Story & Photos By:
Sherry B. Johnson
Brick City 1796 Saloon
Where Strangers Become Friends and
Friends Become Family!
Scott and Karie King are no strangers to hard work. They
owned and operated X-Treme Gym & Fitness here in
Asheboro for 8 years. They sold the gym, and opened
Karie’s Kloset in 2010. While that business is up and running
successfully, they are always open to new adventures. Scott
has always thought it would be fun to have a place of his
own in town to be able to enjoy sports and a cold beer
with friends.
A unique opportunity presented itself to Scott and Karie
in November of last year to purchase a local business in
downtown Asheboro. They saw the potential to be able to
create a place where people could enjoy live music, dancing,
and good times with friends. They decided to go for it and
Brick City 1796 Saloon was born.
Asheboro was incorporated as a city on Christmas Day
1796, and all of the structures you see downtown are brick.
Scott wanted a name that had meaning and something that
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represented the area when choosing the name for the new
business.
A lot of hard work, sweat and equity went into cleaning up
the place, and upgrading the look. Their families Christmas
season last year consisted of Clorox, paint, and saw dust,
but they were determined to open by the New Years Eve
deadline, and that is exactly what they did. They wanted to
create a live music venue where you felt safe, relaxed, and
welcome when you walked in the door.
Before opening one of the first things on the agenda was
to create a strict but casual dress code and set proper
rules and expectations for members. They chose to
be a Private Bar for several reasons. The goal was and
remains to reinvent the atmosphere and reputation of the
establishment, and become an asset to downtown and
Asheboro. There is an annual $5 membership fee that
allows them to remain private. This gives them a lot more