Dancing Cat Saloon and Catskill Distillery

All winter I've been passing a construction project on the south side of Route 17B between White Lake and Bethel Woods. There's a big old farm house that's been beautifully renovated, decked out in "burnt raspberry" (if that's a color, but it's the closest descriptor I can think of) with orange trim. A big new building with peaked roofs and big windows sprouted in the field behind the house. I've been wondering what it's going to be. A church? A big antique store?

The mystery ended this week, with a banner draped over the front porch announcing "The Dancing Cat Saloon and Catskill Distillery — Summer 2010." I can't find a website for it yet, so if anybody has any info, please post.

Comments

[Ken]

http://allthingsnewyork.blogspot.com/2009/07/distilleryarts-venue-planned-in-bethel.html

[Bill]

David,
A snippet here:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100502/NEWS/5020330

"Take the Dancing Cat Distillery and Saloon, which will debut next month, brewing and serving local spirits, entertainment and food on the site of an old farm, a short walk from Bethel Woods."

[Thinking Ahead]

How it got started:

http://www.sc-democrat.com/news/009September/11/news.htm

[Jimmy]

David, A must read!!!!!

First The Gulf, Now The Marcellus Shale: Gas Well Rupture Forces Mile-Wide Evacuation In PA

"The Pittsburgh Channel reports that an explosion at a gas well in the Marcellus Shale, has forced a mile-wide evacuation in Clearfield County, PA. The irony of this event occurring even as CNBC shows some guy mopping up oil with hay from a bucket is beyond sublime. Also, so much for clear energy. There are no details as yet which company's well was responsible for the explosion, although there are is one junk-bond laden firm which comes to mind."

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/first-gulf-now-marcellus-shale-gas-well-rupture-forces-mile-wide-evacuation-pa

[Robert]

Did you sign a gas lease on your property in Pennsylvania?

Too bad.

No mortgage will be given to a prospective buyer!

http://bit.ly/d8HVYA

[ar]

As the articles about this welcome new business attest, Bethel Woods has been transformative -- a word that is often employed loosely but is truly applicable in this case. The success of Bethel Woods is all the more extraordinary because of how it came about -- by the personal philanthropy of one local guy, Alan Gerry, who didn't even ask to have his name on it. (Think about that during a walk on any college campus, where even the most modest dorm buildings pay tribute to some donor.) I don't know the guy, never met him. But as his vision continues to bear fruit, remember that there is something uniquely different -- uniquely human -- about Bethel Woods.

[Mary Ellen]

This is off-topic, but in other states it's very common to sell a property w/o mineral rights. Sometimes 1 family has owned the mineral rights for generations, but the property itself has changed hands many times.