Two local craft beverage companies are joining forces to open an “all day and all night” concept in Timonium.
Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters and Diamondback Brewing Company announced on Friday that they’re planning a venture that will be a mash-up of both: a roastery and café from Aveley and a brewery, taproom and pizza kitchen from Diamondback.
Construction on the new concept is expected to start this spring at 9490 Deereco Road in Timonium, and it will be an expansion for both businesses.
Aveley has a cafe at 42 W. Chesapeake Ave. in Towson, and Diamondback has a brewery, taproom and pizza kitchen at 1215 E. Fort Ave. in Locust Point. Both will remain open.
According to the owners, the Timonium venture was born out of a need by both companies for expanded production space and a desire to serve a Baltimore County audience. It’s also a return to the owners’ roots. Aveley founder Corey Voelkel has known the Diamondback ownership team of Tom Foster, Colin Marshall and Francis Smith as friends and classmates since they all attended Loyola Blakefield for high school. After taking varied paths following college, they all returned to Baltimore to start craft beverage businesses.
“Tom and I started kicking this concept around about a year and half ago as we were both looking to expand our manufacturing and retail footprints,” Voelkel said in an announcement about the new venture. His business was founded in Harbor East in 2019 and relocated to Towson in 2022.
Aveley focuses on sustainably-sourced, high-quality coffees from around the world and roasts them locally to serve in its cafe and for its wholesale accounts throughout Maryland. The company plans to move its roasting operations to the Deereco Road address and offer a full espresso bar, drip coffees, cold brew and more, as well as a breakfast menu including pastries, toast, and breakfast burritos.
Foster, Marshall and Smith founded Diamondback as a contract brewing operation in 2014. They opened their Locust Point brewery and taproom at McHenry Row in 2016 and added a pizza kitchen in 2020. They now produce 1,500 barrels a year and have distribution across Maryland and Washington, D.C.
In Timonium, they plan to add a smaller brew system to produce experimental/small batch and barrel-aged offerings, and will feature 10 rotating draft beers, beer to-go, and a full pizza menu similar to the one they have in Locust Point.
The new location is expected to open later this year. “This is a natural collaboration for our two businesses, and we feel really grateful to have found the right space to make this happen for Aveley and Diamondback,” Foster said.
