MAIN STREET
Self serve, South Dakota specials
on tap at Pour 54
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By Main Street Square
sitting at tables and couldn’t get a beer, so rian Dadah has been in the Food I started doing research on how to fix our and Beverage Industry in Rapid City since 1992, but his family has been issue,” stated Brian. His research took him to First Draft in Denver, Colorado. “I literally serving the community since 1987. drove six hours, poured half a beer, watched Trends in the industry have changed several the vibe in the room and drove back to Rapid times in the 28 years Dadah has been in the City, I knew we had to bring industry and most recently this idea to Rapid City.” the COVID-19 pandemic has "I literally drove six hours, poured The Dadahs brought the forced restaurants and bars half a beer, watched the vibe in to change how they handle new idea and technology the room and drove back to Rapid to Pauly’s which helped the customer interaction. But business, but there was so Dadah and his family had an City, I knew we had to bring this much more opportunity than idea of changing the game in idea to Rapid City." Pauly’s could handle. “We Rapid City years before the -Brian Dadah, ran into hurdles with change. pandemic. Owner, Pour 54 In 2014, Dadah realized We already had staff and Pauly's Pizzeria & Sub processes and our customers were conditioned to how we had always Co. was growing fast and the customer experience was being lost. “We were so busy done things. This idea needed a whole new identity,” stated Brian. From that moment the one day that we pulled the bartender on duty off the bar to help in the kitchen because idea of Pour 54 and a downtown taphouse we were struggling to keep up. That created began to gain momentum. another problem as now we had patrons Opening a new taphouse/restaurant during
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