For the second time in two years, the in-house restaurant at the Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel is getting a changeover, and this time it’s being taken over by a restaurant name locals will likely recognize.

The Plaza Hotel Corp., which oversees the hotel, restaurant and the Plaza Event Center, has signed a management agreement with David Oehlman, founder of Smokin’ Dave’s BBQ & Taphouse.

Oehlman will take over management of Harold’s, which will close after this Saturday night, and open a new restaurant called the House of Q BBQ & Brew.

Oehlman said Friday the restaurant will feature many of the same items that Smokin’ Dave’s customers are familiar with, including the same variety of barbecue styles. The name simply allows him to brand this new restaurant slightly differently, he said.

Harold’s opened in September 2012 in the place of Fusion Food & Spirits, which had been open 5 ½ years. Both had been operated under the umbrella of the Pratt Management Co., which is the parent company of the hotel corporation.

“After trying what we had been the last two years we decided to look around and see what else we could do,” said Alan Linton, president of Plaza Hotel Corp.

In discussions with Susan Pratt, who owns Pratt Management, and Frannie Follick-Hood, who serves as Pratt’s spokesperson, the three decided on getting a barbecue restaurant to fill the Harold’s space.

“I was informed that Dave had been looking around,” Linton said.

So, the two struck an agreement that Oehlman would take over the management of the restaurant and the Bayonet Room, which is the bar inside the restaurant. It will stay, Oehlman said, although he intends to put more emphasis on Colorado craft beers.

Oehlman opened the first Smokin’ Dave’s in Estes Park in 2007, though his restaurant experience dates back much further than that. He later opened a second restaurant in Lyons. Both are only slightly smaller than the Harold’s space, which seats 110 inside, 75 on the patio and another 40 in the bar.

Oehlman said he’s shooting for an early August opening, although he doesn’t have a definitive date yet.

Contact Times-Call staff writer Tony Kindelspire at 303-684-5291 or tkindelspire@times-call.com