Andy Yee, Peter Picknelly and team behind The Fort in Springfield buy McLadden’s Irish pubs in Northampton, Connecticut
From scorpion bowls to Wiener schnitzel to bangers and mash. Restaurateur Andy Yee and his partners at the Student Prince Cafe and The Fort Dining Room — Peter Picknelly and father-and-son business consultants Michael K. Vann and Kevin B. Vann — have purchased the McLadden’s Irish Publick House chain and its four locations: Northampton at the site of the old Pleasant Street Theater, in Simsbury, Connecticut, and two in West Hartford, Connecticut. McLadden’s describes itself online as a craft beer experience gastropub and whiskey bar.