He's raised the ceiling, built a new stage, installed new sound and lights. Bottle & Cork owner Alex Pires is renovating the building for the first time in 61 years. In Dewey, the self-proclaimed "greatest rock & roll bar in the world" has gotten quite a bit better. The Dogfish profile should really be on the rise by the end of June, when the new brewery and bottling plant in Lewes starts cranking and the beer makes it into stores. The brewpub has a new chef doing good work, and the in-house brewing capacity is up to 30 barrels, so they won't run out of the Chickory Stout or the Immort Ale. Dogfish has booked a superbly diverse assortment of music into "The First State's first brewpub" this summer: National acts like the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Black 47, John Wesley Harding, Palace and Half Japanese will be there, as will local faves like Baltimore's Martians and Washington's Grandsons and the beach's own excellent guitar-popsters Starbelly. The live music is now all at street level. So the pool tables went upstairs, and Calagione built a drum riser on the small downstairs stage. After building a stage in the upstairs room, owner Sam Calagione decided the acoustics in the room weren't suited to live music (the bands got lost in the rafters). In Rehoboth, Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats (320 Rehoboth Ave., 302/226-2739) continues to evolve. Most beach bars didn't change a thing since last year (a Bud is a Bud is a Bud), but there were some notable exceptions, especially among live music venues.
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