A pizza restaurant in a suburban shopping center, expanded into the adjacent retail suite and rebuilt as a 5,000 SF pizza and brewery destination.

The plan keeps a deliberate split. The original side stayed pizza: full gut, new kitchen and hood, 75 seats, a small arcade, new restrooms. The former retail side became the bar and brewhouse — a 17-seat bar with 52 high-tops, brewing vessels visible behind it, and enough screens to make game day the reason people come.

A full-width glass garage door connects the bar to the patio. The patio itself only holds twelve seats, but with the door open it works as an extension of the bar and high-top seating rather than a separate area. We carried the project through building and health department permitting, including new exterior egress with stairs to resolve a grade change.