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<\/p>\nAn open air beer garden style restaurant is coming to Fairfax Street in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.<\/p>\n
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The restaurant, called BSWV<\/a>, will be located at 33 Fairfax Street.<\/p>\n A building on the property that housed Portals, Awakenings Health Center and the Himalayan Handicrafts was heavily damaged by an April 2015 fire.<\/a> The building was eventually torn down, leaving an empty lot. It has remained empty since.<\/p>\n The lot was purchased recently by Trey Johanson and Paul Fogarty, owners of the Fairfax Coffee House, along with Geoffrey and Alice Wendel, owners of Portals, and Charlie Curia.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be a family friendly open air restaurant in the style and tradition of a European beer garden,\u201d Johanson told Morgan County USA.<\/em> \u201cThere will be long tables for community style dining.\u201d<\/p>\n The owners plan on putting up a pavilion toward to the back of the property to cover the bar and kitchen area.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are developing plans for a canopy cover, shade areas, some open areas, a performance stage and a dance floor,\u201d Johanson said.<\/p>\n Johanson says she hopes the restaurant will be open by spring or summer 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cWe hope to catch the high season,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An open air beer garden style restaurant is coming to Fairfax Street in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. The restaurant, called BSWV, will be located at 33 Fairfax Street. A building on the property that housed Portals, Awakenings Health Center and … Continue reading