MadTree Parks & Rec opened in Blue Ash’s Summit Park in February, the local company’s second brewpub. The family- and dog-friendly spot is promoting a “walk-in” vibe with comfy indoor and outdoor spaces and allowing only 25 percent of tables to be reserved ahead of time.
Parks & Rec is open seven days a week, and its kitchen offers a full menu of pizzas, sandwiches, salads, and kids choices, plus all-day brunch. The menu is more extensive than MadTree’s original Taproom in Oakley, where brunch is served only on the weekends. MadTree is Cincinnati’s third largest craft brewer (after Rhinegeist and Braxton), and Parks & Rec serves its Legendary Lager, Happy Amber, PsycHOPathy IPA, and other signature flavors alongside seasonal and specialty beers and the company’s Sway brand of vodka sodas.
MadTree operates as a certified B Corp, which is a for-profit business that prioritizes positive community impact. It’s also a member of the 1% for the Planet movement, donating 1 percent of sales each year to Cincinnati area environmental nonprofits. MadTree pays its employees to work volunteer hours for those nonprofits.
Parks & Rec has three on-site private event spaces, with the largest able to hold 280 standing guests. Cincinnati Magazine hosted its Best Restaurants event there in March. The other two spaces seat between 100 and 150 people.