Bradley’s on Stadium
Photo: Art Sidner
Mankato: Bradley’s On Stadium
Owner Kathy Depuydt manages Bradley’s on Stadium with son, Bradley, opening the bar/restaurant in the former Boomtown location on April 1, 2014.
In a Connect Business Magazine telephone interview, Depuydt said, “St. Clair is my hometown. At age 30, I went back to South Central College for a sales and marketing management degree, and to Concordia for a degree in organizational management and communications. Then I worked at the Holiday Inn (Mankato) as director of sales for ten years and doing quotes for conferences. That’s where I learned the food and beverage business.”
At Holiday Inn, she was responsible for business accounts, sales, and marketing, and for the “Sunday to Thursday” market. She kept in touch with many Minnesota associations in order to persuade them to choose Mankato.
Meanwhile, son Bradley, a Loyola and MSU graduate, eventually worked for a company that had him traveling five days a week, which wore thin. That’s when Kathy and Bradley, who had talked about buying a bar together, had a conversation with family friend Matt Pittlekow, who owned Boomtown. Depuydt purchased the business on April 1, 2014.
She said, “We remodeled and knocked out walls, and added seating for 35 in the dart and pool area. We began having trivia every Wednesday night. We are in the process now of gearing up for many (new) things for the college kids. Thank heavens I have a degree in marketing because I need to market to a whole different crowd to fill those hours and then late in the evening we need to do specials to get the campus kids in.”
What excited her in late July and early August was having ESPN report out of her office for a two-week period during Vikings Training Camp. She said, “We’ve ramped up the menu, and have pizza, calzone, wraps, and burgers. I don’t know of any other place in town with calzone.”
Bradley’s on Stadium
Address: 1600 Warren Street
Telephone: 507-388-5005
