City Beer Store is closing after 18 years. There is simply no easy way to say these words and the more we worked on a note to say goodbye the more muddled it became. This not what we hoped for the little store we opened in 2006, this is not the choice we wanted to make, it’s the choice we felt must be made.  The circumstances that brought us to this difficult decision are vast, and we cannot point to one issue.  It is a combination of many factors we could not overcome despite trying so very hard.

This little store has been truly loved along its 18 year journey; through the brightest of times, through the stormiest of times, it has been nurtured.  In no small part thanks to the community surrounding it.   

So many, many, many thanks: thank you to our incredible staff over the years.  Thank you to our loyal customers: the locals, the travelers, and the patrons far and wide.  And thank you to the long list of breweries, importers and wholesales we call friends.

We hold you dear, thank you for letting us into your lives.

City Beer has always been more than a bar and bottleshop, City Beer has been a home.  A place that saw wedding showers, memorials, therapy sessions, birthdays, first dates, first sips, hellos, and goodbyes.  And so, with these thoughts we hope you’ll fondly remember our quirky little store that was raised on Folsom Street, headed up to Mission Street for a new experience, and finally shifted over to a colorful life on Valencia Street. 

Like the platypus, City Beer is a sum of many parts, may this next part be a new opening, a new adventure.  Thank you for giving us a seat at the table, we loved being part of the conversation.

Sip, sip, sip
Craig and Beth Wathen

IMPORTANT DETAILS:
-City Beer is closed today, Thursday the 19th
-Our last days of service will be Friday and Saturday, September 20th and 21st with limited hours of 3PM-8PM
-We are having one final cellar sale on-line of our vintage offerings
-Pickup for all online orders from the cellar sale are Tuesday, September 24th and Thursday, September 26th
-Please pickup all current orders
-We hope you have time on Friday or Saturday to swing by one last time.  We would love to share one more glass with you.