ArtwordBlog

We can hardly believe it ourselves. We bought a bar. The Artword Artbar.

It’s just off James Street North (which as everyone knows, is Hamilton’s artistic hotspot), on Colbourne Street. 15 Colbourne, to be exact. It used to be The Three Amigos, catering primarily to a Portuguese clientele.

A darling little box of a freestanding building with a bar, suitable for all kinds of entertainment possibilities, plus a semi-basement bachelor apartment that will become the Artword Gallery.

The deal went through on Thursday, July 30. Friday, we were in starting to make it our own. Fortunately, all the work necessary is cosmetic only. It’s in excellent shape and very charming even as was.

However, there were green walls that we have changed to white (so we can hang art), and a huge upper shelf structure above the bar that just weighed everything down. We took that out. And we’re busy making it our kind of beautiful.