Foundry Social owners turn former industrial site in Medina into playground for grown-ups
JUDY STRINGER
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Kailey Reau serves up some of Foundry Social’s fare. The entertainment venue has turned a former industrial site into a fun zone for adults.
Let s get this part out of the way.
It has been a bumpy start for Foundry Social, an arcade/bar nestled in a former factory a few blocks northwest of Medina s square. The 30,000-square-foot entertainment establishment opened November 2019, adjoining an indoor go-karting track the property owners had launched four years earlier.
Gene Whaley, one of those owners, said while foot traffic is beginning to pick up after a rough summer and fall, the venue is averaging about half the weekly guests it had pre-COVID. The space is large enough to operate without capacity limits for social distancing, and he said weekends are busy albeit today s customers tend to come in groups of four to six rather than eight to 10.