Work is underway to convert the former Courtyard Restaurant site into a taproom and event space while preserving the historic property’s beauty. 

After securing a lease from the National Capital Commission, Beyond the Pale Brewing Co., which has been producing beer in Ottawa since 2012, started renovating the premises for its new location. 

“We’re lucky in a way that everybody else has treated it as a heritage building in their construction,” co-owner and brewmaster Shane Clark told OBJ during a tour of the property. “They haven’t made giant holes in the brick. They haven’t cut into any of that structure. It’s been maintained. So really, for us, it’s just removing the years of buildup and cables and layers and layers of drywall and flooring.”

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SOURCE: Ottawa Business Journal
PHOTO CREDIT: Mia Jensen