EASTON As the pandemic winds down, the mood at Margaret’s Pub will improve.
The colors on the walls and the antique lighting that greets visitors is already warm, but owners Eric and Ronda Allis hope the aesthetic establishes the new bar as a staple in Easton.
“We’d never worked or owned a bar before,” Eric Allis said on a late January Saturday afternoon. “But we like to entertain people, so we decided to look for a place that has a mood.”
With tradition worn into its floors and hanging in various states of originality on the walls, Margaret’s has a swagger.
“We’d never worked or owned a bar before,” Eric Allis said on a late January Saturday afternoon. “But we like to entertain people, so we decided to look for a place that has a mood.”
With tradition worn into its floors and hanging in various states of originality on the walls, Margaret’s has a swagger.
The menu - both food and drink - is purposefully limited. The decor was largely donated by the community. And the proprietors are expert at fields outside the doors.
Advertising? Only their Facebook page and word of mouth, so far.
Additional staff?
“We both work 40 hours, and another 40 here,” he said. “It’s a lot of time. It’s tiring, but talking to people gets you jacked up.”
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