If you’ve driven past the old Arlington Hotel on Cotton Street recently, you’ve seen the evidence of all that is going on inside, and it’s a-plenty. The Every Man a King Distillery is making solid progress though the opening date has -wisely- been set for summer 2020. Anyone who has ever rehabbed a challenged (and challenging) historic structure knows that only one thing is a certainty- you will be faced with a series of what former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called ‘unknown unknowns.’
318 Forum’s Update on Every Man A King
In spite of such discoveries, the team has been able to move forward and the change is quite remarkable.
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From this…
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…to this.
By Christmas 2020, the EMAK should be open for some VERY festive partying and we are looking forward to it!