02/02/2026
Our hearts are breaking and this is very difficult to announce. We realize that we found ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. Itโs hard out here for small businesses, and weโre feeling all the blows. Slow season, outrageous utility costs & overhead, food costs, bitter cold (or extremely hot) weatherโฆ and you slowly start to sink, but donโt want to compromise quality. Many businesses are just 1 slow day away from not being able to stick through the hard times. In all transparency, itโs emotionally draining, and I ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ. Or make a valiant attempt to visit the new place on your list youโve been eyeing. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ, ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐
๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐.
We set out to create a comfortable place where the local community could gather and vibe. But we unfortunately have fallen short of our mission. And honestly, we need a break from fighting the system and to breathe a little. We need time to regroup and realign our goals and vision, because ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐.
๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐. Itโs important for us to stay stocked and ready, but with the forecast of freezing temperatures not lightening, it will cost us more to keep the heat on and the kegs full than it would be worth.
๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, and going on this crazy rollercoaster of building a self-funded small business with us. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ. We have learned, laughed and grown so much in the past 4 years, and will take this knowledge & experience to come back better than ever.
Weโre bad at goodbyes, so letโs make this a โsee ya soon,โ where we can continue creating craft beverages & small bites and catch up with endless chat sessions and heart-to-hearts. Our cold foam and chipotle mayo recipes are written down, and we hope to see you all soon! ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐!
Much love,
Kelsey & Juan
