A First Look At What Will Be Salvage BBQ & Smokehouse

Grid View

• The front of Salvage BBQ & Smokehouse facing Congress Street.
• Artist and Jay Villani's business partner Pat Corrigan's sketch for the bar and take out area.
• Looking toward the back of the space, where there will be a "Little League banquette" for groups. The wood on the floor outlines the bar.
• Big windows facing Congress Street - this will be the waiting/take-out area.
• Floor boards from the old Sportsmen's Grill were found in the basement and are being used for the new restaurant's floor.
• Villani has plans for a beer garden in the adjacent parking lot; this garage door will be changed to a barn door.
• Pat Corrigan's sketch of the bar.
• Brick wall that will be left intact.
• Jay Villani holds up the initial sketch of the restaurant, by his business partner, artist Pat Corrigan.
• The entrance.

It requires a little imagination, and maybe also a knowledge of Jay Villani's other two Portland restaurants — Local 188 and Sonny's — to envision his latest project, Salvage BBQ & Smokehouse. The one-story building, the first home of Portland Architectural Salvage, originally housed a printing business. In the basement, where splashes of ink on the floor show where the press stood, Villani will locate the smoker, prep space, office and storage. On the main floor, there will be about 100 seats at picnic tables, a long bar, partially open kitchen and what he calls a "Little League banquette" along the back wall for large groups. A separate station up front will service take-out customers. He's also thinking of putting in a beer garden in the adjacent parking lot. Villani and artist Pat Corrigan, who is also his business partner, incorporate salvaged materials and quirky objects into the design of their restaurants and they are already collecting stuff for Salvage. Floorboards found in the basement that were taken from the old Sportsmen's Grill and had every nail painstakingly removed, will be the new restaurant's floor. The bar top will be old bowling alley, from, appropriately, Portland Architectural Salvage. Villani says he plans to open in June. · Salvage BBQ & Smokehouse [Facebook]
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