Two Baltimore bar owners have plans to take over The Dizz building in Remington

The building that once housed The Dizz could soon see some new life courtesy of a local duo of bar owners.

Brendan Dorr and Eric Fooy, the minds behind Old Goucher cocktail spot Dutch Courage, are exploring a purchase of the neighborhood corner bar at 300 W. 30th St.

“We’re checking it out,” Dorr confirmed to The Sun. He and Fooy recently submitted an application to take over the Dizz’s liquor license.

While they consider buying the building — a sale could take another several months to finalize — Dorr said he prefers to keep plans for the space to himself.

“We have an idea, but we don’t want to share it yet,” he said.

He did say, however, that he and Fooy don’t plan to revive The Dizz, an iconic neighborhood watering hole that closed in 2019. Let’s Brunch Cafe, an all-day brunch spot, briefly took over the space before shutting down last spring.

“We are going to be reopening the location, but I’m not trying to open someone else’s business,” Dorr said. “We’re going to try to open something that’s unique, a little different for the neighborhood, but that will be very accessible for everyone.”

He and Fooy opened Dutch Courage in 2019 after working together behind the bar at B&O American Brasserie downtown. The cocktail bar focuses on gin drinks and has a food menu of snacks, charcuterie boards, sandwiches and a few entrees like duck confit and juniper and pork chop with sauerkraut.

In Remington, the duo envision a more even split between food and drink.

“It will be closer to 50/50,” Dorr said, adding that the cocktail list will “definitely be a bit more concise.”

Dorr, a fan of The Dizz when it was open, said he’s been eyeing the building for some time. Before The Dizz, the space had been host to a string of neighborhood bars since the 1930s: Dizzy Issie’s, Buckley’s, Igor’s, Tony’s Place, Stu’s Lounge.

“We’re anxious to get it going,” he said.