A sister restaurant to the Cactus Club is expected to open close to its Coquitlam Centre mall eatery.
Tonight, Feb. 10, city council will consider a development permit proposal from Morguard Investments — the manager of the Barnet Highway mall — to build a new restaurant for King Taps.
Currently, the site west of the Cactus Club restaurant is used for mall parking.
According to a report from Chris Jarvie, Coquitlam’s development director, the city cancelled the Coquitlam Centre master plan in July 2024 “due to lack of response and activity by the applicant.”
For the King Taps bid, Morguard is proposing a restaurant plus a seasonal outdoor patio, an enclosed four-season patio and customer parking. The seasonal patio will have a retractable roof over a BC Hydro right-of-way and, as a result, Morguard is seeking a variance from council to increase the building height by four feet to accommodate the power path.
A sign about the planned restaurant went up last November, but Jarvie said the city didn’t get any public feedback.
If approved, the project will bring in $89,000 in development cost charges and $211 for the transportation-demand monitoring fund for the city.
Known for its rotating beer taps and pizza, King Taps has two locations in Toronto, one in Kelowna and two more opening in Langley’s Willoughbrook neighbourhood and at the Longsdale Quay in North Vancouver.
In February 2022, the Fuller family bought full control of the Cactus Club chain from Richard Jaffray; the family also owns Earls and Joey restaurants.
A request for comment from the Cactus Club was not immediately returned while Morguard declined to comment on the restaurant plans.
The Cactus Club restaurant at Coquitlam Centre opened in January 2023 with a 335-seat dining room and lounge.
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