Rumor Mill: Shea's Expanding in Midtown

by Mike Van Houten / Feb 26, 2015

Just a quick rumor I heard at Shea's Tavern in Midtown; Midtown Eats will eventually be moving over to Cheney Street to a new building near Death and Taxes. This, I knew already. This makes sense, since both venues are run by Sadie and Ivan.

Then I heard that Shea's will be taking over Midtown Eat's restaurant space, opening a new restaurant, and the new kitchen will serve both Shea's and the new restaurant. Shea's Tavern actually owns the whole building Shea's and Midtown Eats share.

Shea's has gained immense popularity in Midtown as one of the last 'dive' bars available to frequent. It's the bar that is still open after everyone else in Midtown and downtown have closed. It's where my friends and I will occasionally end up at on Sunday around 6 am, after a full night out on the town.

It's a super fun bar that has also worked hard to offer up weekly live music and the occasional dj.

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  • February 26, 2015 - 12:17:04 PM

    If this rumor is true it's great news! One thing that Reno is seriously lacking are bars that keep bar hours (open til 2 or later) that also have kitchens and serve decent food. I never expect the kitchen to be fully open in the wee hours of the morning, but it's nice to be able to eat at a bar knowing if you're having a good time, the lights won't go off at 10 or 11 pm.

  • February 26, 2015 - 8:06:17 PM

    I wonder if this means Shea's will go non smoking?

  • March 2, 2015 - 5:17:24 PM

    I came in 6 years ago and cleaned up all the bad riff raff, I felt like Patrick Swayze in "Roadhouse". Since the undesired clientele has been 86'd our business has 6 folded! We've expanded to add a nice stage and $15k sound system to entertain and bring in bands from around the world. We've ripped out the carpet and added new oak floors. We've Installed a patio out front. Put up the ginormous Shea's neon that illuminates Virginia st. Also with the MidTown boom we've seen a great influx in foot traffic. No tweaker or bums are aloud to "hang"! I use the non confrontational way of telling them my boss is watching on camera and they gotsta go. It's been a glorious journey and I couldn't be more proud to help bring my family to where we are now. Shea's is a family run Tavern and is the same family that owned Delmar Station which opened in 1975, our family has been on the block for 40 years! Grease interceptor is being put in right this moment and the kitchen will be up this summer! For everyone that hasn't been in Shea's lately, come in this weekend or anytime because we're open 24/7!

  • March 2, 2015 - 5:19:33 PM

    Kyle obviously you haven't been in lately and we've been voted the BEST DIVE BAR IN RENO 3 years in a row (: Come check it out for yourself!

  • March 2, 2015 - 11:40:10 PM

    We will stay smoking mark!

  • March 3, 2015 - 8:22:07 PM

    Isn't that a hells angels bar that also hides snitches and lets employees pedal shitty drugs to its patrons?

  • March 3, 2015 - 8:22:29 PM

    Kylie, I don't allow personal attacks on here. You guys need to take your personal crap elsewhere. Saying you don't care for Shea's is one thing, but singling out and attacking their employees, sorry not gonna allow it.

  • March 4, 2015 - 2:43:05 AM

    I want to see this bar do better. Had some bad experiences there in the past but I'm all about getting midtown cleaned up. I hope all this works out.

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