Nine restaurants opened for business, while two closed their doors.
Seven restaurants announced future plans, including future openings and closings, as well as canceled plans.
Located at 55 N. Main St. (Route 72), Artifice Ales & Mead will occupy part of the former Bickelâs Snack Foods complex being redeveloped into REO Manheim Marketplace. Artifice Ales & Mead photo
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Artifice Ales & Mead, a gastropub and brewery, opened in Manheim at the REO Manheim Marketplace. It s managed by Willie Wrede, who is the mead maker and brewer for Meduseld Meadery in downtown Lancaster. The 4,630-square-foot warehouse area was urned into a taproom area for 60 to 70 patrons.
Artifice Ales & Mead, a gastropub and brewery, open this week at 55 N. Manheim St. in Manheim. Itâs part of the REO Manheim Marketplace.
Artifice Ales & Mead is founded by the partners who launched Meduseld Meadery in Lancaster in 2017. Willie Wrede is the mead maker and brewer for Meduseld/Artifice and managing partner of Artifice. His wife Julie Wrede, serves as CFO and also handles human resources. Alfonso and Jeanette Soler, and Duro Rajkovic are founding members as well and helped build Meduseld Meadery from concept to launch.
âRepurposing the building was a no-brainer. The high ceilings, concrete floors, dock doors and proximity to surrounding neighborhoods, and high visibility along Route 72 were all great reasons to choose this property for our location,â Wrede said, âWe love Manheim; we live here. We are confident this will be another win for our town that is long overdue.â
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