How a college dropout revived a local bar

By: Luke Mongelli

Senior journalism student Luke Mongelli sits down with his boss Chris Copen, owner of Bottlerocket Social Hall in Allentown, Pa., which is run by “unemployable film students, creative dropouts, and comedy nerds.” Copen details his roots of theater and event planning to his journey of taking over the bar that has been untouched since the 70s.

Bottlerocket Social Hall logo above provided by bottlerocketpgh.com