BrickYard bar. At 579 East Third Street. Aptly named from its origins as a brickyard, the bar took the impact unusually well, abeit the wall being bowed by the impact. This sunny-day photo is from summer.
Clue to driver: Had used credit card to pay his tab
WINONA, Minn. – Police tracked a Minneapolis man to an East Second Street address after a hit-and-run incident in which a driver smashed inti the exterior of the BrickYard bar. Christopher Michael Means, 33, was arrested. He was still drunk, police said, his blood-alcohol measuring 0.10%. Means had been at the bar and used a credit card to pay his tab, which gave police a clue to whom they were looking for. The crash had been about 11:50 p.m. Also, a bartender got the car’s license plate number as the vehicle drove off. Police found the vehicle parked at the Third Street address. They said that Means admitted to driving the vehicle, which wasn’t his; to crashing into the building; and to leaving the scene. His eyes were bloodshot and watery eyes, his speech slurred , and his body stank of alcohol, police said.