Bay Area COVID-19 venue closures

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  1. pudgym29

    pudgym29 Zealot (634) Mar 14, 2009 Illinois

    I spent parts of two days looking for a Beer Advocate thread into which I could make this post.
    There does not seem to be one. {I surmise people do not want this to circulate.} :grimacing:
    As reported in BerkeleySide, et alia, B A venue Beer Revolution in Oakland, CA. has closed due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    The reason I wanted to make this post is that, back in January 2016, during S. F. Beer Week, Beer Revolution was one of the bars I visited, and took photographs thereof. I inquired with print media about a number of articles I could scribe about this specific week, but as was (is) typical, I never even got a rejection E-Mail. :angry:
    Here is a selection of my photographs of there. I too hope it reopens one of these years. :wink:
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    #1 pudgym29, Sep 30, 2020
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  2. FrogOut69

    FrogOut69 Initiate (0) Sep 24, 2013 California
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    They likely didn't want an article with a bunch of random emojis and bold/italics.
     
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  3. BayAreaJoe

    BayAreaJoe Pooh-Bah (1,724) Nov 23, 2017 California
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    Beer Revolution's closing was brought up in the BA Bottleshop thread, albeit without any pictures - the owner said it's just a pause and that they're not gone for good. Here's an article with a little more detail.

    https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/09/16/beer-revolution-rosamunde-and-bernal-cutlery-close-in-oakland#:~:text=Beer Revolution, Rosamunde and Bernal,more East Bay food news.

    A couple of permament closures due to COVID-19 include Independent Brewing in Oakland and Cleophus Quealy Beer Company in San Leandro.

    https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/First-brewery-in-Jack-London-Square-closes-15389189.php

    https://www.cleoph.us/blog
     
    #3 BayAreaJoe, Sep 30, 2020
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  4. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    Armstrong Brewing (South San Francisco) - Downstairs / speakeasy'ish atmosphere. Never had stuff I cared for, but I wouldn't say they were awful.

    Cleophus Quealy (San Leandro) - Supposedly they were struggling a lot before COVID, and so this primarily sour brewery closed up shop.

    Southern Pacific (San Francisco) - Nice space. Awful beers.

    [Some lazy reporting has said that Social Kitchen & Brewery closed due to COVID, but actually they closed just before COVID hit. Kim Sturdavant the brewmaster and famous Master Cicerone had gone to Woods Beer Co. months before - but now I see he is at Pacifica Brewing?].
     
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  5. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    #5 thuey, Sep 30, 2020
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