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Soon, when you order a brew at Bridgehead, you’ll have to decide between coffee and beer.

Big things are happening for Ottawa’s well-known chain of coffee shops, including a shiny new liquor licence and a possible expansion outside of the city.

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The roastery at Preston and Anderson streets will serve beer, wine and creative, coffee-inspired cocktails after 4 p.m. starting this September, owner Tracey Clark told the Citizen on Monday.

“There’s no beer available first thing in the morning,” she said with a laugh.

If successful, the new bar-coffee shop hybrid might be expanded to the Golden Avenue and Richmond Road location in Westboro, and the Beechwood Avenue store to the east of downtown.

“Some customers will go, ‘Huh? You’re out of category!’ But others are saying, ‘Oh my God, you’re going to give me another reason to come?'” said Clark.

“We’ve been stepping the game up,” said Randy Hogg, a master barista and the brains behind many of Bridgehead’s new products.