Name: The Flying Squirrel.
Location: The new bar and restaurant will be located behind Niedlov's, off Main Street.
Status: One month into construction, workers have completed landscaping and patio areas. Within days, they will tackle the foundation and begin building vertically.
Completion date: Spring 2013.
Price: About $1 million to build the two-story, 3,500-square-foot structure.
Features: Crash Pad founders are building this neighborhood bar adjacent to their Main Street hostel, they say, in an effort to better serve the late-night and weekend crowd. Owners are careful to note that the Flying Squirrel won't be a sports bar or party place, but will be a quiet gathering spot focused on social interaction rather than television. It's designed to open up onto Johnson Street, rather than face the Crash Pad courtyard. This allows hostel guests to grab a late-night drink or go to bed early without either group disturbing the other, according to Max Poppel.
Concept: Small and intimate, the bar's design echoes the essence, if not the style, of the nearby Crash Pad. While the two won't be directly connected, the garden patio and 40 outdoor seats will maintain the location's connection with nature.
Design: Glass walls on three sides give way to a 25-foot-tall space held up with exposed steel trusses, timbers and duct work.
Contractor: The Strauss Co.