Moving Sidewalk cocktail bar to open downtown this weekend

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Get ready to step lively along the cluster of bars on Main Street downtown. Moving Sidewalk, the reboot of the former Goro & Gun at 306 Main, is opening to the public on Saturday.

The bar's owners (Brad Moore, Ryan Rouse and Alex Gregg) have given the space a makeover to fulfill their vision of turning the former ramen shop into a cocktail bar that doesn't serve food. Gone are the taxidermy, tchotchkes, art elements. The space now features antique crystal chandeliers over the bar, a new color scheme, and Hollywood banquettes replacing the dining tables in front.

Beverage director Gregg has created a cocktail program deep in bourbon, whiskey, rum, agave, as well as amaro selections and fortified spirits. An example of Gregg's new cocktail creations: All That Falls (vodka, fig and marigold shrub, chamomile, lemon lime and soda), and El Tipo Duro (reposado tequila, blended malt scotch, mango, mace and green peppercorn).

The name, according to Gregg, is inspired by Houston's Billy Gibbons who was in a band called Moving Sidewalks before ZZ Top. Given that Moving Sidewalk's bar neighbors include Little Dipper and Captain Foxheart's Bad News Bar & Spirit Lodge, the area is like a "moving sidewalk of bar traffic," he stated.

When Goro & Gun closed last its owners cited a lack of customers needed to sustain the restaurant/bar. They decided to drop the food and focus on the bar business. With Moving Sidewalk they hope to capitalize on the foot traffic in the busy, bar-heavy area downtown.