about us

Israel Allen - owner and operator

I’m Israel, and I love this city. I tended bar in downtown Greensboro for nearly a decade until COVID hit and have worked in craft beer since 2009. From there I tried a lot of different jobs (including English tutor, exterminator for like 1 day, and drivers ed teacher) before I got back behind the bar doing what I love: connecting with people. Owning my own place where staff are paid and treated well is my dream. I am passionate about the “third space” where people can have fun, build community, and just enjoy life together. Outside of work, I love to play guitar, Magic the Gathering, be with family, and straight up goof around. My partner, Casey, moved to Greensboro in 2015 to pursue a masters in English at UNCG and never left. Now they work as a mental health counselor. Casey has been in recovery since January 2019, which for her means she doesn’t have to drink to feel normal. Their relationship to alcohol helps strengthen our passion for keeping a variety of tasty N/As stocked and ready. Casey loves to write and has an ever-rotating list of creative hobbies (dancing, singing, and cooking to name a few). We love music, to bike and walk around town, and to hang loose on our porch together. We are obsessed with our cat, Taco, who is cuter and sweeter than everything.