The development team for the BEAT tech campus will seek a liquor license for their Morrissey Boulevard site, allowing tenants and visitors alike to enjoy a bite and a drink in parts of the former Boston Globe headquarters.

In an initial presentation to the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association’s planning committee last week, permitting attorney Jennifer Schultz said the building owners are preparing to apply for an all-alcohol restaurant license. 

The food and beverages operation will be managed by Craft Foods, which also runs food and drink halls in Waltham and Lexington. Matthew Stegall, managing director at Beacon Capital Partners, said food service would begin with lunch and expand to dinner over time.

Most of the envisioned alcohol-permitted space is on the main floor of the Beat building, covering the grand atrium and stretching out to a blocked-off back patio area. A repurposed Boston Globe delivery truck will feature as a bar cart on the patio. Among other offerings, the building would feature a café that shifts from coffee bar during work hours to serving alcohol after 5 p.m., and as a lounge for tenants at the site of the Globe’s old loading docks.

As to where patrons could wander with drinks in hand – an open mezzanine level and central stairwells with seating areas at the landings would be accessible to the public, though a roof deck would be limited to tenant use.

Shultz said any events at the site would comply with local ordinances and the team is not applying for an entertainment license. Hours are not yet set, “but it’s not expected to be a late-night venue,” Schultz said. She said alcohol service would probably end around 9 p.m.

Civic members expressed enthusiasm for the idea at this preliminary stage, though they asked for follow-up with additional clarity on operational hours and potential hosted events.

“This sounds like a great idea,” Eileen Boyle said. “We need more fun in our lives!”