Beastro & Barley

A historic hotel building in the Second Empire style is at 125 East Main Street in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, United States. The building was originally built as "Roper's City Hotel". The two-story red brick structure with stone trim and a mansard roof was designed by Edward M. Hackett and constructed in 1886 for $10,000. It includes arched window frames, brick detailing on the facade and a small porch with ornamental metal balustrade on the second floor. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for Wisconsin in 1984. It was built by the Reedsburg Building & Lumber Co. The building most recently housed the Beastro & Barley restaurant and bar downstairs and a single large apartment upstairs. The prior occupants include: Touchdown Tavern, Reedsburg Hotel, and Roper's City Hotel. Beastro & Barley is known for its trademarked "Reedsburger", a hamburger prepared with locally sourced Bison. The restaurant also houses the "Agnes Moorehead Lounge", an exhibit of memorabilia from Agnes Moorehead's career in radio, stage, television and movies, including as the witch mother-in-law on the television sitcom Bewitched. Beastro & Barley is one of the venues for Reedsburg's Fermentation Fest. Beastro & Barley has since closed permanently as of Mike and Kari retiring, and deleting the Facebook page.