Starting this Sunday, the facade of Conor Byrne will be torn down and replaced with double doors and two large windows to create a more open feeling in the pub.
Conor Byrne will be closed for four days this week as it undergoes a drastic change of face.
"It's going to look a lot better from the street," owner Diarmuid Cullen said. "It's kind of a dark, gloomy sort of bar, We're trying to get away from that."
The popular pub at 5140 Ballard Ave. N.W. will be closed Oct. 18 through Oct. 21 while its mostly wood facade is replaced with double doors and large bay windows on either side.
Cullen said the change will bring more natural light into the bar and make it a little more airy.
Conor Byrne will reopen Oct. 22, but Cullen said the facade probably will not be completely finished for two weeks.
The facade will be a return to what the bar looked like in the past, before it became Conor Byrne, Cullen said.
This is the second part of the bar's renovation. In early July, a large cooler was moved from the front of the pub to the back. A new bar was built around the cooler, and the front is now used for seating.
The new facade is the last major part of the renovation, though Cullen said they will bel looking to replace Conor Byrne's flooring at some point.
