01.05.2009 4:19 pm
500-beer bar coming to Chesterfield Valley
P-D Restaurant Critic and Food Writer
Just got a very interesting note from the PR person for Brad Lobdell, who intends to open a bar called the International Tap House at the corner of Edison and Long roads in the Chesterfield Valley by the Super Bowl on Feb. 1.
Some tidbits about the place:
More as I learn it.



Joe Bonwich has been the restaurant critic for the Post-Dispatch since 2002 and has covered the local food scene for various publications for more than 25 years. He does his best to maintain his anonymity so that he isn't recognized in restaurants (which is why his picture looks like it does).
Brad, good luck to your new business. I hope you can help St. Louis come out of the dark ages concerning beer.
Let’s hope you strive to be similar to the Map Room in Chicago and Ebeneezer’s Pub in Maine.
Let the guys who spell out A.W.E.S.O.M.E. go to Growler’s.
Great, this is right around the corner from my subdivision, Chesterfield Estates, so I will be able to just walk home after I’ve had too many!
Hey, I hope they have some decent non-alcoholic beers. O’Douls just blows. I am hoping for Kaliber and maybe some other good foreign N.A. beers. No St Pauli n.a., though. That stuff tastes like !@#$%.
Brad-
We are off to a great start giving you some quality ideas for your new beer bar. Lets recap:
“Matt” is looking for Michelob Golden (Out of 500 beers, he is looking for Michelob, unbelievable!!!!)
“Teetotaler” is looking for a wide range of non-alcholic beers. (Not knocking those who choose not to drink but…..)
“Dreamski” is looking for things that are “A.W.E.S.O.M.E.”, talent, and PF Chang’s.
How about a friendly staff, decent prices, Southern Tier, Great Divide, St. Bernardus, Chouffe, Bell’s, De Stuise, Schlafly, Rochefort, Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel, and so on………….
Will you carry Alaskan beer? I know it is now distribute as far west as Denver.
Courtesy of Mike Sweeney at stlhops.com, here’s the full list to date:
http://stlhops.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/website-bottle-menu-1.doc