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Driving down South Main Street, you canโ€™t miss the dusty construction going on at South of Beale, a new almost-opened pub.

Owners Brittany Whisenant and Ed Cabigao plan to open the โ€œgastropubโ€ in early August. And what, exactly, is a gastropub?

โ€œItโ€™s a pub atmosphere with better quality food,โ€ Cabigao says. Originally created in European countries like France and Britain, gastropubs are gaining in popularity in the U.S.