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Two Irish-born business partners in Westchester County are expanding their bar and restaurant enterprise into thriving downtown White Plains.
Rory Dolan, whose namesake bar and restaurant in Yonkers is one of the more renowned establishments in the county, and Declan Rainsford recently purchased the 7,000-square-foot building at 177-179 Mamaroneck Ave. that formerly housed Dooley Mac's Publick House and an optical shop. The Dooley Mac sign and street facade with shuttered windows are all that remain of the bar, which is being gutted by the new owners to make way for their drinking and dining venture, The Brazen Fox.
"There's a place called The Brazen Head in Dublin," Rory Dolan said by phone from his Yonkers bar last week, explaining the origin of their business name in White Plains. "It's not far from where Declan lived. it's the oldest pub in Dublin," dating to 1198.
"Originally, we wanted The Brazen Head as the name," said Rainsford, standing...