Help The Mothership recover from catastrophic flood damage

We’ll keep this simple: Beloved Bay View bar The Mothership (2301 S. Logan Ave.) suffered catastrophic damage in the flood earlier this month. Beloved Bay View bar The Mothership has been closed ever since. Beloved Bay View bar The Mothership is currently raising funds to help with recovery. You can find a GoFundMe HERE.

Again, that GoFundMe is HERE.

The fundraiser has been set up by Mothership bartender Jenneca Younger. She writes, in part:

As many experienced firsthand around our region, we were severely affected by the flash flooding that happened in southeastern Wisconsin on August 9th. That night, during what seemed like a regular Saturday service, the staff witnessed something that nightmares are made of, the rain started and didn’t stop. Within a matter of twenty minutes, the basement was flooded up to waist level and less than a foot away from rising to the electrical panel for the whole building. We called 911 and started pleading with guests to leave and get to safety. Our staff evacuated that night, hours before we’d normally close our bar, not knowing what the future was going to hold. The water continued to rise that night and eventually got up to our basement ceiling leaving literally everything downstairs submerged. Everything about this experience has been horrifying and heartbreaking.

If you’ve heard of us, met us, or had us serve you, you know we’re a small staff that hates asking for help. I never wanted to have to make one of these for the bar that has been my home for six and a half years. Coming out of Covid, there was nothing I thought our little work family couldn’t conquer together—but here I am. We lost everything: our walk-in coolers, compressors, our sound system, the freezer, computers, our merch, our juicers, all the kegs, all our product (yes, everything had to be destroyed), and Ricky’s baby aka: the centrifuge (sorry, humor is the only thing helping me right now). Our staff and amazing friends have been putting in work cleaning out everything in the basement, using all their resources to get us information we need and connecting us to anyone who might make sense of things for us. But even with all that help, the insurance payout is minimal and the damage is huge.

Love you, Mothership. Again, that GoFundMe is HERE.

Oh, and Mothership staff will be serving at Cactus Club on Sunday, August 31. Stop by and support them there, too!