“Especially with my generation of college grads, what they really value are unique experiences, and I’m hoping that being able to say you saw a great comic in an 88-person taproom would fit into that.” “Live comedy has been at a low point, but I think it is on the verge of an upswing, especially at smaller venues, because people are looking to get out more and experience things again,” he said.
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The 30-year-old Harriman, himself a stand-up comic, says that with an upgraded entertainment license in hand, he aims to book comedy in the room weekly and wants to position the space as a key local venue for up-and-coming local talent as well as for touring national performers on the cusp of breaking out. The Sisyphus building opened last year and sits just across from the Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis. Rather than industrial, the new room has been designed to feel like and function as an intimate comedy club, from the table-and-chair floor arrangement to the marquee-style “Sisyphus” sign behind the bar.
It also has a small stage tucked in the corner for stand-up comedy performances, which were held there monthly under the couple’s former entertainment license.Ībout the only thing the new, 88-person-capacity taproom across the hall has in common with the original is that it serves the same lineup of small-batch microbrews. W., like many others found in older industrial buildings features tall ceilings and an “unfinished” feel with exposed brick. The original Sisyphus taproom, which opened last year at 712 Ontario Av. Until now, that was how the taproom at Sisyphus was.īut with the opening of a second, 1,300-square-foot taproom in the same building near Dunwoody College of Technology, the young husband-and-wife ownership team of Sam Harriman and Catherine Cuddy are betting on something new in the Twin Cities market - a craft brewery space specifically designed as a live entertainment venue. While the decor and feel of the taprooms can vary from starkly industrial to cutting-edge hip, very few are set up to actually function in any way but serving glasses of the brewers’ product.
With its new stand-up comedy venue, Sisyphus Brewing in Minneapolis has sailed right past those conventions and upped the ante on what a taproom can be. As microbreweries’ popularity continues to surge, it was probably inevitable that the design boundaries of taprooms would be pushed.
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