Several entrepreneurs are planning to renovate a church complex in the Northside neighborhood into an event space and brewery.
The group, called Urban Artifact, bought the former Queen City Cookies location, which at one time was St. Pius X. The complex comprises three areas: the gymnasium, church, and rectory.
Urban Artifact, formerly Grayscale Cincinnati, plans to use the gym as a brewery. When Queen City Cookies had the space, they used this area as a commercial-grade bakery. The church itself will be converted into a two-level theater, performing arts, and concert space, while the rectory will be transformed, with a restaurant going in on the ground floor. There is a large courtyard as well, which will be used for outdoor events.
Scott Hand, the principal of Urban Artifact, noted that at the moment, craft breweries are opening all over the country. He plans to support local artists, both by exhibiting their works in the new venue, or having them perform, as well as making their works available digitally. The tentative name for the new venture is Urban Artifact Brewing, and it should open in a few months.
Hand and others might work with a flyer printing company to create handouts for distribution near the new venue around opening day. If they include a coupon on the flyer, they can draw even more business to the new space.
