REVIVED: New bar opens in Kettering space that has been vacant for more than 3 years

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The bar has undergone extensive renovations over the past year under the direction of The Bar Time’s founder and owner, Dean Liakakos, who also owns and operates Kings Table Bar & Grill in Beavercreek, which he opened in 2005. Liakakos said he liked the new Kettering bar’s location, between The Greene Town Center and Fraze Pavilion.

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Like Kings Table, The Bar Time has a focus on craft beer. The new Kettering bar has 32 taps, most of them devoted to craft beers, including several from Dayton-area craft breweries. The taps also include two cream-soda options and a Moscow Mule cocktail. The Bar Time also boasts a variety of bourbons and Scotch whiskies.

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The area around The Bar Time has seen some setbacks in recent years, most notably the 2018 loss of the Elder-Beerman store in the Kettering Towne Center across the street, after that department store chain filed for bankruptcy last year. But recent successes nearby include Archer’s Tavern, which moved into a former chain steakhouse in a Kettering Towne Center outlot in 2016, a few months before Rapid Fired Pizza brought a shuttered former Krispy Kreme doughnut shop back to life in December 2016.

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The Bar Time’s opening-week hours are 3:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and 3:15 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, closed Sunday through Tuesday. Liakakos said he plans to expand hours in the weeks and months ahead.

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For more information, check out The Bar Time Facebook page or call (937) 985-9012.