Long Beach’s Pine Avenue mainstay MADE by Millworks is about to get a little more intoxicating.

The space, known for its art gallery, events and local crafts, will soon transform its former loading bay into a bar that will feature a rotating menus of craft beers and wines, as well as an array of non-alcoholic selections.

The new spot will be called Elinor, after Long Beach resident Elinor Otto, 99, who was an original Rosie the Riveter. Following that theme, Elinor will open on March 21, National Rosie the Riveter Day.

Elinor Otto, one of the original Rosie the Riveters who has recently garnered national fame, holds up old photos of herself. (Photo by Brittany Murray/Press Telegram)

Elinor Otto, an aircraft mechanic, at the Boeing plant in Long Beach in 2014 when the C-17 producing line ended and she was laid off. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press Telegram/SCNG)

Elinor Otto, now 99, holding a photo of herself when she was 25. (Photo by Rich Archbold)

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Elinor Otto, 99, holds the same rivet gun she used on all of the 279 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes built at the company’s Long Beach plant before production ended in 2015. (Photo by Rich Archbold)

Elinor Otto, 99, left, is presented flowers by Connie Lee who is wearing a 1950’s era Red Cross volunteer uniform as Otto, an original Rosie the Riveter, is honored at halftime of the LBSU-Southern Utah University men’s basketball game at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. The Greater Long Beach, Rio Hondo and South Bay Chapters of the American Red Cross are teamed up with the Long Beach State Athletic Department to provide a special tribute to all men and women veterans. After a short video on Otto’s life, she was presented flowers to honor her 66 years of building airplanes. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)



Elinor Otto, 98, affectionately known as ÔRosie the Riveter, walks away from a C-17, after taking a flight for a local air refueling and aeromedical evacuation proficiency training mission on Monday, Dec. 19, 2017 at March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley. Otto began building airplanes in 1942, as one of the first of millions of women who filled jobs vacated by men who were called to service during the war, commonly referred to as “Rosie the Riveters.” (Stan Lim, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Elinor Otto, 99, center, is joined by Connie Lee wearing a 1950’s era Red Cross volunteer uniform as Otto, an original Rosie the Riveter, is honored at halftime of the LBSU-Southern Utah University men’s basketball game at Walter Pyramid in Long Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. The Greater Long Beach, Rio Hondo and South Bay Chapters of the American Red Cross are teamed up with the Long Beach State Athletic Department to provide a special tribute to all men and women veterans. After a short video on Otto’s life, she was presented flowers to honor her 66 years of building airplanes. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)

Elinor Otto, 99, holds the same rivet gun she used on all of the 279 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes built at the company’s Long Beach plant before production ended in 2015. (Photo by Rich Archbold)

Heather Kern, the store’s manager, said she was in the process of rebranding the store to focus more on women’s empowerment — with art in the style of Rosie the Riveter — when the idea for the bar’s name came to her.

“I’m basically a Long Beach native, and I know we have our own history of Rosie the Riveter,” she said.

Otto said in a phone interview that she was “so honored” to have the watering hole named after her.

“I’m looking forward to going down there and seeing it,” Otto said. “It looks lovely.”

In particular, Otto said she was excited to see the space’s focus on the empowerment and accomplishments of women. The fact that all of that will be happening under the banner of her name, she said, is just the icing on the cake.

As for the grand opening, Otto said there’s a small chance she may have a scheduling conflict, but “I want to be at the bar” that night, she said. “I certainly do.”

In keeping with the bar’s focus on Long Beach, all of the beverages will hail from local, independent or women-owned businesses.

In addition to sipping on those libations, patrons will be able to watch projected classic movies and TV shows or use the free Wifi and hang out for a while.

Kern said her team is still sorting out the details for the grand opening, such as which bands will play. What she does know, though, is that it will happen on March 21.

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