Brewmaster's, Indian Rocks Beach, FL (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

MAM mike and marie Tiki Socialite Sunken Studios \| The Current Year Joined: Jun 24, 2008 Posts: 443	MAM mike and marie Posted posted on Mon, Mar 27, 2017 7:26 PM Name:Brewmaster's Type:restaurant Street:401 2nd St City:Indian Rocks Beach State:FL Zip:33785 country:USA Phone: Status:defunct Description: "The most unique steakhouse ever" ... "Nautical atmosphere" ... Based on available evidence, we would describe it as "The Wreck Bar meets The Warehouse on a budget" ... Several locations in Florida and Georgia: St Pete, Tampa, Sarasota, Jacksonville, Augusta.
MAM mike and marie Tiki Socialite Sunken Studios \| The Current Year Joined: Jun 24, 2008 Posts: 443	MAM mike and marie Posted posted on Mon, Mar 27, 2017 7:27 PM One interesting part of the schtick: free beer and wine with your dinner. Would love to meet up with some TCers there but apparently all locations are closed. Apparently the St Pete (Indian Rocks Beach) location lasted the longest. Seems to have gone on autopilot in the 2000s like so many dying restaurants, with lots of bad reviews about terrible service. And a few things make us laugh: "This place can be beautiful, everything is so outdated,"---outdated, lol! The domain is also gone... http://www.brewmastersonline.com/ The Sarasota location was built from the city's old train depot: "The depot later became a restaurant, Brewmaster’s Steakhouse, but was finally demolished in January 1986.” http://siestasand.net/sarasota-history/ [ Edited by: mike and marie 2017-03-27 19:34 ]
OGR Or Got Rum? Tiki Socialite Wisconsin Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 738	OGR Or Got Rum? Posted posted on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 6:39 AM Sounds a like a riff on Emerson's/Beefsteak Charlies concept w/ the free Beer-Wine thing. Thanks for the post!

MAM

mike and marie Posted posted on Mon, Mar 27, 2017 7:26 PM

Name:Brewmaster's
Type:restaurant
Street:401 2nd St
City:Indian Rocks Beach
State:FL
Zip:33785
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:
"The most unique steakhouse ever" ... "Nautical atmosphere" ...

Based on available evidence, we would describe it as "The Wreck Bar meets The Warehouse on a budget" ...

Several locations in Florida and Georgia: St Pete, Tampa, Sarasota, Jacksonville, Augusta.

MAM

mike and marie Posted posted on Mon, Mar 27, 2017 7:27 PM

One interesting part of the schtick: free beer and wine with your dinner. Would love to meet up with some TCers there but apparently all locations are closed.

Apparently the St Pete (Indian Rocks Beach) location lasted the longest. Seems to have gone on autopilot in the 2000s like so many dying restaurants, with lots of bad reviews about terrible service. And a few things make us laugh: "This place can be beautiful, everything is so outdated,"---outdated, lol!

The domain is also gone... http://www.brewmastersonline.com/

The Sarasota location was built from the city's old train depot: "The depot later became a restaurant, Brewmaster’s Steakhouse, but was finally demolished in January 1986.”

http://siestasand.net/sarasota-history/

[ Edited by: mike and marie 2017-03-27 19:34 ]

OGR

Or Got Rum? Posted posted on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 6:39 AM

Sounds a like a riff on Emerson's/Beefsteak Charlies concept w/ the free Beer-Wine thing. Thanks for the post!