Tap 42: A Sneak Preview of the Restaurant to Open November 16

​Mark your calendars, beer lovers. Tap 42 will open for business on November 16: the beer, bourbon, and burger bar conceived by Sean and Blaise McMackin. Residents for 28 years, the brothers had wondered why Lauderdale was missing a beer bar with attention to design for which parking and the crowds isn't an issue, so they decided to open a place themselves. "There's nothing else like it here," said Blaise, whose travels and time spent in Austin in particular helped shape the interior. ​In the far corner of the restaurant, an artist sketched a mockup of a beer tree that illuminates each beer's origin as a lager or an ale. The sign is from a West Texas artisan who collects and refurbishes them. "He drove it over here all the way from Texas," said Blaine.