The Treasure Island Center is getting a new tenant.

The owners of Jersey’s Bar and Grill in Inver Grove Heights will open a sports bar with a sports-history theme called Pillbox Tavern sometime this winter.

Jersey’s co-owner Bill Ashton said the restaurant/bar is named for the short-lived Saints stadium on 12th and Robert that was known as “The Pillbox.”

The ballpark field was so small that if a player hit a ball over the wall of left or right field, it was considered only a single.

Pillbox Tavern, though, will be a fairly sizeable endeavor, sporting about 180 seats.

The menu at the new place will be similar to the bar-food favorites at Jersey’s, but will expand a bit from there, adding some entrees and salads. The owners are stoked about winning both the people’s choice and judge’s choice at the Twin Cities Burger Battle on Harriet Island this year, so they’ll definitely include that award-winning burger on the menu.

There will also be a full bar, between 16 and 20 draft lines and “an extensive craft-beer can and bottle” selection.

Ashton said the space will also host live music, DJs and karaoke.

Jersey’s has operated in Inver Grove for 18 years, and Ashton, who is partnering with Shelley Ashton and Matt Bakke on the project, does not own any other restaurants. They are hoping for a December or January opening.