HUDSON: The Brew Kettle is expanding again.
The Strongsville-based brewery will open a satellite restaurant in a brick retail development in Hudson at the site of the former Varsity Club, 11 Atterbury Blvd.
“Hudson is a great area,” owner Chris Russo said Friday. “Great population.”
He hopes the new restaurant, which will have the same food and beverage menu as the other Brew Kettle locations, will open in May. The food menu ranges from beef brisket to burgers to barbecued spaghetti.
A sign posted in the window at the Varsity thanks its customers and noted that the business was closed Feb. 19 to be remodeled into a Brew Kettle.
Hudson spokeswoman Jody Roberts said the city has talked with the brewery about the restaurant but hasn’t received any formal plans yet.
The popular Brew Kettle operates a production brewery, restaurant, winery and brew-your-own business in Strongsville. It also has a satellite restaurant in Amherst and is opening one in Ironton in southern Ohio.
Russo said “there’s a good possibility” that there will be more Brew Kettles opening around the state.
“But it’s not going to be on every corner,” he added.
The Brew Kettle also announced plans in 2015 to open a new production brewery and restaurant in Strongsville near its current site. That project will begin construction this year, Russo said.
The brewery is known for award-winning beers such as White Rajah and El Lupulo Libre.
It also has formed relationships with Cedar Point and the Cleveland Cavaliers in recent years, producing exclusive beers for both the amusement park and NBA team.
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