WESTBOROUGH – It’s close.
Pending a final inspection with the town’s building and health departments, and other last-minute matters, Cold Harbor Brewing Co. could open its new Otis Street location as soon as the weekend of Aug. 5.
Cold Harbor will announce an official opening date via its Facebook page.
“We believe this will be a wonderful new addition for this area,” said Will Oliveira, the president and owner of Cold Harbor.
After operating a tap room out of Milk Street for about 10 years, the new location will be a full-service restaurant function room in the front, with a brewery in back.
“It’s the quality of the beer that has brought us to this place,” said Oliveira, crediting Jeremy Spearin and Mike Gleason for getting Cold Harbor to this stage.
On the side of the new restaurant, there will be a patio for outdoor dining.
“It’s quite a bit different from the last place,” said Oliveira.
Through the main entrance, the bar will offer Cold Harbor’s collection of New England-style IPAs, its popular “Juice Freak” and its array of English ales.
Want some libation to go? Cold Harbor will have a retail area featuring a collection you can drink (ales, IPAs, etc.) and wear (caps, T-shirts, etc.).
Cold Harbor will offer American fare such as pizza, burgers, salads and sandwiches.
The dining areas include a function/meeting area that may be subdivided. On the wall closest to the brewery is a mural that, according to general manager Nick Long, serves as a homage to the farmstand that once occupied the site.
Additional artwork pays tribute to the nearby Westboro Speedway, now the Speedway Plaza.
The star of the show – the brewery – is off limits to the public, but some of the tanks can be seen from the function room.
In addition to having more tanks than at the taproom, the brewery will have its own canning system. Long said they were using a third-party vendor for canning its product, but now it’s all in-house.
With the additional capacity, Long estimated that Cold Harbor can brew about 3,000 barrels per year, or twice the previous output.
“It’s a lot of good things about staying local,” said Long.
Originally scheduled to open in June, Cold Harbor’s opening was delayed by a shortage of materials, according to Long. But now that it’s built and almost ready to go, he said he’s “very excited” for the opening.
“We’re getting cars already,” he said. “They’ve been driving up and asking if we’re open.”
For the latest, visit their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ColdHarborBrewingCompany.
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