In Lancaster city, The Coffin Bar is replacing the Alley Kat at 30 W. Lemon St.
Chad Umble / LNP | LancasterOnline
Coffin Bar opening in Lancaster city; goth-themed bar’s debut set for Friday the 13th
By Chad Umble/LNP | LancasterOnline
Chad Umble / LNP | LancasterOnline
In Lancaster city, The Coffin Bar is replacing the Alley Kat at 30 W. Lemon St.
This story is published in partnership with our sister newsroom LNP | LancasterOnline.
The Coffin Bar is opening Friday in Lancaster city, replacing the Alley Kat restaurant which closed in July 2022.
The goth-themed bar at 30 W. Lemon St. is the latest project for the owners of Spring House Brewing Company, who have a brewery/restaurant in Lancaster city as well as a taproom in Strasburg. They closed their Lancaster city taproom at 25 W. King St. as they anticipated the opening of Coffin Bar.
Spring House Brewing Company is owned and operated by brothers Matt and Greg Keasey along with Scott Richardson.
Spring House Brewing bought the 30 W. Lemon St. property for $550,000 in July 2022, the same month Alley Kat closed. Subsequently, the building was extensively renovated, with work that included installing large windows on the Lemon Street side and raising part of the ceiling by extending it into the second floor. Some structural bracing was also required for the building.
In all, Richardson said the partners spent around $850,000 on the renovations.
The Coffin Bar derives its name and theme from the shape of the bar that existed at the restaurant that was Cassidy’s Tavern and then Jamie’s Place before becoming the Alley Kat in 2003.
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