Pat Nagle, left, the owner of Tacoma's Harmon Brewery and Restaurant, during construction of his Pacific Avenue pub in 1997.

The owners of Harmon Brewery and Restaurant in downtown Tacoma will purchase the business that was St. Helens Cafe and plan to open a "neighborhood restaurant" by March 15.

"That's my time line," Harmon owner Pat Nagle told me today. "The city and the state may have different time lines."

There's no name yet for the new place. Nagle said he plans to expand the bar, install a pizza oven and redecorate a bit.

"The consensus is that the place needs to be warmed up," Nagle said of the 6,000-square-foot restaurant. "It's a neighborhood restaurant. It's gonna have some flair."

Nagle said the Harmon's 15-barrel brewing system has the capacity to serve his new location. Nagle said he's interested in serving serious pizza -- a la Tom Douglas' Serious Pie in Seattle. He said some favorites from the Harmon's menu will turn up in the new location. He also said he'll do breakfast.

"It'll be full-service," Nagle said. "It¹s not gonna be order at the door when you walk in."

One thing Nagle won't be doing is a movie theater/restaurant in Tacoma's former Mecca porno theater.

"The Speakeasy is on the back burner," Nagle said, referring to the pizza-pub-theater concept he and partners at the Gintz Group developers have been working on on Broadway in downtown Tacoma. "I can't really comment any more."

Referring to the purchase of St. Helens Cafe and his own Harmon pub, Nagle said: "This just became an opportunity we really can't pass up. It boded well for expanding a business that we already sunk 11 years worth of effort and money into."

Nagle, who's also the real estate business, noted that building that will house his new venture is already home to Doyle's Public House, Stadium Bistro and an upcoming coffee shop.

"I hope we can create an identity for the whole building so it's kind of a destination," Nagle said.