The team at Fernson Brewing Co. is making a new move in the food scene with a pizza-focused restaurant planned for a historic downtown building.
Totally Rad Pizza by Fernson Brewing Co. will fill the first-floor space at the Harvester Building at 196 E. Sixth St. that was vacated recently by Harvester Kitchen by Bryan and Nunzio’s Food Hall.
The restaurant is the next step in evolving Fernson’s food scene — a move that was envisioned when the brewery hired Beau Vondra last year as director of food and beverage operations.
“One of our goals was in the next six months to a year to open another spot, and we really didn’t think it was going to be downtown,” co-owner Blake Thompson said. “But we also had a hard time finding a spot that felt like us anywhere else, and then this came out of the blue.”
People are still looking for experiences even as overall alcohol consumption trends down, he added…