Maplewood Brewery opens Glen Ellyn public house in former Two Hound Red space

Maplewood Public House will bring beer back to 486 Pennsylvania Avenue, reopening the former Two Hound Red Brewing Co. space in Glen Ellyn as a 7,850-square-foot public house with an expanded kitchen, on-site brewing and small-batch beers. The official opening is set for May 8, and Maplewood shared the date during the Glen Ellyn village board meeting on April 27.

The part that will feel familiar is the building itself, a spot already known as a beer stop in town. The part that will feel new is the Maplewood identity layered onto it: the company is pitching the venue as a neighborhood bar, cocktail bar, and taproom all in one location, while OpenTable describes it as part neighborhood bar, part cocktail lounge, and part craft taproom with food and weekend brunch. That mix puts the Glen Ellyn outpost closer to a full public house than a simple taproom pour room.

The brewing hardware matters, too. The building’s existing 15-barrel brewhouse will augment Maplewood’s current brewing operations, giving the company a second production foothold beyond its Chicago base. That makes the Glen Ellyn site more than a satellite location for branded pours. It gives Maplewood room to brew, serve, and build a broader food-and-beverage program in the same space.

For Maplewood founder and CEO Adam Cieslak, the move also carries a hometown logic. Cieslak said he and co-owners Ari Megalis, Paul Megalis and Kevin Holl grew up in the western suburbs and saw Glen Ellyn as the right fit. The project was first framed last October as a second Maplewood location aimed at spring 2026, and the May 8 opening now turns that plan into a concrete suburban landing.

The location’s history gives the reopening extra weight for local beer drinkers. Two Hound Red launched in 2019, and before that Glen Ellyn’s last brewery was Glen Ellyn Brewing, around 2011. Maplewood is not just taking over a storefront. It is stepping into a site with a brewing past, a built-in habit of being a destination, and a chance to keep that corner of Glen Ellyn on the local beer map.