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Established 2015, Gibs Cocktail Lounge.  It's always an amazing thing to find restaurants, pubs, taverns and the like that seem to be works of the imagination itself.  For anyone who ever thought of the concept of turning a house into a restaurant or a bar, well, here on Willy Street, this has happened for real, in variety.  The idea behind many such places is to figure out a way to preserve the native city culture while creating something new at the same time.  I'm not sure I've seen this idea more in play than at Gibs Cocktail Lounge, next to Grampa's Pizza east end of Willy Street.

A newcomer to the area simply walking-by towards Grampa's Pizzeria (called Grampa's because the previous business in the building was called Grampas Gun Shop), you might not think a single thing about the house standing next door – before it was renovated for business, it looked about like an average residential rental at best.  But you notice the most unusual thing as you walk out the vestibule of Grampa's and look into the side window of that building next door: it is a fashionable two-story cocktail lounge!

First conceived as an overflow seating area for patrons at Grampas, the cocktail lounge has become, in its own right, a very interesting destination, serving homemade cocktails made by local ingredients which follow the seasons.

Farm to table has now evolved well beyond meat and produce and moved not only into the craft beer world, but into the world of mixology and the distilling of fine liquors...farm to bar.