Opening a Restaurant... or 2

The past few months have been hectic to say the least.

We are so excited to have our store in York up and running and doing well! It is a lot of fun to introduce Arooga's to a whole new community. Especially when this community knows about us, but a lot of people hadn't had the opportunity to actually give us a try. Even those who had been to Arooga's before seem to be pleasantly surprised by the slight changes to the York store. They have more beer! And who doesn't love more beer?

Speaking of beer... We've really been able to tap into a whole new group of people in Harrisburg as well. The new Arooga's Draft House in Downtown Harrisburg has definitely been a really cool experience for us. We are diving head first into craft beer and loving every minute of it.

March is always one of our busiest months of the year because of the NCAA tournament. But this... this was different.  We opened up the new store downtown and were immersed in the buzz and excitement, then we rolled right into the tournament. It was great being able to enjoy classic Arooga's food, drink craft beer, and enjoy every game that was happening all at one time. I really don't think there's any place where I've been able to do such a thing.

Then... there was St. Patrick's Day. I mean, we've experienced some fun times at our other locations on St. Patrick's Day in the past, but really... how could any of that compare to St. Patrick's Day on 2nd Street? Especially when it falls on a Saturday! It was a nonstop fun filled day complete with green beer (and not just light beers... I had a green Hopslam!) and lots of basketball.

Nikki enjoyed a green Franziskaner!

We were really pumped to experience our first Harrisburg St. Patrick's Day Parade too! But unfortunately, mother nature had another idea. It was such a yucky day out. But we still had some parade stragglers who came in to celebrate anyway. With the rain and the cold and the bagpipes, it almost felt like we were actually IN Ireland! Hopefully next year the weather won't be quite so "Irish" because we're definitely looking forward to Parade Day party!

You may have also noticed in our stores that we just released a bunch of cool new t-shirts and hats. If you haven't seen them, make sure you stop at the hostess stand next time you're in and check them out. We also have them on our website! We added a bunch of logo glass ware and gift packs too. They make great gifts for Arooga's fans!

And really... I think the most exciting thing we've done in the past few weeks... we are now selling our most popular sauces (plus our 2 signature dressings) in bottles! That's right! You can take home BOTTLES of Arooga's sauces. Pretty cool! Personally, I've already gone through almost an entire bottle of Hickory Smoked Honey BBQ at my house. It's a bit addictive! If you're craving some Arooga's sauce at home you can buy them in any of our stores as well as on our website!

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