Gregg’s new tavern features work of local companies, artisans

Posted 5/5/16

Gregg’s Restaurants & Pubs, with locations in Warwick, Providence, East Providence and North Kingstown, has opened the Warwick Tavern, adjacent to Gregg’s Restaurant at 1359 Post Road. The Tavern …

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Gregg’s new tavern features work of local companies, artisans

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Gregg’s Restaurants & Pubs, with locations in Warwick, Providence, East Providence and North Kingstown, has opened the Warwick Tavern, adjacent to Gregg’s Restaurant at 1359 Post Road. The Tavern is open daily from 11:30 a.m.-12:00 a.m. 

The 2,400 square-foot, ground-up building was completely designed, constructed and outfitted by Rhode Island companies and artisans. The original design concept is a collaboration between Pawtucket-based Judd Brown Designs and Bobbie Bacon, Gregg’s co-owner with husband Bob and partner Chad Verdi. Field Building Company of West Kingston acted as general contractor and builder. 

“We are so pleased to unveil our newest Tavern location,” said Bob Bacon, co-owner of Gregg’s Restaurants. “We are so proud of this addition to the Gregg’s Restaurants family and of all the local folks who came together to help us create it. We hope that our guests will enjoy it and will create special memories there.”

More than 50 local vendors were part of the team that built the new Tavern. Rhode Island artist Vanessa Piche was commissioned to paint an original work from a 1972 photo of the Warwick restaurant – the first Gregg’s location in Rhode Island. While the painting now resides in Gregg’s corporate headquarters, it was imprinted onto a 36” x 42” metal sheet by Blazing Editions of East Greenwich and hangs as the centerpiece in the bar area of the Tavern. The piece features the addition of owners Bob and Bobbie Bacon’s favorite cars – Bob’s first car, a 1968 yellow Dodge Charger; Bobbie’s first car, a 1970 dark blue Pontiac GTO; Bob’s 1972 Yamaha 350 motorcycle and a 1977 copper-colored Datsun 280Z, the first car the Bacons purchased together; it is a true ‘drive’ down memory lane.

In addition, an ornate stained glass piece of art was created by Diane Budrys, a longtime bookkeeper at Gregg’s. The beautiful 4’ x 6’ original hangs in the Tavern’s dining room and was created on a reclaimed, original window from the Warwick Gregg’s restaurant that was removed during construction. 

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