Rock Bar owner planning Shellsburg restaurant

Feb. 8, 2023 5:45 am

The building at 100 Pearl St. in Shellsburg will soon be home to Local Edition, a new restaurant from Kirby Patten, the owner of Rock Bar American Grill in Cedar Rapids. (Kirby Patten)

SHELLSBURG — The owner of Rock Bar American Grill in Cedar Rapids is bringing a new restaurant to Shellsburg this month.

Owner Kirby Patten plans to open Local Edition at 100 Pearl St. by Feb. 15.

With a cozy renovated interior featuring a new patio, fireplace, ambient lighting and games, the restaurant will feature a menu of burgers, chicken wraps, salads and pastas, plus breakfast on weekends. Diners can wash it all down with a full cocktail menu, 10 beers on tap or 25-ounce Bloody Marys, on weekends.

The restaurant opens on the lower level as part of a full remodel of the former People’s Savings Bank building, which houses two apartments on the second floor. The space previously was home to Coops Roadhouse Bar & Grill, but has been vacant since it closed a few years ago.

Patten noted it was home to other restaurants and bars before Coops, as well.

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