Browns Socialhouse likely to open in Dec.

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Construction continues at the site of the new Browns Socialhouse restaurant at Queens Avenue and 18th Street on Tuesday.

With the skeleton of a brand-new building up, construction continues on what will become the citys newest watering hole, Browns Socialhouse.

While initially there was talk the restaurant could be open as early as this month, owner Blake Trotter said the plan has always been to open in mid-December, and he expects to know if theyre going to meet that target in the next couple of weeks.

"The plan is to open a Browns Socialhouse that is just like an existing one and has all of the kinks worked out,"said Trotter via cellphone from a Socialhouse in Langley, B.C., where he was taking part in a two-week training seminar with managers Darcy Paton and Ashleigh Salo.

Typically, the opening weeks of a restaurant are fraught with confusion and gaffes as communication is ironed out between front-of-house staff and the line.

However, Trotter said there has been a substantial investment, approximately three times the standard, to ensure everything goes as smoothly as possible.

"We got one shot at it to show what this is all about and we want to deliver."

The Brandon location, where the former A&W restaurant was located at 1847 Queens Ave., will be the first franchise in Manitoba, but the company has plans to open two more in Winnipeg in 2014-15.

A Red Seal chef, Glen Woydon, has been hired and is at the Red Deer, Alta., location learning the menu, according to Trotter.

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Browns Socialhouse likely to open in Dec.