Bloomington’s Root Cellar Lounge

Root Cellar Lounge offers a lively environment where music, food and friends all meet subterranean style in speakeasy fashion. A subterranean hot spot for live music performances, karaoke sessions and dance parties; with themed rooms such as Limestone Room, Case Room and Parlor that can also be rented out for larger cocktail parties or events; decorated in creative American decor including beer can collection and keepsake wine bottles kept by artist Gretchen Sigmund (combined into creative American decorations); all complemented with creative American decor including beer can collection and keepsake wine bottle collection as well as contemporary mural by artist Gretchen Sigmund (artist).

“Cellar Crawl,” a newly formed business offering guided tours for groups interested in discovering this space, provides guided tours that include tasting of three wines as well as explanation of its history. In response to growing interest in home brewing, its owner also created a line of root beer made with locally produced sorghum for easier home brew sessions.

Jim and Susan Coleman from Accord community sat inside a root cellar recently during a tour, surrounded by buckets of Mylar-bagged wheat, boxes of vitamins, bins of over-the-counter medicines, totes full of toothpaste and other hygiene products, home canned foods, as well as myriad Mylar bags filled with Mylar bags of Mylar-wheat harvested themselves and piles of Mylar bags full of Mylar wheat grown themselves as well as piles of home canned goods. While Jim and Susan live on farms where they grow vegetables and fruit themselves while lack access to cellar storage facilities needed for winter supplies of potatoes, carrots, beets or rutabagas storage options to protect from freezing.

Root cellars are rooms in houses designed to store food crops like potatoes, onions, garlic and parsnips in ideal conditions – low temperatures with stable humidity levels that protect crops such as potatoes. Their primary objective is food preservation while remaining just above freezing and having high humidity; the higher humidity helps prevent decomposing of foods stored there by mold or bacteria.

Many homes in the US possess cellars or basements for storage of household goods and tools. Root cellars can also provide an ideal place for keeping vegetables and fruits. When placing produce in an underground space, ensure it can be securely sealed inside large storage containers that can seal securely shut.

Bloomington’s food scene is known for its global influences and commitment to locally sourced ingredients, with restaurants featuring specialties from Burma, Greece, India, Korea and Tibet readily available at restaurants throughout the city. Downtown’s fourth street restaurant row serves as an incubator of culinary innovation with menu offerings influenced by international cuisines from Burma through India to Korea and Tibet.


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