Since opening in 2011, Three Kings Public House has garnered a reputation as a fun neighborhood bar serving quality food and fine craft brews in The Loop. Now, co-owners Ryan Pinkston, Derek Deavers and Derek Flieg are looking to bring that same neighborhood bar feel to Des Peres.
Three Kings is opening a second location at 11925 Manchester Road, in the space formerly occupied by the now-defunct Mosaic, as reported by St. Louis Magazine’s George Mahe. June 1 is the target opening date. “That’s an aggressive timeline, but we feel we can get it done,” Pinkston said. “We feel that, right now, there is a good market out there for what we are doing.”
Three Kings fans can expect numerous similarities between the two locations. Pinkston said the Des Peres spot will have “the same look with the wood and the brick” as its sister restaurant in University City, where old photographs of The Loop pay homage to the history of the neighborhood. Although design is still to be determined at the Des Peres space, items from that neck of the woods could make an appearance. “Hopefully we can track down something,” Pinkson said. “We definitely want the people of Des Peres to feel this is their neighborhood bar.”
The majority of the food on the menu will be similar to the current Loop menu. The bar will have between 20 to 25 craft beers on tap, as well as a dozen or more bottled beers, primarily domestic brews. A cellar list is available at the Delmar watering hole, but Pinkston did not think that element would be carried over to the new location.
-photo by Ashley Gieseking
This article appears in Guide to Beer 2014.