A Middletown bar with roughly 100 years of history is carving out a new chapter: Hollywood.
The Lakeside Inn was a key filming location in the new feature film, “The Bikeriders.”
“It’s just so cool that it happened in this bar,” said Josh Mack, co-owner of the bar.
It wasn’t exactly what the Mack family had in mind when they purchased the property in 2021. At that time, the historic bar had been shuttered for several years.
“Bonnie and Clyde were in here at one point,” said Brian Mack, who is also a part-owner along with Josh and his daughter, Sierra Mack.
Six months after their purchase, they got a surprising call.
“‘Hey, we want to shoot a movie down there,’” Brian said.
The rest is movie magic. Brian said film crews took about three months to renovate the bar and then filmed at the property for four days. They even kept the name in the film.
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Now, the bar is officially open to the public. Memorabilia from the film hangs on the walls, including an original script and pieces of the set.