BizBeat: Spirit Bar to replace Kat-A-Tonic

A new bar is set to open soon in the old Budweiser Inn building at 1102 Missouri Blvd. in Jefferson City.

Spirit Bar will replace recently-closed former tenant Kat-A-Tonic, which opened there last September.

The new hangout will be "a little bit of everything," said owner Ashley Kroeger.

"We're going to try to do a band a week," she continued, noting she plans to bring in Hispanic bands as often as possible. "My other half is Hispanic, and my kid are half Hispanic. ... There isn't really anything like that around here."

She plans to open Spirit Bar sometime this week, but had not set a specific date at press time.

Kroeger has 13 years of experience in packaged liquor sales in the convenience industry, but said she was ready for a change.