Red Bird Brewing looking to expand in Kelowna

After more than two years in operation, Red Bird Brewing in Kelowna’s Brewery district wants to almost double its seating capacity.

“With the popularity of the craft beer industry along with Kelowna’s population growth and strong tourism we are now in a position where we need to expand our space,” Adam Semeniuk wrote in a letter submitted to the City of Kelowna.

It accompanies a liquor licence application that asks to increase seating from 40 to 76. There is room for 57 people indoors and 19 on an outdoor patio.

They are also taking over a 5,000 square foot building on next to its existing site at 1086 Richter St.

Their hours of operation will remain the same.

The application will be forwarded to a future city council meeting.


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Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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