The Main Street and Harbourside Drive property was previously managed by Landmark Developments.
Deborah Crowell says the couple plans to open a store called Cuts Meat Market in the former Pete’s grocery space. Local produce, fresh baking and gluten-free items will also be sold, she said.
Two new artisanal liquor operations are under construction in Port Williams.
Wayfarers’ Ale collected funds through a Community Economic Development Investment fund and are building a microbrewery at the east end of the Shur-Gain Feeds’n Needs store.
Spokesman Jamie Aitken said Port Williams was chosen in the hope it will develop into a craft beer location. The Sea Level Brewing Company opened its doors nearby in 2007.
“We feel agglomeration of breweries is a strategy that will benefit all breweries,” he said.
The second new business near the waterfront will be a distillery known as Barrelling Tide.
Located on Parkway Drive, the dark blue distillery structure currently under construction overlooks Wolfville and the Cornwallis River.
A trio of vintage goods, clothing and shoe merchants have opened a business in the former Wharf General Store location in Port Williams called Tricycle Vintage.
Meanwhile, back in Wolfville, a pizza oven has just been added to what was the former Front and Central Restaurant on Front Street in Wolfville, the building's owner Mary Harwell said. No details are available on its opening date.
