Back in 2013-2014, brother Dean had the opportunity to venture away from costuming to design a few bars that his boss was partnered with. At the same time, Tom was working as a craft brewer and bartender at High Point Brewing company in Butler, NJ, which helped familiarize the brothers with the bar hospitality scene. Their first project was the opening of Cowan’s Public in Nutley, NJ where both of their parents were from and father tended bar at, proving a great homecoming for the siblings….