LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (KDKA) – Tonight, a community is still reeling after a popular, beloved pub owner in Lower Burrell was gunned down outside his business just days before Christmas.
“We are not going to fully mimic our dad. We are just going to do what he did and make sure people enjoy Mogie’s,” Connor Magill said.
Mogie’s Irish Pub will reopen this Monday, and tonight, his two kids taking over the business sat down with KDKA-TV’s Jennifer Borrasso.
Kelsie and Connor Magill told KDKA-TV that they grew up at this place; Kelsie worked as a server and bartender.
They say when it reopens, this will be the same pub but with a touch.
“It’s bittersweet, for sure. I’m both excited and nervous. We are jumping into something that we are solely unprepared for,” Kelsie said.
“It felt kind of weird and surreal at first, but it’s also a bit humorous to think about us up there doing what he was doing,” Connor said.