Rockford gobbles up slices of old-school pizza pub

All of the $16,000-plus raised on Kickstarter will go toward renovation, but the sum is truly just a drop in the bucket of the estimated $1 million renovation project. Courtesy Rockford Brewing Company

(Watch this story on WZZM 13 TV Monday morning) After being live for about a week, Rockford Brewing Company’s Kickstarter campaign to engage the community with its restoration of the historic 1866 building is now complete. Now Malph’s Pizza Pub is one step closer to bringing back the glory days of Rockford Brewing.

At press time, the project had not yet landed itself a general contractor. Rockford Brewing co-owner Seth Rivard said the brewery actually has been doing much of the renovation and demolition itself so far.

All of the project’s architecture is complete. The team has to repair and add footings to re-level the old building. Additionally, the second floor must be removed entirely and rebuilt.

“Things like that are more work than we expected…

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