Dave Sandlin of House of Commons Bourbon Library

Leo and Sheri welcome Dave Sandlin of House of Commons Bourbon Library.

·       Dave grew up in East Tennessee near Pigeon Forge in the Smoky Mountains.

·       He went to college in Southeast KY, majoring in elementary education.

·       After earning his degree, was working as a substitute teacher trying to get hired as a full-time teacher. At the time there were no openings so, with his wife and starting a family, he started working at a luxury resort in East Tennessee called Blackberry Farm.

·       He enjoyed the hospitality industry and worked with a mentor there who had been head of training for Ruby Tuesdays worldwide.

·       He fell in love with food and beverage and upscale hospitality.

·       After a few years, a friend from college asked him to move to Frankfort to help him start a church in June 2021.

·       He worked at Florida Tile in Lawrenceburg for a few months when he was introduced to Ben Harden who was renovating the building at 245 West Main.

·       Ben offered for Dave to own the bar he was renovating on the ground floor below the AirBnB’s he had on the second floor.