After being closed for 14 months, the Missouri Bar & Grille in downtown St. Louis reopened in April.

But the storied, late-night tavern — "MoBar" was a 3 o'clock bar before there were official 3 o'clock bars in St. Louis — was not doing the "late-night" part until last week.

"We've got our 3 a.m. license now, and we're using it Thursday through Saturday," bar manager Nick Bouyoukos said. "And we'll probably stay open a little later (than 1 a.m.) on Sundays."

The new owners are Jim and Louis Panapoulos, brothers of former owner Trifon Panapoulos, who died in September 2013. Bouyoukos is a first cousin.

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