Oak Park: Future Home of a Microbrewery?
Nearly 2,000 at beer fest thirst for a microbrewery in town.
Local beer drinkers, rejoice. The popularity of Saturday's Microbrew and Food Review just might have paved the way for a microbrewer to open up shop in Oak Park. Village manager Tom Barwin said he had heard from several interested parties about the possibility of attracting a new microbrewery. "I am predicting that by next year's brewfest, we'll have a microbrewery somewhere in town," Barwin said. The successs of the festival has village officials abuzz with possibilities, Barwin said, including potentially "tweaking and massaging" the village's long-established liquor laws, which typically limit the serving of alcohol to establishments that also sell food. Saturday's festival, held in downtown Oak Park, drew about 1,800 people, 25 …
