Jennifer May Tommy Keegan behind the bar at Keegan Ales in Kingston in 2009.
Tommy Keegan opened up his brewery, Keegan Ales, in 2003, long before Kingston had nice things like boutique hotels and murals all over town. At the time it opened, it was the only craft brewery between Brooklyn and Albany. (There are nearly 500 craft breweries in New York, and we are the sixth largest beer-producing state in the country.) Keegan, a Long Island native, had cut his teeth at Blue Point Brewing Company and decided to set out on his own. He moved to Kingston and bought a defunct brewery in gritty Midtown neighborhood and became a craft brewing pioneer at a time when most beer drinkers were still swilling corporate brands.
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Outside diners enjoy food and drink at the Lake Placid Pub and Brewery on March 22. (News photo Andy Flynn) New York is loosening several COVID-19 regulations on bars setting end dates for a midnight curfew and a requirement that food must be purchased with alcohol. Some local bar owners reacted with a mix of excitement and ambivalence. The food requirement with an alcoholic drink were lifted Wednesday, April 28. This is commonly referred to as “bar seating.” The midnight curfew, which also applied to restaurants, will be lifted May 17 for outdoor areas and May 31 for indoor areas. “I think that everybody in the hospitality business is beyond excited that the food requirement is finally going to be dropped,” said Chris Ericson, co-owner of the Lake Placid Pub and Brewery and Big Slide Brewery, both in Lake Placid. “It’s nice that rational minds seem to be winning the day with this one.”
New York is loosening several COVID-19 regulations on bars setting end dates for a midnight curfew and a requirement that food must be purchased with alcoh
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