East Brookside’s Flying Horse Taproom is closing after more than six years.
It will shut down at the end of business Sunday, Oct. 6.
Trey and Kelsey Sabates opened the restaurant (600 E. 63rd St., Suite 100) in 2018, specializing in flatbreads with 20 local craft beers on tap. It also has appetizers, salads and desserts.
They had planned to call it Brookside Pizza and Taproom. But it was on the site of an old Mobil Oil gas station which had a bright red flying horse as its logo. So they changed the name in homage to its history.
It seats 40 inside and 24 on the patio. BKS Artisan Ales is just to the east.
Flying Horse Taproom closed temporarily in early November for a refresh that included new furniture and paint, new menu items and a new service model – more of a dining experience than a neighborhood bar. Chef James Landis came on board, not only to run the kitchen but to host beer and wine dinners and serve as general manager. It reopened in January.
But Wednesday afternoon, Trey Sabates, says, “It has run its course. We need to focus on what’s working and where we see the growth.”
So the couple will continue to focus on their Brookside Wine & Spirits next door. They opened it in 2012 and have since expanded into a bar service company for weddings, along with corporate and special events.
They own the building and parking lot and are looking for a new restaurant tenant for the 2,000-square-foot Flying Horse space.
They also recently closed Flying Horse Flatbread, which operated in the kitchen at 3 Trails Brewing on Independence Square in Independence for three years.
