The Jamestown Brewing Company has announced it will temporarily shut down until a New York state liquor license is received so operations could resume.

The restaurant – which is located at the building formerly known as the Lillian Vitanza Ney Renaissance Center at the corner of W. Third and Washington Streets – initially opened in mid July despite not having its license.

The business is owned and operated by the father-son partnership of John McClellan Sr.  and John McClellan Jr. of Buffalo. They are leasing the space from the building owner, G. Patti Enterprises, which received a portion of the $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative Grant to renovate the building.

Delays in that renovation effort has led to the McClellan’s suing G. Patti Enterprises for a breach of contract and that issue is still being played out in State Supreme Court in Erie County.

Meanwhile there is no word on when the State will finally grant to the liquor license, which is needed in order for JBC to not only serve alcoholic drinks but also begin brewing its own beer.

The hotel project will receive a tourism payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT), mortgage recording tax, and sales tax benefits from the IDA. In addition, the IDA board also approved the project’s state environmental quality review, which is required for it to move forward.

The project still needs to clear a few more hurdles before construction can start. On Monday the Celoron Planning Board will review the plans for a hotel at the village Community Center. That meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

The Celoron Zoning Board will also consider a variance for the project on Oct. 24, since the hotel is being constructed less than 100 feet from the Chautauqua Lake shoreline.

If the project is able to break ground in November, the anticipated opening date would be in spring 2018.

The hotel, which is being built by Hart Hotels out of Buffalo, will have 132 rooms, a banquet facility, pools, a bar and cocktail lounge, and  other amenities.

In other action, the IDA approved an Al Tech loan for a brew pub in downtown Jamestown.

According to the Post-Journal, the IDA board approved a $100,000 Al Tech loan for Jamestown Brewery. Buffalo resident John McClellan Sr. is serving as the sole principal of Jamestown Brewery – which is planned to be a full-service manufacturing craft and farm brewery in the Lillian Ney Renaissance Center building on West Third Street, at the intersection with Washington Street. The total cost of the project is $5.2 million. The money from the loan will be used for renovations at the Renaissance Center.

The facility also received a $500,000 Main Street Anchor Grant, secured by Jamestown Renaissance Corporation, which was secured during the 2015 New York State Consolidated Funding Application process.

If the project goes forward as scheduled, it could open by summer or early fall of 2017.