52nd City

The Bleeding Deacon

Saw Mike McLaughlin yesterday. The real-estate agent, Tower Grove resident and former Royale bartender was outside of the venerable, two-story bar on Gravois near Chippewa, which has been known by countless names over the last decade. (I still think of it as Moriarty's, which featured a boxing leprechaun in its on-building paint job. At any rate...)

McLaughlin, who was watching a new coat of paint go up on the building's exterior, says the space will be opened soon as the Bleeding Deacon. The bar will be operational by the middle/end of September, with food available by the first week of October.