Alex Gary - September 18th 2024
BELOIT
Henry Dorrbaker’s, the 20,000-square-foot pub and play venue being built at the Ironworks Campus, should be open “no later than Thanksgiving.”
The updated timeline was provided by Jeff Whiteman, chief operating officer of Geronimo Hospitality Group, who said in an email that construction has been progressing as planned.
Work began on the project at the end of May with a ceremonial “first roll” of the duckpin bowling balls, which included Whiteman, Rob Gerbitz and Diane Hendricks, all of Hendricks Commercial Properties, along with Beloit City Manager Jerry Gabrielatos. Hendricks is the parent company of Geronimo.
When complete, Henry Dorrbaker’s will include a full kitchen and bar along with a stage, walk-up bar, space for yard games such as bags, along with Skee-ball, a miniature golf course, arcade games and duckpin bowling lanes.
Duckpin bowling was invented around 1900. The ball is smaller, about the size of a softball, and the pins are nine inches tall. Players are also allowed three rolls instead of two. There are only about 40 duckpin bowling alleys in the United States.
The name comes from Henry Dorrbaker, a prominent local bowler who opened the city’s first bowling alley in downtown Beloit 1899. Ironically, when it opens it will again be the only bowling alley in the city of Beloit. Viking Lanes is in South Beloit and Diamond Lanes is in the Town of Beloit.
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