Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright are the latest ‘Vanderpump Rules’ stars to enter the bar business.Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank
TheVanderpump Rulesfamily of restaurants is growing.
On Thursday’s episode of their podcastWhen Reality Hits,Jax TaylorandBrittany Cartwrightannounced that they’ve started construction on a new sports bar in Los Angeles.
TheVanderpump Rulesalumni’s establishment will be calledJax’s Studio Citylocated on Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles. Cartwright shared that the couple has “great partners” in the “people fromRocco’s [Tavern]that asked us to be involved.” Taylor and Cartwright will be reinvigorating the Studio City location with Taylor’s flair and some of Cartwright’s southern charm.
“We started construction on Monday, and I’m really excited. We’re finally going to have a neighborhood sports bar,” Taylor said on the podcast.
Cartwright says that the plan is for the bar to be “kid friendly during the day," adding that they will “be up there”their two year-old son, Cruz.
“It’s kind of like a family project,” said Taylor. “I’m kind of involving everyone. I want everyone to have a part in this."
Cartwright’s brother designed the restaurant’s signage, Cartwright’s grandmother “Mamaw” will be helping with the menu and, and of course, Cartwright is “involved just as much as I am," said Taylor. “We have 100% say in what’s going on. She’s doing the decorating.”
Cartwright and Taylor have teased selling anelusive beer cheesesince 2018, and fans will finally be able to get their hands on the snack in addition to a few other southern bites.
“I’ve had a million questions about Mamaw’s beer cheese,” Cartwright said on the podcast. “What we’re planning on doing is finally having Mamaw’s beer cheese on the menu so people can pick up their own little tub there.”
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“We’re going to have a lot of events there,” Taylor also shared of his plans for the bar. “We’re going to have drag bingo. We’re going to have football, fights, karaoke, viewing parties of different reality shows, Kentucky basketball nights, we’re just going to have it all.”
Taylor said he wants the vibe of the bar to be “very fun, not really that bougie,” adding that “there’s enough bougie bars in Hollywood.”
Brirttany Cartwright, Jax Taylor and their son, Cruz.Brittany Cartwright Cauchi/Instagram
Brittany Cartwright Cauchi/Instagram
During the announcement, Taylor also addressed some of the difficulties associated with entering a new business venture. “I know in the past that I’ve said owning a bar is basically a marriage killer but the difference is you are involved just as much as I am,” Taylor said to Cartwright.
“He’s said it a million times and it’s freaked me out ever since this project came to be a possibility for us,” Cartwright said.
“The difference is, between some other people that we know that did a bar that didn’t involve their significant others, I am involving mine,” Taylor said, likely referencing his former costarsTom SchwartzandTom Sandoval.
SchwartzandSandovalwere the first of theVanderpump Rulesservers and bartenders to break out on their own.Lisa VanderpumpandKen Toddbrought them on as partnersto open upTom Tomin the show’s sixth season.
Since then, the two have also opened up Schwartz and Sandy’s. The restaurants are a point of contention with their now exes,Katie Maloneyand Ariana Madix, throughout the show.
Madix and Maloney are also entering the restaurant game with a new sandwich shop,Something About Her, set to open this year.
Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd.Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
In July, Vanderpump and Todd shut down their West Hollywood restaurant, Pump. The restaurant cited the rising cost of rent as a factor in the eatery shutting down. However, the landlords previously denied those claims, adding that they worked with the business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Todd disputed the allegations in a statement to PEOPLE. “When we took over the place known as Pump 10 years ago, it was an empty car park.
source: people.com
