Heisler’s Market is approved for a liquor license
Owners Ed Heisler and his son, Ed Heisler Jr. are shown in the middle of Heisler’s Market. The pair are planning a small restaurant next to the market.
Exterior of Heisler’s Market in McMurray. Owners Ed Heisler Sr. and Ed Heisler Jr. are planning on opening a small cafe next to the market.
Peters Township Council approved a liquor license transfer from Union Township to Heisler’s Market, a move that will allow its owners to soon be selling beer – and perhaps wine one day – at a planned restaurant the owners hope to open next to their existing market in the McMurray Town Center on East McMurray Road.
Mark Kozar, a Pittsburgh attorney who represents the market’s owners Ed Heisler Sr. and Ed Heisler Jr., said the family-friendly cafe would be located on the left side of the building and, for the most part, be separate from the existing market. Beer could be consumed at the restaurant, or sold to go with a limit of 192 ounces, the equivalent of two six packs, he said.
The Heislers, fourth generation grocery owners, said they want to put a restaurant that seats 30 inside the existing building and a patio in what was a bank teller drive-through window. The patio would seat an additional 46 people, said the Heislers, who bought the business – the former McMurray Dairy Bar and Market – last year from the Duckworth family.
Heisler Jr. said the planned cafe will have a set menu of salad and entree options for diners. Freshly prepared food from the store will be allowed in the restaurant as well.
“We have a great chef,” said Heisler Jr., when asked why they decided to add a cafe. “He brings a lot of great things to the business.”
There will be a separate entrance for the restaurant, which will be inter-connected to the market. The cafe will be non-smoking and beer sold there will not be allowed in the market, Kozar said.
Peters officials still need to sign off on a building plan. But, if things go accordingly, the restaurant could be open sometime during the first quarter of 2016, the Heislers said.