Breaking News! Concordia Alehouse Sold!
That's right, one of the best beer bars in the metro area is about to undergo a change of ownership. Rumors are flying on the BrewCrew listserv about the potential changes, but some of the more disheartening rumors include TV's, lottery, and "consistent taps", which probably means the same boring things on tap all the time.
Let's hope this is just fear of change causing the negativity and that the new owners will realize what made CAH so special in the first place.
More to come as the situation develops and rumors are confirmed...
EDIT: Thursday March 1, 2007 5:00pm
I just got off the phone with Brittany (manager and beer goddess) and things don't look nearly as dire as some of the rumors would lead you to believe. She wasn't at liberty to discuss the new owners or much about their plans, but she assured that things should remain pretty much the same for at least the foreseeable future. Apparently the new owners are regular patrons of the bar, they're well aware of the niche that the Alehouse fills, and the last thing they want to do is lose all the customers that Matt, Molly, and Brittany have worked so hard to gain.
As far as the rumors about "boring beers" taking over the tap lines; let's just say it doesn't seem likely. In addition to managing the bar, Brittany is now in charge of all the beer ordering and her love of tasty, diverse beer runs as deep as any beer geek in the city. In other words, I think things will be fine.
On that note, here's a few things that will be tapped in the next couple days:
Just Tapped:
Cantillon Iris! (this is one of my personal favorites)
Eel River - Raven's Eye Imperial Stout and Triple Exultation
Coming Soon:
Anderson Valley - Double Nickel IPA (one of only 3 kegs delivered to Oregon)
Anderson Valley - Deep Ender's Dark
He'Brew - Bittersweet Lenny's RIPA
Walking Man - Scottish-style something or another...(you never know what Bob is going to come up with)
In conclusion: keep on supporting the Alehouse, have faith that Brittany will keep the beer fresh and interesting, and don't believe the rumors.
4 Comments:
d'oh.
Well at least this means no competition for you guys at Belmont. No other beer bar in this town is worth the cost of a pint now. So sad to see this place go. Ready the food and the big breakfasts at the new Belmont Station pub for me :)
-derek
Why did you have to screw up perfectly good speculation with actual facts? Jerk.
No, seriously, that's very good news. Of course, now I live much much closer to Belmont Station than to Concordia so it would be nice if you guys quit screwing around and opened the cafe!!
Portland is the best beer city in North America. Concordia was (is?) the only real beer bar in town. Hopefully lotto and sports won't mean smoking too. I'd hate to lose our one bar.
I wish someone would open a real serious beer bar here, instead of the usual smokey, stale beer (no names), same-taps-all-the-time places that dominate the scene.
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