The trio behind this NoDa brewery has snagged a prime space for its second location.
Protagonist will expand with a 15,000-square foot taproom and brewery in South End.
It will take over the space on Southside Drive currently occupied by Great Wagon Road Distillery and Broken Spoke, making it neighbors with The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery and Sugar Creek Brewing.
Construction is slated to begin in March and be completed in late summer, Mike Salzarulo says.
He and childhood friends Ryan McKillen and and Ryan Owens are behind that venture. Their love of craft beer kept the friends connected over the years and led them to launch the Protagonist brand in 2019. Their first 1,700-square-foot location — dubbed “The Clubhouse” — opened in NoDa in May.