The best beer bar in the world is for sale. Toronado has been listed for sale for $1.75M for the building (543,545,547 Haight), business, and liquor license. Let’s hope whomever buys it doesn’t just tear it down and replace it with a 3 story empty apartment building.
Not sure of the reason for the sale, but the owner, Dave Keene has lived away from San Francisco for a few years. Anyone looking for a new challenge?
https://compass-siliconvalley.com/listings?propertyId=1468139-sale
Fort Point and Henhouse have announced that they are merging. It’s unclear the exact terms, and while they say that things will not change, Fort Point will be closing their production brewery in the Presidio in San Francisco. Overall, they state that nothing will change about the beers. We continue to see some of the […]
We must be in what could be the darkest of San Francisco timelines as a “cryptobro” has reportedly bought Toronado per the SF Standard. While there’s no official confirmation from the owner Dave Keene, the SF Standard is now reporting that a “cryptobro” has bought Toronado and wants to launch some sort of a memecoin […]
I have many real issues with SF Beer Week — but it’s here again. Sure, I’ll go to a bunch of events but I’ll be grumbling under my breath the whole time. So here, is my list of reasons I hate-attend SF Beer Week and the events I’m actually looking forward to that should be […]
Laughing Monk announced on their Instagram today that they are taking over the former Barrel Head space at Fulton and Masonic in the NOPA neighborhood of San Francisco.
Tablehopper by way of SFist brings us the news that Sunset Reservoir spot will be taken over by Fifty Vara, a Spanish / Mediterranean style seafood and meat joint with a brewery and full bar. Brian Reccow is involved in this one too — along with the soon to open Magnolia Brewery. Target open date […]
Magnolia Brewing have posted that they will be closed starting 8/26 as they transition to new owners. If the rumors we’ve heard are true it will be a great transition as the new owners are familiar to those in San Francisco. We hope to know more soon. [updated] the rumors were true – Magnolia has […]
Calicraft has announced that they have acquired all operating assets of Heretic Brewing and Distilling Company. Full statement from Calicraft after the jump.
Brewery closures are nothing new for the Bay Area, but this one hits a neighborhood hard. This one hits me hard. This is my local. Opened just over 10 years ago after a multi-year permitting nightmare, Barrel Head filled an 8,000-square-foot space that had been empty for over a decade since Fulton Bar closed. While […]
Barrel Head Brewhouse opened 10 years ago, but it appears that it will now close for good on Saturday, July 17. More soon.