Anticipation is building and construction crews are working overtime renovating the Park Avenue Wine Bar space, which closed for business in Barrington last month. The family that owns McGonigal’s Pub also owns the adjacent Park Avenue property. They’re reinventing and reopening the space as a new bar and restaurant, called The Annex, on Monday of next week.
Since the McGonigal family decided to close the Park Avenue Wine Bar last month, they’ve been working feverishly to quickly open The Annex, which will be a casual new space to enjoy specialty drinks, craft beers, select wines and a menu of small plates that are easy to eat and share as you socialize.
Bryan McGonigal says they’re redefining the space and the concept for patrons who want an open, social and casual vibe more closely connected to McGonigal’s Pub’s inviting atmosphere. “The Park Avenue was a beautiful place, but it had a little identity crisis. Was it a wine selling place? Was it a drinking place? Was it a fine dining establishment? It never really grabbed onto something in particular and, for whatever reason, it just never really took…”…
