Southern Peak Brewery opened its second location this month in Sweetwater Town Center, a new 45-acre mixed-use development in Apex. The original location, founded in 2016, is just outside Downtown Apex.
Southern Peak Taproom and Pizzeria is just as much a pizza joint as a taproom. Southern Peak founders Ken Michalski and Nathan Poissant added co-owner and pizzeria-focused partner Anthony Masino with the expansion.
🍕Order up: Snacks, calzones, and pizza pies are on the offering, including some with Southern Peak beer ingredients like a Porter beersalmic glaze, Amber caramelized onion, and Wheat Ale hot honey. Pies come in small for one person or large for 2-3.
- Pro tip: Our order of three small pizzas suited our family of four with two young children.
- Try the beer pairing recommendations.
- Gluten-free crust is available for small pizzas for an additional cost.
🍻 The atmosphere: Our Sunday evening visit found the taproom and pizzeria comfortably full, with NFL games on different TVs. Fewer people were outside on the patio after sunset on a chilly night.
- Southern Peak Brewery Sweetwater hours are 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 12-9 p.m. Sundays.
📍Find it: Sweetwater Town Center, 1481 Richardson Road, Apex, aspires to be a walkable gathering place with a central lawn and programmed events. The grand opening for the development was the first weekend of November.
By their own definition, Sweetwater differs from Fenton in Cary by focusing less on “corporate office space and high end retail” and more on residential and “daily life essentials,” such as fitness studios, nail salons, restaurants, groceries, healthcare offices, and other shops.
More restaurants open in Sweetwater Town Center in Apex
- Kaara, a modern Indian restaurant with a menu that includes vegetarian and non-vegetarian tandoori dishes, Indo-Chinese dishes, biryanis, curries, dosas, and more.
- Fratelli’s Delicatessen, a family-owned deli and restaurant with breakfast, sandwiches, hot dogs, and a deli counter.
- Mi Cancun, a new outpost of the popular Mexican restaurant group in Apex.
- Mama Bird’s, a French-style ice cream shop expanded from nearby Holly Springs.
A version of this story originally ran in the November 20 edition of The Line, an Assembly Network newsletter for Cary, Apex, Morrisville, and Western Wake County.