The west side of Owly Oop features an expansive view of the Rock River, Fordham Dam, Davis Park, BMO Harris Bank Center and in the future, the Embassy Suites hotel project in the old Amerock building through a large bank of garage doors and on an exterior deck. The scenic view from the restaurant’s deck overlooking the river – that alone is worth a visit.” “Athletes, spectators and other patrons are really going to enjoy the family friendly vibe they’re planning. “Owly Oop is a cool concept, created by a cool company in a very cool new building in a quickly developing part of Rockford,” said Joshua Albrecht, marketing director of the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. What else is truly unique about Owly Oop Sports Pub? We may even use Owly Oop’s nano operation as a test platform for new flavors to brew in larger quantities at Prairie Street Brewing Co.” “Nano brewing is like taking micro brewing to a super micro level. “Yes! Not only will we serve Prairie Street’s freshly crafted beer on tap (brought over in kegs) but, we’ll also be nano-brewing beer on-site,” said Dustin Koch, the third of three co-owners. Will Prairie Street Brewing Co’s craft brews be available at Owly Oop? People can come anytime and get away from it all.” “Owly Oop will have the largest television screen in Rockford – a 12-foot monster – and several other big-screen TV’s for viewing broadcast sports, too. “And, it’s not just a place to visit before or after a game on the Sports Factory courts,” he continued. We want to make Owly Oop a seamless, treasured part of the Sports Factory experience.” Whether you’re a father, son, mother or daughter, we want you to go home happy and feel like you’ve received good value and friendly service. “Just like at Prairie Street Brewing Co, we’ll serve food made of fresh, local ingredients using from-scratch recipes. “As for the menu, I’d describe it as healthy, upscale pub food,” said Reed Sjostrom, co-owner. “There’s a lot of buzz around town about the area and that’s very gratifying to those of us who have been investing here for quite some time now.” “My partners and I are huge believers in Rockford, downtown and Madison Street, especially,” he said. “So, when the Park District released a RFP last year for concession operations at the Sports Factory, we jumped on it.” And of course, we’ve been proud to participate in City Market, as well.” said Chris Manuel, co-owner of Prairie St Brewing Co and Owly Oop. “We’ve partnered with the Rockford Park District for a few years now doing off-site catering at Nicholas Conservatory, Sinnissippi Bandshell, Midway Village and on the Forest City Queen riverboat. Both locals and visitors will be impressed with Owly Oop, another great riverfront venue from the Prairie Street team.” Prairie Street has set the standard for riverfront dining in Rockford. “They have an outstanding reputation for quality and professionalism that will complement our spectacular new sports venue. “It’s great that the restaurant that will serve the new UW Health Sports Factory will be run by our friends from Prairie Street,” said Lawrence J Morrissey, mayor of the City of Rockford. The thousands of residents and visitors to the UW Health Sports Factory will truly have a one-of-a-kind experience when they dine and overlook our beautiful Rock River at Owly Oop Sports Pub.” “Their outstanding quality and reputation will no doubt take downtown Rockford and our facility to the next level. TLDR Social/Volunteer Group meeting Thursday at Owly Oop beer, friendship, and good ideas to develop ourselves and Rockford.“We could not be happier partnering with Prairie Street Brewing Co at the UW Health Sports Factory,” said Jay Sandine, assistant executive director of the Rockford Park District. Hit me up on here if you have any other questions, comments, or concerns. So Thursday we'll exchange ideas, come up with what we want the group to be (the who/what/where/when/and why), and talk about volunteer opportunities, and overall try and change the culture of Rockford for the better. Keep in mind this was in China, so we probably had more death row inmates than here. An example of one of the projects we did at my last Rotaract, was throw a gala party to raise money for a kind of 'big brother, big sister' program for the children of kids on death row. Usually it's based around colleges, but since those tend to come and go with students, I decided to try and make one in Rockford, focused on people college aged and older.

So what is Rotaract? It's like the 'younger' version of Rotary International, which is a social organization meant to exchange ideas, prompt change, and form friendships.

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