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They started out doing private events, but as pandemic restrictions eased, Head in the Clouds began in-person trivia at Optimism last September, then St. John’s in November, and most recently expanded to Hopvine in April.

Hopvine Pub bartenders told Neumann and Caglio their trivia was the best thing to happen to the bar in five years.

Besides the grapevine, a hopvine clambers up a pole, from which Don has harvested and dried the blooms to flavor his mead and home-brewed beer.

"We're sourcing out local ciders," Madden says, starting with Millstone's Hopvine, a cider aged with Maryland hops and honey.

His proposed store, at 15th Avenue East and East Republican Street, would replace a veterinary clinic next to the Hopvine Pub and across the street from Caffe Ladro, a coffee shop.