Speakeasy-Style Restaurant, Bar Headed to Annapolis

Brian and Lisa Bolter, the owners of Red Red Wine Bar, received approval for their newest Main Street business venture called DRY 85.

Annapolis could have its own prohibition-style speakeasy on Main Street by June now that the city's Board of Appeals has approved a special exception permit for 193 Main Street. "The concept is almost what it would be like today if you went into a back garage where it has a nod to the speakeasy flavor," Brian Bolter said. "We definitely want to put a modern twist on it." Brian Bolter and his wife, Lisa Bolter, already own a Main Street restaurant called Red Red Wine Bar that opened in July 2011. Their newest venture—named DRY 85—will sit just two doors up on Main Street in the empty building next to Castlebay Irish Pub. "From a bartender’s point of view it’s definitely a new idea," Edward Purpura said during the public commentary portion …

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