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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Popular Santa Cruz brewery opens first San Francisco location
(KRON) — A popular Santa Cruz-based brewery is opening its first location in San Francisco. Humble Sea Brewing Company opens its taproom and beer garden on Thursday, May 29 at Pier 39, the company announced. Humble Sea's brewery will be located next to The Crystal Shop and across the Swiss Louis Italian & Seafood Restaurant. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 3 p.m., and the public is encouraged to join and 'raise a glass with us,' Humble Sea wrote in a press release. The grand opening is until 6 p.m. 'The best computer store in the world' set to open first Bay Area location KRON4 first reported on Humble Sea coming to San Francisco back in May 2024. At the time, there was a 'coming soon' sign. However, the brewery cited city permits as a reason for the delayed grand opening. Humble Sea was founded in 2014 and has risen in popularity in the Santa Cruz region and the Bay Area, amassing more than 63,000 followers on Instagram. There are two Bay Area locations: Pacifica and Alameda. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Eater
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Eater
Downtown LA's Era-Defining Third-Wave Coffee Shop Is Closing After a Decade
Verve Coffee Roasters is closing its Downtown LA location on June 1, marking the end of a decade in the neighborhood. The Santa Cruz-based coffee roaster opened its Spring Street cafe in January 2015, serving a signature lineup of coffee drinks made with its own beans, as well as pastries, and juices from Juice Served Here. The cafe's closure was announced in an Instagram post, which reads, 'While the evolving landscape of Downtown has made it no longer sustainable for us to continue operating at this location, we remain deeply committed to our LA community.' Verve's roastery and cafe, located just a few miles away in the Arts District, will remain open, as well as its other locations across Los Angeles on Melrose, West Third, and in Manhattan Beach. Mahjong and sushi at General Lee's Mahjong Underground is launching its first Mahjong and Chow night at the Arts District location of Kombu on June 8. The ticketed event will come with a shared tasting menu and a drink of choice, plus three hours of open play. Tickets are available through Mahjong Underground. Summer dinner series at the Benjamin Melrose restaurant the Benjamin is kicking off a guest chef dinner series on June 22. Evan Funke will cook at the inaugural event, followed by Michael Voltaggio in July, and Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo in September. Additional dinners and participating chefs are set to be announced. Tickets for the dinners will be priced at $99 and include a multi-course prix fixe menu and a limited-edition T-shirt. Tickets for the first event will be available on Resy starting at 9 a.m. PST on May 29. Gabby Windey's LA itinerary Former Bachelorette star and Traitors champion Gabby Windey shares her ideal Sunday with the Los Angeles Times . Mornings for Windey start at Silver Lake coffee shop Lamill, before heading to the farmers market with her wife, Robby Hoffman, for tamales. The rest of the day's ideal stops include snacks from Botanica, a movie at the Americana, and sushi from Kombu or Sugarfish. A new Beverly Hills matcha destination Cha Cha Matcha is opening a new flagship cafe in Beverly Hills on May 30, adding to its current lineup of cafes in Venice, Century City, and West Hollywood. The new cafe will introduce a few firsts for the brand, including an on-site matcha mill which guests can watch. A few drinks will also debut at the cafe, including the Coconut Cloud with coconut water and matcha cold foam, and a Japanese-style cold brew. At 10 a.m. on opening day, the first 50 guests in line will receive a free tote bag and beverage of choice. Sign up for our newsletter.
