Restaurant Bethel Brewery Pub Brew Pub Planned for Former Bethel Train Station CTbites Team April 29, 2016 Photo: Carol Kaliff / Hearst Connecticut Media We are VERY excited about this week's Bethel food news covered by our friends Hearst Connecticut: Several local entrepreneurs hope to open a brew pub in the former train station, which they believe will bring a new demographic to downtown [Bethel]. Lisa Tassone, owner of La Zingara on P.T. Barnum Square, and several partners have been discussing a brew pub when space at the station became available. Bethel Cycle closed last fall after operating in the building for about five years. “As soon as we walked into the space we knew it was a perfect fit,” said Tassone, who opened La Zingara about 13 years ago. Chris Sanzeni, an experienced brewer, said the historic building and the artistic nature of making beer is a perfect fit — adding Smirnoff vodka was produced for the first time in the building next door. Other partners in the business include Kevin Arrington, assistant brewer, and Paul Mannion, owner of the Green Grunion food truck in Danbury. Read the full story on NewsTimes.com.
