Terry’s Bar and Grill opened (or reopened, depending on your perspective) on New Year’s Eve after an extensive 28-month renovation closely watched by longtime regulars and neighbors. The new Terry’s is unrecognizable from its 90-year-old self, but the response to its highly anticipated return has been evident in exuberant social media posts and tables full of happy people eating and drinking, even on a Wednesday at 3 p.m.
“The neighborhood reception to getting Terry’s back open has been incredible,” said Seth Colby, operations manager for the restaurant group that also owns Parkway Tavern, Hanks Pizza and Beer, Coles Bar and Grill and West End Pub. “Having people that loyal is a gift.”
It’s also kept the team, led by general manager Alana Tamminga, in good spirits and the owners, Jeff and Helen Fraychineaud, confident that their significant investment would be worth it — spiritually, at least.
Approximately every five minutes from August 2023, when the “office tavern” suddenly closed as construction began in earnest, to December 2025, a curious local would peer into the windows, said Tamminga last week…