DALTON, Ga. — A familiar name in local dining and entertainment will soon have a new location.

Cold Creek, a beer pub in Eton for the past four years, is moving to Dalton and will become Cold Creek at North Oaks.

“It started out as a growler shop, filling up growlers (small jugs that hold beer),” said Keith Burton, owner of Cold Creek. “Then they started offering music. I’m a musician and would play over there. They always had great crowds. I thought there was great potential. They offered us (he and his girlfriend) a chance to buy it, so we decided to buy it last year. We expanded the kitchen and became a destination to eat, not just sample beer.”

Burton said business grew so large that he decided he needed to find a bigger location as well as one closer to home.

“I grew up on Carters Lake. But I’ve lived in Dalton for the past 17 years,” he said.

He said his current location on North Oaks Drive, just north of the north bypass, is 2,850 square feet, three times the size of his location in Eton.

He’s putting the finishing touches on the new location and says he plans to open by the week of Feb. 25.

“We’ve got more space, a larger kitchen, and we’ll have a full bar,” he said. “We’ve still got 16 taps. We rotate the beers we serve. The bulk of what we serve are Georgia made. We pride ourselves on that. Georgia breweries can compete with anyone. We’ll have different wines as well as distilled spirits. By springtime, I should have a nice deck and a place for people to sit and eat and drink and bring their dogs.”

Burton said fans of the Eton location will find the same food that was served there and more.

“We are pretty famous for our wings. We use a jumbo wing,” he said. “We’ll have gourmet burgers. We use certified Angus beef, half-pound burgers. We’ll be doing tacos. We’ll have some vegetarian options — salads, a vegetarian burger that you would swear is a beef burger. We’ll be offering some lamb dishes. I’ve got a friend at Hager Farms (in Ranger) I grew up with. It will be organic, grass-fed and locally grown. We’ll have a brisket sandwich and a Philly sandwich. For the Philly, we’ll use real ribeye, not a cheap cut like some places. We’ll have a fish sandwich, grouper. We hand-batter our chicken tenders and our fish in-house.”

And given Burton’s background in music, there will be plenty of live performances.

“We’ll probably have something on Wednesday and Saturday,” he said. “I want to support local musicians. It will be all kinds of music.”

Burton keeps a drum set and other instruments stationed on one side of the restaurant.

“My friends and I like to play,” he said. “I brought my stuff from home. You never know when my buddies might show up and want to play. We’ll just jump in and play.”

Burton said Cold Creek will be open Monday through Thursday from 2 to 10 p.m., on Friday from 2 p.m. to midnight, on Saturday from noon to midnight and on Sunday from noon to 9 p.m.

“On the weekends, we’ll offer a Bloody Mary bar, mimosas and some brunch items. And we’ll always have games on the TVs,” he said.

Burton said he isn’t sure whether he will continue to fill growlers. He has been approved by the Dalton Public Safety Commission and the City Council for a package license but hasn’t decided whether to buy one.