By the end of April, owners of Vermont Street BBQ planned to move their barbecue restaurant into the former Paradise Cafe location at 728 Mass.

The move should provide a boon to the nearly 2-year-old barbecue restaurant, 805 Vt., which currently is limited to take-out or delivery orders.

“We definitely love being downtown, but we felt like we were missing out on a lot of business by not having the dine-in capacity,” said Shad Woodworth, co-owner of Vermont Street BBQ.

The new location also will allow the restaurant to have a bar.

“You could actually sit down and have a pitcher of beer with your ribs,” Woodworth said. “I know I like that combination.”