A new multi-purpose event space and restaurant is coming to downtown Oak Bluffs.

Inkwell Beach House is set to fill the former Martha’s Vineyard Chowder Company space on Oak Bluffs avenue after being approved by the select board on Tuesday. 

The venture is spearheaded by television personality and summer Islander AJ Calloway. Mr. Calloway told the board Tuesday he wants to curate an “events ecosystem” in the heart of town, where meals and cocktail hours can blend seamlessly into community programming.

“A lot of people want to have the capability to do a dinner or a sit-down [event], and then an afterparty,” he said at the meeting.

Downstairs will be a restaurant manned by celebrity chef G. Garvin. Mr. Garvin hosts several cooking shows, including Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin and Hustle, Sizzle, and Smoke.

“The menu is actually pretty awesome,” Mr. Calloway said.

Upstairs, he said, will be well-suited to all kinds of events, from conversation groups to art and music performances.

Geoghan Coogan, the attorney for the business, compared Inkwell Beach House’s structure to the former Chowder Co., which has moved to Kennebec avenue, and the Loft nightclub.

“This will be done in a similar fashion,” he wrote to the Gazette Wednesday.

When asked by the board if Inkwell Beach House will operate year-round, Mr. Calloway said that’s his hope. He wants strong programming throughout the seasons to attract patrons both from the Island and elsewhere.

“I definitely want to try to bring people here outside of the season,” he said.