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Linda Sackett spent 12 years at the old Brown Bottle Pub before switching gears and landing a job at Potawatomi Casino. It was a good job, one which allowed her to spend time with her three children.

All that time, though, she felt the itch to get back in the game and last year, started looking for a new challenge, a place of her own.

Little did she know her search wouldn't take too long. She was talking to bar owner Slim McGinn after working his popular State Fair stand about any potential opportunities when he suggested his bar, 338 S. 1st St., might be available.

"I had no idea," Sackett says. "I told him I was looking around at a couple places and he said ‘well, as a matter of fact...’

"As soon as he told me he was trying to sell (the bar), I thought it would be a perfect fit."

She took over ownership about a week ago but doesn't plan a lot of changes. Slim's had been a successful operation for more than 15 years, building up a loyal customer base.

"There's nothing broken here," Sackett says. "You don't need to fix something that's not broken"

The biggest changes will be cosmetic. Sackett says a but of a facelift is about the only upgrade the bar needs and she hopes to make the place "lighter and brighter."

The menu will remain, for the most part, the same though Sackett does plan to do a little bit of tweaking with a couple of new menu items but the focus will still be on appetizers and sandwhiches.

"A few things are going to change because I want to make it my menu," Sackett says. "But all the things that make it an Irish pub will still be there."

The popular "Slimosuines" were not included in the sale, though Sackett does plan to continue offering shuttle service to and from Bradley Center events and Summerfest.

Of course, there's also the name. The "Slim's" moniker will be retired after St. Patrick's Day -- the bar will be renamed "O'Lydia's," allowing Sackett to maintain the bar's heavy presence on the big day.

"Monday morning, the new name will go up," she says.