Bye bye Holmes & Watson, hello Finnbar’s pub

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Megan Costello and husband Sean Costello are investing $230,000 to convert Holmes & Watson in Troy into the new Finnbar’s Irish Pub.

The longtime manager of a popular Albany bar and his wife are paying $193,000 for the Holmes & Watson building in downtown Troy.

They plan to reopen it as Finnbar’s Irish Pub.

Sean Costello, a manager at Cafe Hollywood for 17 years, and Megan Costello, a hair stylist at VSalon in Guilderland, expect to close on the property in early April. The couple lives in Albany.

They are self-funding the purchase along with Costello’s parents, Joe Costello and Jean Costello, of North Greenbush.

They will invest another $40,000 to paint and renovate the pub at 450 Broadway.

Source: Pam Allen, bizjournals.com

Holmes & Watson in Troy will become Irish pub

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Holmes & Watson Ltd., a downtown Troy fixture since the late 1970s, will close April 13 and reopen as Finnbar’s, an Irish pub. Sean Costello, the longtime manager of Cafe Hollywood on Lark Street, will open the pub with his wife, Megan, at 450 Broadway in Troy.

The couple bought the building and the business, and Costello said that following renovations he hopes to reopen by June 1.

Don’t expect dramatic changes to the building. Costello said he loves the building as it is because of its character and history. It has operated as a restaurant since 1865, he said. The menu at Finnbar’s will include fish and chips, shepherd’s pie and burgers.

The new business will be named for Sean and Megan’s toddler son, Finnbar. Planned renovations are a new draft system to accommodate at least 24 taps for microbrews; a new coat of paint for 450 and 452 so the colors match and a new coat of paint for the banquet room upstairs. Costello said he would like to install dart boards on one wall of the second floor and start a steel-tipped dart league.

Source: Leigh Hornbeck, timesunion.com/