiana, in 2001. In 2006, Scotty's opened in Indianapolis. The first restaurant was on the north side of town. In spring 2015, the restaurant underwent $500,000 in renovations. The menu was also updated. They installed a

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, allowing the restaurant to expand its pizza menu. In November 2015, the first Scotty's was announced to open outside of Indiana, in

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. In 2016, Scotty's Dawghouse opened at

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as part of a new campus

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expansion. The name change was made to reflect the mascot of the college. In December 2016, the parent company of Scotty's Brewhouse, Scotty's Dawghouse and Thr3e Wise Men Brewing Co. was purchased by Due North Management based in Scottsdale, Arizona. With its purchase, Due North planned to rapidly expand the concepts both domestically and internationally. In 2018, Scotty's Brewhouse opened its first Texas location in

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in a former Twin Peaks restaurant, which was the location of the 2015 Waco shootout. On December 20, 2018, Scotty’s Brewhouse announced the closure of four locations which included the Muncie, Carmel, downtown Indianapolis, and Waco, Texas restaurants.

Cuisine

The restaurants served

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with a focus towards hamburgers and pizza. Scotty's Brewhouse had a monthly

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. In August 2015, the hamburger of the month was a burger topped with deep fried

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s, crushed Oreos, and

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. Scotty's Brew Club had a

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bar and

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. They also served a hamburger with

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on it, called a Shewman Burger. Additional menu items included

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s and

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and trendier food such as

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nachos and

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Alcoholic beverages

The breweries produced

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beer. Most of the restaurants also served

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and liquor.

References

External links

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