Southington's Hop Haus Expanding With Restaurant In Plainville

SOUTHINGTON, CT — A popular Southington restaurant is expanding into neighboring Plainville.

Hop Haus is currently located at 28 West Main St. in the Plantsville section of southington. The plan is to open a second location at 24 Whiting Street in Plainville.

That's the former site of the Trenta Tavern restaurant, Hop Haus manager Katie Kennedy said.

The new location will feature the same restaurant and beer garden theme and essentially the same themed food and cocktail menus, she said.

The plan is to begin the conversion in Plainville next Month with a mid-to-late March opening, Kennedy said.

The Plainville location will be about twice the size of the Southington location and feature a "full banquet room," Kennedy said.

"The banquet hall will add a nice feature," Kennedy said. "Once everything is allowable again, we will use the room to hold parties, and get back to our beer dinners."

Kennedy said the Hop Haus has been doing well, even amid the restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic. One side of the bar area has remained open with dividers and the restaurant are also features dividers.

Heaters have kept the patio in Southington open during the colder months, Kennedy said.

The patio are area in Plainville will be larger and will likely not open until the weather warms up, Kennedy said.

The Hop Haus website bills the restaurant as "an upbeat Craft eatery featuring farm to fork American eat’s. Our tap list is focused around hard to find top rated craft beer from across the country.