Fewer than four months after World of Beer was evicted from Pearl Street, another server of craft beer has claimed the spot. And this time, it’s a local company.

Oskar Blues will take over 921 Pearl St. later this summer with a taproom of 20-plus taps and a kitchen modeled on the original Lyons location.

The Longmont-headquartered brewer has been fewer than 20 miles from the Boulder bubble for more than a decade, but has never made moves into the city with either its taproom or its three restaurant concepts: Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids, CHUBurger and CyclHOPS.

While the eateries have sprouted in spots across the state, the brewing side of the business has been focused on expansion and capacity elsewhere, said Chad Melis, Oskar Blues marketing director — opening and then adding to operations in Brevard, N.C., and Austin, Texas, and growing at home in Longmont.

“We’ve always been looking for opportunity in Colorado,” Melis said. “Now that we’re set with capacity and found a good fit for us, it’s a great time.”

The space has been vacant since mid-December when a franchise of Tampa, Fla.-based World of Beer was evicted over $116,163 in unpaid rent to landlord Conscience Bay. World of Beer was open in the space for fewer than eight months and spent big to complete a remodel of the 3,800-square-foot property. That will leave little if any work for Oskar Blues to do.

The space, including an outdoor patio, will seat 150. Patrons will also be able to take beer to go from the site, and the bar will feature rare brews from the Lyons brewhouse and from sister breweries Perrin and Cigar City.

Sean Maher, chief executive of Downtown Boulder Inc., thinks the reception to Oskar Blues in Boulder will be warmer than for its predecessor: World of Beer, as part of a national chain, was much maligned by the locals upon announcing its intentions to locate in the city.

“Oskar Blues is a great fit for Boulder,” Maher said. “They are one of the best craft brewers in the U.S., but they are local.”

“It doesn’t feel like that much of a departure” from local to have a Longmont brewer in Boulder, Melis added. “We’re trying to have our brand in another city that fits our vibe: very outdoorsy, very open-door.

“The Boulder area feels like home.”

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