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[Mike K.]

The new pub coming to Esquimalt Town Square will be called Saxe Point Public House.

https://www.saxepointpub.com/

[Victoria Watcher]

The 90-seat Saxe Point Public House is expected to open May 1 in Esquimalt Town Square. It joins a coffee shop, library and art gallery that have all been built in the past five years in the development owned by Vancouver-based developer Aragon Properties.

 

Michael Lowe, vice-president of acquisitions for the company, said at the news conference that Aragon had received a number of offers from national and regional retailers that wanted to take up the commercial space in Esquimalt Town Square. “Starbucks, they were very serious about taking the whole retail space and doing a Starbucks superstore.”

 

But ultimately, the developer decided to find local operators for its commercial spaces.

 

Saxe Point Public House is owned and operated by Demian Merino, the current general manager for the Bard & Banker in Victoria who has also worked at the Irish Times and the Freehouse Collective, a Vancouver-based restaurant management company formerly known as the Donnelly Group.

 

It will be the first independent venture for Merino, a born-and-raised Victorian. “This opportunity came around and I couldn’t pass it off,” he said.

 

The new pub, which is located at 101-505 Park Place, will have 30 outdoor spaces in addition to its indoor seating, he said.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...quimalt-8001192

[Victoria Watcher]

It’ll be “classic pub fare — but with a twist,” reads the release.

 

 

https://www.cheknews...ly-pub-1182518/

 

 

Strippers maybe?

 

Seriously though, did nobody interview Merino during this thing to learn more?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 December 2023 - 09:04 AM.