Brugge Brasserie

04/07/2025

Canal bistro joined the party! Thanks to all 3 friends of MS Walk. See you all there.

04/04/2025

11/07/2024

Anybody with Colts / Bills tickets they can’t use? We have guests that we worked with in Hong Kong coming to town. We are aware that there are several (like hundreds) secondary market sites. We looked and American football doesn’t quite mean THAT much to my friends. A pair a little closer to face is doable. Or invite some friends over and we’ll come to you for a Brugge night / ticket swap!

10/02/2024

Well that was fun. We went through a bed of mussels. 1,200 lbs. in 8 hours of service. The Flemish phrase for that is “* #%!@~ # bonkers.”

We were delighted to see so many old friends. And new ones. The turnout was more than we could’ve asked for and certainly more than we deserve. You are all appreciated and we want you to know that. We are sorry / regret that we couldn’t sit down with each of you and catch up. For each guest we were unable to personally thank there was a person that suggested that we re-open. That was both extremely kind and slightly unsettling. We feel the love. We also would love to see you more often. The bottom line is this. Ted & Shannon aren’t getting any younger. They also lost badly. Opening a restaurant is a very risky proposition. We know that we sit in a somewhat less risky space in that regard as we have an existing and enthusiastic base. We worked hard for 15 years to create that. Our entire team ( and some of you - having suggested several spots) continually keep their eyes and ears open for opportunities. It really has to check ALL of the boxes for it to happen and there are a lot of boxes. They aren’t losing everything again. So if we find the perfect spot and everything falls into place, yes we might just open another version of the restaurant you all overwhelmingly showed up to support this week.

Enough about us. Twenty Tap is the best. A massive thank you to the owner, Tracy, and her husband Kevin. We love you both.

And to Smitty of Weiner Dreams and George Heslin of IFD. Smitty and Ted have always worked extremely well together and they had a blast. We hope you saw that as they sang and danced their way through those mussels with propane tanks, live fire and boiling broth. Thank you, Smitty. George is a dear family friend and bestie of our son, Hunter. He was not there in an official IFD capacity, rather on his impressive knife collection. Kidding. Well, he does have an impressive knife collection. George has worked with us in the past and brought it this week. His fire fighting skills were not required. Thank you George.

And finally

THANK YOU! YOU are the reason we might do it again. Honestly, YOU are the reason we are who we are and we are eternally grateful.

Ted, Shannon and the entire Twenty Tap and Brugge team thank you.

10/01/2024

Bout to pop off!! Plenty of tripel and mussels! No crowlers / growlers.

10/01/2024

Amazing turnout. Let’s do it again tonight.

Crowlers & Growlers SOLD OUT.

We hope it looked like we were having fun in the middle of the “rush” because we were. It is so nice to see so many familiar faces and believe us when we say we really feel the love. See you tonight and thanks for your patience with the lines.

09/23/2024

Oh hi!

03/14/2024

Our daughter Savannah is fundraising for MS. We strongly suggest an ESB, scotch eggs & fish & chips all around. If you can’t make it you can always donate here:

https://events.nationalmssociety.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=55261

12/07/2022

16 years ago and friend and co-worker of ours said to Shannon “ why don’t you get a real haircut?” Little did Shannon know that the suggestion would lead to a kind hearted soul with so much love to share and the best haircut she ever had. On a recent trip to get another best haircut ever, Katie Lee Jones asked Shannon if she could ask her something personal. She wanted to organize a fundraiser to show our youngest daughter, Savannah, who was recently diagnosed with MS, support and love as she begins to navigate her way through her challenge. That is the kind of human Katie is. If you would like to participate in the raffle, Venmo Savannah at Savannah will draw the winners on Dec 20th. Included in the prizes is a Katie Lee haircut and you just never know, that haircut could change your life too.