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Mill St. Looking to Open Brewpub in Ottawa
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:55 am
by jayB
I heard on CBC Radio Ottawa this morning that Mill St. has submitted plans to City Hall to turn the site of the old Mill restaurant into a small brewpub (they mentioned 40 kegs a week). Sounds like it's just in the planning and permits stage, but that seems like a great place for a brewpub if it happened. It would be great to have another one in town, and also pretty nice to have access to some more Mill St. beers, beyond what we can get in the LCBO.
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:53 am
by Ralphus
A friend forwarded me a link this morning from the CBC website. Here it is:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/st ... ewery.html
A Toronto microbrewery has signed a lease to set up a restaurant and brewery at the site of the old Mill restaurant along the Ottawa River.
The Mill Street Brewery, a popular brewer in Toronto that sells its beer at the Beer Store and the LCBO, unveiled its plans when it filled out a planning rationale and architectural drawings with the City of Ottawa.
It wants to brew about 40 kegs of beer a week, offer beer tastings and operate a large restaurant at the site of the 165-year old stone structure between the Portage Bridge and Lebreton Flats, the National Capital Commission confirmed Friday.
The brewer signed a 10-year lease with an option to renew with the NCC, which owns the land. The NCC had put out a request for proposals for the site after the previous tenant, the Mill Restaurant, closed in 2007.
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:38 am
by jayB
Ah, thanks. I did a quick Google search, but I couldn't find anything. Guess I should have checked the online version of the same source. From reading that, I think the guy just read that story out on the radio verbatim.
Re: Mill St. Looking to Open Brewpub in Ottawa
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:02 am
by probstk
jayB wrote:I heard on CBC Radio Ottawa this morning that Mill St. has submitted plans to City Hall to turn the site of the old Mill restaurant into a small brewpub (they mentioned 40 kegs a week). Sounds like it's just in the planning and permits stage, but that seems like a great place for a brewpub if it happened. It would be great to have another one in town, and also pretty nice to have access to some more Mill St. beers, beyond what we can get in the LCBO.
Amen. It would give the Ottawa beer scene a much-needed boost. With any luck, it will either force Clocktower to raise the bar or will put them under.
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:28 pm
by cratez
Holy shit - this is awesome news. If I lived in Ottawa, I'd be hyped!
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:47 pm
by notdan
MILL street takes over the MILL restaurant? They've clearly been planning this for years.
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:00 pm
by Pub Style
Just spoke with Steve Abrams about this and they're pretty excited about joining the other breweries/brewpubs in the Ottawa area. More choice of Ottawa people is always a great thing...
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:35 pm
by cfrancis
So happy to hear this news. Beer scene needed a big boost and this is going to help.
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:05 pm
by matt7215
i heard that mill st will expand this concept in big markets nationally
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:14 pm
by TheSevenDuffs
matt7215 wrote:i heard that mill st will expand this concept in big markets nationally
That would be interesting to see.
I would love to see Mill Street start to push the envelope more with bigger beers and bolder styles.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:58 pm
by NRman
CBC Ottawa interview this week with Joel Manning
http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/2011/11 ... et-brewery
Joel talks about 3 new beers to be brewed there.
Irish Red Ale - flavoured with maple syrup (which he admits is "goofy")
Brown Ale - Biere de Garde
Cream Ale
Google Map/Satellite
http://g.co/maps/nx2rx
Youtube construction video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=SGtbQruwGIA
Opening "early in the new year"
I predict this place will kick ass in spite of these (IMO) odd initial beers.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 7:59 pm
by hops are your friend
NRman wrote:Opening "early in the new year"
The Mill Street website says the grand opening is Jan 20th:
http://www.millstreetbrewpub.ca/content ... b-ottawa-0