NORTHAMPTON — The website for McLadden's Irish Publick House lists its locations as Hampden, West Hartford, Conn., and "coming soon to a new location."

That location could be the former Pleasant Street Theater site in downtown Northampton.

The Northampton License Commission this week agreed to transfer the license formerly held by Spoleto to the McLadden Restaurant Group Northampton, LLC.

Earlier this month, Spoleto moved to space that was once Paradise City Tavern, 1 Bridge St., and took over that license so Spoleto's liquor license was available. Claudio Guerra owns both the tavern and restaurant.

Mary L. Midura, clerk to the License Commission, said a few people turned out at a recent public hearing on the transfer and expressed concern about noise and trash that might come from McLadden's, but the pub's owners said they would work with neighbors.

The license board also approved a request to extend the hour of closing from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. Owners said they would only stay open that late on Friday and Saturday nights.

The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has to approve the license.

McLadden's paid $150,000 for that license, Midura said.

The theater closed in the spring, five years after the Amherst Cinema Arts Center stepped in to keep it open. It had been a theater for about 40 years, but it's been empty since the theater closed in June.

"We've been looking at Northampton for a couple of years now," said Michael Ladden, the publican and brew master for McLadden's. Ladden will manage the Northampton pub. He said they opened the first pub in West Hartford in 2009 and the second in Hampden last year.

Northampton, like West Hartford, has a vibrant, densely populated downtown area "that really fits our model very well," Ladden said. The new establishment aims to be part Irish pub, part sports bar, and part gastro pub with high-end beer, he said.

Ladden said he expects to install 75 to 90 draft beer lines and seat up to 100 patrons in the 1,500-square-foot space, which will be torn apart and rebuilt.

The menu will be similar to its current restaurants, but the selection won’t be as extensive because the Northampton space is smaller, he said

While Northampton has the Northampton Brewery around the corner, Ladden said that he feels “We will complement each other.

“We are very exited to open there. We’ve done a lot of market research. We know the opportunity (is limited.) It’s very difficult to get a liquor license. It’s very difficult to find space.”," he said, adding that McLadden's found both at once.

He said they hope to open between the middle of December and mid-January.