Core Brewing & Distillery Co. of Springdale is making progress on its second location in Fayetteville, having applied with the state for a license for a microbrewery restaurant.
The new pub will be at 2558 E. Mission Blvd. in east Fayetteville.
Core, founded by Fort Smith native Jesse Core, has two locations in Springdale and pubs in Fayetteville, Rogers, Fort Smith, Bentonville, the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport and North Little Rock.
The craft brewer recently deep-sixed plans to build a distillery in Fort Smith, but Whispers hears Core is still looking to locate that distillery in east Arkansas, having received a “phenomenal deal” from an unnamed city, according to Jay Richardson, Core VP. Core would also be locating a cooperage — a facility to make barrels — at the distillery site.