The Bonnie Brae Tavern turned 75 on Sunday, and celebrated by serving 75 cent beers and plates of spaghetti for $1.75.
"It was crazy in here," says Michael Dire, who co-manages the place with his cousin, Rick.
Michael and Rick are the third generation of Dires to work at the Bonnie Brae, the restaurant that Carl Dire founded at 740 South University back in 1934, when the road in front was dirt and there were few houses around. Michael's kids work there, too. Michael's father, also named M
The Intermezzo Faculty, who will be performing at Kirk of Bonnie Brae tomorrow night as part of the Eclectic Concerts series.Of classical music's many charms, vitality is hardly one of them; most of the big names are long-dead white guys. So Eclectic Concerts, a chamber music series now in its third year, is remarkable for including music from around the world and from this century alongside the powder-wigged Europeans.
