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Which team are you betting on to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament?New Mike Shannon's restaurant opens on Market Street
The new $4.5 million Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood restaurant has opened in the former Mark Twain Bank building at 620 Market St. HBD was the general contractor, and the project was developed by McGowan/Walsh Historic Renovations. The restaurant was designed by The Lawrence Group.
Mike Shannon's Steaks and Seafood is owned by Shannon family members Mike, Judy and Pat. Mike Shannon is a St. Louis native, former St. Louis Cardinals baseball player and Cardinals broadcast announcer since 1972.
The original Mike Shannon's was located at the corner of Chestnut and 7th Street for several years. The new location is across Kiener Plaza and near the new Busch Stadium.
The 19,000-square-foot renovation of the old bank building replicates the atmosphere of the original Mike Shannon's Restaurant, including its pieces of sports memorabilia. The new location features elements to tie in with the adjacent Ballpark Village now in development and includes a lower level with private dining rooms and Hall of Fame banquet room, an outdoor elevated patio and an adjacent lower-level patio with a two-sided bar to act as a beer garden. The location allows an expansion of the establishment's bar business, with an outdoor space that will accommodate 1,200.
The Lawrence Group designed interior features for the dining room that include an illuminated glass column displaying 320 baseballs and a two-way fireplace clad in granite in the center of the dining room. The Hall of Fame banquet room uses the dark green and dark-stained wood color themes associated with the original Mike Shannon's.
The renovation includes the use of the former bank tenant's vault, which has been integrated with the private dining room as a wine vault that features walls lined with wine bottles and retains the original bank vault door. The restaurant also features a custom photo-tile mural of Mike Shannon at the entry and terrazzo flooring with Mike Shannon's logo inlaid in brass.
This is the second downtown St. Louis restaurant design project in the past two years for The Lawrence Group. Lucas Park Grille on Washington Avenue was completed in 2004.
