Delta council last week endorsed an application for a new brew pub with a limited beer manufacturing area and an outdoor patio at the Southlands Village.
The liquor primary licence application has been forwarded to the Provincial Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) where approval is also required.
Four Winds Restaurant and Brewery is requesting a new liquor primary licence at 6350 Market Ave., occupying an 8,454-square-foot building. It would include a 2,680-square-foot interior service space, a 1,914-square-foot beer manufacturing area and a 1,094-square-foot patio.
The proposed brew pub is located within a 62,215-square-foot mixed-use development and the property is surrounded by various uses including the Red Barn community hall and Southlands Grange Centre for Farming & Food to the north, and commercial businesses and residences to the east.
A staff report notes the applicant has proposed an occupancy of 146 indoor patrons and 82 outdoor patrons for a total of 228. The applicant is also requesting hours of liquor service from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday to Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. Thursday to Saturday.
“The proposed brew pub is in close proximity to existing and future commercial properties and residential housing. Its location complements the Southlands Development, and the City does not anticipate any significant noise or community impacts that could not be mitigated through responsible business operations. The proposed liquor primary licence is consistent with the policies of the Official Community Plan’s Southlands Village land use designation,” the report explains.
The location within the Market District of the Southlands development and intended for commercial use within close proximity to residential housing, the report adds.
While approval of some liquor licence applications has been delegated to city staff, new liquor primary licence applications have not been delegated and require council’s consideration.
In 2019, city council voted 4-3 to defeat a previous proposal by Four Winds and Century Group that would have seen a new brewery and eatery housed in a 30,000-square-foot building at the Tsawwassen development.
That larger proposal to build a craft brewery and 200-seat restaurant in the commercial component of the Southlands would have contained the brewing and bottling part of the operation, while the warehousing and distribution would have been handled at an industrial location elsewhere.
