Josh Ferdico (front left) and Shelby Baker of Lincoln enjoy a date night on a recent Saturday at Bierhaus Maisschäler's rooftop bar. Known as The Rooftop, Bierhaus' new fourth-floor bar joins the likes of Barry's Bar and Grill and Barred Owl to offer scenic rooftop spots. Hannah Theo discovered the new rooftop bar of Bierhaus Maisschäler at the corner of Eighth and P streets in the Haymarket on a Thursday.
By that Saturday, she had invited her entire friend group. “I brought them all,” she said. The space was new and fun, plus Theo said it was a change of scenery.
The atmosphere of a cute bar and a sweet bartender was what brought her back to the fourth floor. Cody Schmick, the CEO of Kinkaider Brewing, and his three Bierhaus co-owners opened The Rooftop in April because they saw a need in the Haymarket. Cody Schmick, co-owner at Bierhaus Maisschäler, opened the German beerhouse in the Haymarket in September 2022.
Bierhaus, the German-inspired bar housed in the first floor that opened in September 2022, is a nod to Schmick’s brother’s and father’s butcher shop and the ancestry of many Lincoln residents. Schmick said the menu is simple: beer, cocktails, sausage and pretzels. But their unique drinks and food offerings are far from boring.
“We knew if we were going to do that few food items, we would have to make them really good,” he said. From the vantage point of the fourth floor, visitors can see Pinnacle Bank Arena, Memorial Stadium and the Capitol witho.
