USA, CO: Sanitas Brewing working on opening a second location in Englewood

Boulder's Sanitas Brewing is working on opening a second location, at 200 West Belleview Avenue in Englewood. Construction is underway, and the space could be open as soon as February 2023, the Denver Westword reported on August 19.

"We started planning location two in 2017," says co-founder and CEO Michael Memsic. "We got really close on a location in Denver, and I got cold feet right at the finish line during lease negotiations. We pulled back out of that project; it was too expensive and too competitive in that area. So we hit the brakes, went back to the books and said that coming out of 2019, that 2020 will be the year for location two." And while COVID derailed the 2020 plans, Memsic and his team restarted the hunt for location two in the fall of 2021.

The search landed in Englewood, where the brewery signed the lease for a 4,800-square-foot space in April; construction began in late July. One important feature for any potential taproom was that it had a substantial patio, says Memsic. The new location fulfills that requirement, with roughly 2,500 square feet of usable outdoor space. Memsic says there are plans to potentially increase that by another 1,000 square feet down the line.

The Englewood space will also have a kitchen, run fully by a partner group that is set to be announced in the near future. Memsic says that it was important to partner up with restaurant professionals in order to provide a stronger overall offering from day one. There will also be a coffee component to the space.

20 August, 2022