First Look: Skelly and the Bean
Salvaged barn wood lines the wall, while an equally salvaged chandelier serves as a weathervane.
The restaurant’s logo, a garlic butterfly, hangs in the front window.
The restaurant’s name comes from an elementary school-aged family friend Pascal, nicknamed Skelly, who heard Paquette wanted to open a restaurant and handed over $10 to be her first investor. His little sister Nina, aka The Bean, gets naming rights too.
Staff make last-minute arrangements (like tying their plaid neckties) before a pre-opening private event.
Paquette’s rainbow-hued wall of gratitude thanks some people by name, alongside shout-outs to "Anonymous OCD helper" and "tater-tot tester."
A popcorn machine tucked behind the wall of love portends fancy bar snacks to come.
The Easy Joe’s sign is getting removed today. Hanging on the bathroom wall you’ll find pen-and-ink drawings of the restaurant’s former life as bistro Cassis. Skelly GM (and Cassis owner) Jef Fike pulled them off his own walls to hang in the restaurant.
