Bros Brasserie to adjust hours, still looking for buyer

Jan. 29, 2018

Bros Brasserie Americano is tweaking its hours as the owners continue to look for a buyer.

The downtown restaurant is dropping lunch service until patio season returns, adding another day of breakfast and starting happy hour earlier, said Ryan Tracy, who owns the business with his wife, Kellie Prickett.

The changes, which start Feb. 1, make financial sense, he said.

“We’ve debated it (stopping lunch in winter) for a couple of years,” Tracy said. “Lunch slows down when we don’t have the patio. Our breakfast is really popular, and it’s a better margin.”

He expects lunch hours to return in April, but “’we’ll re-evaluate in March.”

In addition to Sunday, breakfast will be served Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The restaurant also is adding items to the breakfast menu such as shrimp and grits, chicken and waffles, and French toast.

Tuesday through Friday, happy hour will start at 3 p.m. instead of 4. While dinner service will start at 5, happy hour will run until 7. Appetizer specials will be offered “just to drum up business in the early afternoon hours when people are getting off work,” Tracy said.

The couple put the restaurant, which opened in 2009, on the market in September, listing it for $275,000. The price, which does not include the building, has been reduced to $250,000.

“There’s been some interest,” Tracy said, acknowledging that the lower price reflects the length of time it has been on the market. “I know what it’s worth, and that’s what it’ll be.”

The sale was precipitated by a medical diagnosis that means lifestyle changes for Tracy.

“I’m doing all right,” he said. “I’ve lost 60 pounds since August, and that’s intentional. My health is hanging in there.”

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Bros Brasserie to adjust hours, still looking for buyer

Bros Brasserie Americano is tweaking its hours as the owners continue to look for a buyer.

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