The Monterey bakery Ad Astra is rolling out a retail location in Carmel Valley’s Mid Valley.

Ad Astra is set to open a second location, this one in Carmel Valley’s Mid Valley Shopping Center.

According to Reese Stanley of The Stanley Group, the San Jose-based property company that owns the center, Ad Astra plans a retail shop with beer and wine. The popular bakery completed lease arrangements in late March. Renovation is expected to take eight weeks.

Stanley says that the company has wanted Ad Astra as an anchor for the shopping center for several years; the group first reached out in 2022. At the time, however, owner Ron Mendoza was in need of a larger kitchen, eventually moving from Seaside to his current location in downtown Monterey.

“We’re really excited to have them in,” Stanley adds. “We try to find tenants that the community wants.”

A second location of the Pacific Grove cleaners Sudz Cyber Laundry is also slated for Mid Valley.

Ad Astra fills the space vacated by The Beerded Bean. A lawsuit filed in February by Mid Valley Partners alleged that owners of the coffee shop and tap room stopped paying rent in August of 2024.

The Beerded Bean was four years into a seven-year lease agreement. In February, Mid Valley listed the property as available.

It was the owners of the Salinas coffee shop – the original location remains consistently busy – who put The Stanley Group in touch with Ad Astra.

Renovation is currently underway in the space at 319 Mid Valley Center. Stanley notes that the work is largely cosmetic, and though there are often unforeseen delays, the 60-day target date for Ad Astra’s opening is feasible. “TBD, but I think they will do it,” Stanley says.