Madison's Secret Weapon for Economic Development: Gizzards

Ever since the city commission denied Rosebud Manufacturing's request to expand its operations to the old Happy Hour building, we have wondered if maybe some other business that might the downtown feng shui even better might be on the way to that space. Tonight's MDL announces from its front page that such is indeed the case. That new business? Hold onto your hats: the Happy Hour Bar, deemed by MDL "a Madison landmark," will become... the Happy Hour Bar [Elisa Sand, "Happy Hour Will Reopen Saturday," MDL, 2007.07.26, p. 1].

Ron Beckman bought it; he's hired Michelle Siert to manage it. Gizzards and beer will be back Saturday.

I'm betting the city commission just missed gizzards. That's really the only explanation that makes sense, isn't it?