Chappys Social House

Hard to believe it was a year ago that Chappys opened their second restaurant, Chappys Social House at 7880 Washington Village Drive in Washington Township. The 340 seat restaurant, which features 48 taps, a private room that seats 70 and great littel patio, has proved to be a big success. Co-Owners Dave Camplin says that the Washington Township location has found its own audience while the business at the original Moraine Tap House location has stayed steady and continues to be the preferred location for the hard core beer lovers.

Co-owner Lori Yanko has shared with us a schedule of the all-day celebration planned for Friday, May 20th:

Chappys Private Room

11am-2pm
Receive a $5 Gift Card for every
$20 you spend

5pm-9pm
Drawings for 5 $20 Gift Cards every Hour

6:30pm-8:30pm
Meet WTUE’s B-Man John Beaulieu

Live Music from 5pm-11pm
Nick Mitchell and Sowders & Cole

Local Tap Takeover Featuring Dayton & Cincinnati Brews

Specials and Giveaways All Day Long including Chappys gift cards, swag from Breweries, Bottles of Wine and a Trip to Cancun (airfare not included)
Free Beer Club Memberships All Day Long – (normally $10 to join)
How it works- you drink:

15 Designated Draughts
55 Designated Bottles
30 Beers you select from our rotating Draught selections
— NO DUPLICATIONS ALLOWED —

Besides trying these 100 great beers you get

Free Appetizer when you sign up
Signature Chappys Pint Glass after completing 25
Chappys Baseball Hat after completing 50
Chappys T-Shirt after completing 75

Drink all 100 Beers and Receive

Lifetime Happy Hour Prices at Any Time / Any Day
Your Name added to the Chappys Beer Club Wall of Fame

Chappys Social House officially opened it’s doors today at 7880 Washington Village Drive in Washington Township, in the site that was formerly Champps. This second Chappys location has 48 beer taps, but according to owner Dave Camplin, ” our original location is quite beer-centric, and that works for that location. Here we wanted to expand our drink menu with classic cocktails, like our frozen Pimm’s cup, and we have a nice bourbon list and more selections on our wine list. But our food menu is the same, though we’ll add some specials as we go.”

For now Chappys is open from 4pm to midnight during the week, with a full kitchen menu all night, weekends they’ll stay open until 1am and Sunday’s until 11pm. “We have all these restaurant and retail employees to cater to for late nights, so we want them to know our kitchen is open for them. They will also have a late night happy hour from 10pm – close with $1 off all draft beer and wine and $2 off appetizers. We also offer that happy hour Mon – Fri from 2-6pm. In a few weeks, we’ll add lunch to the menu, opening up at 11am,”shares Camplin.

The restaurant seats 340, with the bar area making up 100 of those seats. There is even a private room that holds up to 70 guests. And additional seating is available on the patio. With new flooring and a cleaned up feel, the wood interior and old fashioned signage give the restaurant a feel that’s both modern and warm. Camplin guestimates they have about 110 employees and admits this is quite a big step up from the old days when he ran Sloopy’s in the Oregon District. The large kitchen held a lot of appeal for Camplin and he looks forward to hosting beer and wine dinners, at the new venue as well as stepping up their catering business. He also reassures us there are no plan to get rid of the original Chappy’s Tap Room and Grille and thinks the two are far enough apart to each have their own crowd.

Dave and his wife Lori have been working on getting the new place open for a while, originally planning on leasing the building. After working with Farmers & Merchants Bank and Citiwide, they decided to buy it. Structurally the building didn’t need major work, new flooring, reworking the patio entrance, and some other changes, but says the biggest chunk of work was the kitchen. Cleaning it up and getting it ready to go was what took the longest, but he said it was a great day when Cindy from the Montgomery County Health Department came in for the final inspection and her first word was WOW! He proudly shared they passed with flying colors.

Based on the crowd at the bar an hour after they opened, we predict that Chappy’s Social House will be an even bigger hit than the original. See you at the bar!