When you step into the Industry Kitchen & Bar’s red brick Romanesque revival building in Green, you’re walking into over 135 years of history. While it’s housed in an 1890 one-room East Liberty schoolhouse, the atmosphere is entirely contemporary and upscale —plaster is tastefully chipped away to reveal patches of brick, while vines crawl up walls and twin murals frame both sides of the stylish vestibule entrance.
“For the mural there, which is the hand of David being handed a drink …that’s actually the original plaster as well that we had an artist paint over, chisel out,” says partner Kyle Oberlin.
Opened in March 2025, the Industry’s renovations took about 20 months. Wooden cutout feature walls make it modern — as does a slatted wooden ceiling with myriad pendant lights crowning a chic lounge area with sheer white curtains and original wooden floors throughout…