Dara Grumdahl of Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine and WCCO Radio reported on Monday that the new Surly Beer Hall will open in December. It sounds as if chef Jorge Guzman (who was on her radio show Saturday) will have a full menu ready to go but he did not reveal a whole lot about what will be on it. News also broke that Surly has hired another famed local chef to help out Jorge in Brian Hauke whom you may know from Spill the Wine.

The massive 300 seat hall will be permeating with the smell of pizzas and pretzels and plenty of new dishes (none of which he talked to Dara about) to pair with the bold Surly beer lineup.It will be located in the Prospect Park neighborhood right along the Green Line making it easy for commuters of all sorts to stop in for a pint and a bite to eat.

Events such as Darkness Day will remain at the Brooklyn Center location but the taproom there will close for good on Thursday, October 23rd so you may want to get there while you still can.

Speaking of Darkness Day, be sure to get there this year if you haven’t been. It takes place on Saturday, October 25th from 11:00 AM until 5:30 PM but if you want to buy bottles of Darkness you’ll want to get there much earlier. How early? Try the night before (camp out) otherwise known as Darkness Eve. Here you will witness what is essentially a giant bottle share where people play video games on big screen TVs outside of tents and imbibe with one another into the wee hours of the night. Trust me on this, you have to see it to believe it.

Cheers!