Courtesy of Don Tomino
Mike Ameel (left) and Don Tomino clink beer glasses to toast a new chapter as owners of Drowning Fish Brewing Company in Bethel Park.
Courtesy of Don Tomino
Courtesy of Don Tomino
Drowning Fish Brewing Company will seat around 70 people inside and will have around 12 taps of beer available once it opens in May.
Courtesy of Don Tomino
The brew pub will have mugs, glasses and T-shirts with art locally designed available for purchase once it opens in May.
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When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, big parts of the U.S. economy just turned off. Voluntary social distancing and lockdowns, like those during the first wave in March, were necessary to help flatten the curve of COVID-19 s spread throughout the country, but these lockdowns had ripple effects on the economy.
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