A Charlotte-area brewery that opened during the pandemic plans to build a second location featuring a microbrewery, restaurant and an outdoor beer garden.

Royal Bliss Brewing owner Larry Griffin also plans a musical stage in the front yard of his Royal Bliss II project located at 19149 West Catawba Ave., near Lake Norman in Cornelius, town planning documents show.

Cornelius town planners on Monday recommended the Cornelius Board of Commissioners approve the concept plan at a future meeting.

Construction could be finished by late 2025, Cornelius Today reported.

Royal Bliss II is planned to occupy nearly 3-acres of unused land adjacent to the long-awaited Junker multi-family project to the south, an office structure to the east, and a boat repair shop and power substation to the north, as detailed in municipal planning documents.

The proposed restaurant and microbrewery would span 10,000 square feet. To put it in perspective, an average McDonald’s restaurant occupies 4,000 square feet.

A sidewalk, measuring 5-feet in width, is in the plans along the frontage of the property, which will join with the already existing sidewalk on Harbor View Drive.

According to The Cornelius Land Use Plan, the property’s primary function would be to host restaurants.

The Planning Board on Monday recommended that amplified outdoor music be allowed from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and prohibited after 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays.