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Customers may soon see minor changes at Brooklyns, 701 S. Main Street, a downtown Stillwater restaurant specializing in modern comfort food.

Keystone Foodservice takes controlling interest in Brooklyns

Michelle Charles

previous owners, including restaurant executive

Rob Geresi, continue to
Brooklyns restaurant, maintain a financial ina mainstay in downtown terest.
Stillwater since 2011,
Keystone CEO Josh
is going through some
Sanders said his famchanges.
ilys company is more
After refuting rumors
recently known for instiit was closing, ending
tutional food service but
lunch service hours and
they have restaurant exannouncing an emphasis perience, having owned
on private events, Brook- Clicks Steakhouse in
lyns long-distance ownPawnee from the 1980s
ers have sold controlling through the mid-1990s.
interest to Keystone
Brooklyns will remain
Foodservice.
Brooklyns but Keystone
The Stillwater-based,
is in a good position to
family-owned company
provide quality controls
provides institutional
and day-to-day oversight,
food service for sorority
Sanders said.
and fraternity houses
The company just
and school cafeterias.
bought-in, effective Aug.
MICHELLE CHARLES / STILLWATER NEWS PRESS
Keystone now holds
1, and is still evaluating Brooklyns, 701 S Main Street, was an early addi50.1 percent ownership
tion to downtown Stillwater as revitalization efforts
in Brooklyns while the
See Brooklyns, Page A2
mcharles@stwnewspress.com

were beginning.

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School continues contract with Keystone;

students can expect even more menu items
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