Clovis brewery to expand into former bakery
CLOVIS - The building that once housed Sutton’s Bakery has a history as rich as the goods it used to sell at 515 N. Main St.
Justin Cole is in the process of unearthing some of that history while preparing to use the space to open a Clovis version of the Roosevelt Brewing Company & Public House that he has owned on 201 S. Main St. in Portales since 2012.
Cole is aiming for the Clovis establishment, which will be called the Roosevelt Brewing Company Tap Room, to open in time for this weekend.
“It’ll be a location where you can purchase our beer,” Cole said, “or stop by and enjoy one, hopefully soon.”
Cole said construction on the Clovis tap room has stayed pretty much on schedule, despite the coronavirus. It has been a tap room in the making for about eight years, since soon after Sutton’s Bakery closed.
“We initially wanted to open our brewery in Clovis,” Cole said. “We purchased the building we’re in around the same time we purchased our building in Portales. So it’s been in the works for years, but we got really serious about doing it around a year ago.”
Though this edition of the Roosevelt Brewing Company will initially be a tap room only, it will eventually branch out to be more like its predecessor.
“Our intention is to restore the antique bakery,” Cole said, “and commence some kind of bakery operation on that site in the future.”
Cole said he expects the North Main operation to eventually offer artisan breads, pastries and other baked goods.
Cole also expects the new Roosevelt Brewing Company to be well-received. It’s a classic case of giving the people what they want.
“We get a lot of support from the community, from our location here in Portales,” Cole said, “and they’ve long expressed their desire for us to open a location in Clovis.”