{"id":9183,"date":"2014-01-15T12:33:43","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T20:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=9183"},"modified":"2014-01-15T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T20:33:43","slug":"modern-times-plans-north-park-tasting-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2014\/01\/15\/modern-times-plans-north-park-tasting-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Times Plans North Park Tasting Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moderntimesbeer.com\/blog\/were-opening-a-tasting-room-in-north-park\" target=\"_blank\">Modern Times Beer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Surprise! Pretty wild. We\u2019re stoked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9184\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tumblr_mxprxdDI0E1snx6zco3_1280.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9184\" alt=\"via http:\/\/www.jonathansegalarchitect.com\/\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tumblr_mxprxdDI0E1snx6zco3_1280.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tumblr_mxprxdDI0E1snx6zco3_1280.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tumblr_mxprxdDI0E1snx6zco3_1280.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tumblr_mxprxdDI0E1snx6zco3_1280.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">via http:\/\/www.jonathansegalarchitect.com\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s the deal: a couple of months ago, the folks developing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.architectasdeveloper.com\/\">The North Parker<\/a>\u00a0building at the corner of 30th St and Upas got in touch with me. They thought we might be a good fit for the last remaining commercial space on the ground floor of the building.<\/p>\n<p>I was highly skeptical, and in fact, I didn\u2019t return their call for a month. I wasn\u2019t even remotely in the market for another project, being plenty busy with our existing tasting room and, ya know, running the brewery, which is only six months old and needier than a dozen shrieking baby marmots.<\/p>\n<p>But I ended up meeting with them, and, well, here we are, announcing our second tasting room, The North Park Flavordome.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what convinced me to do it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The other tenants. We\u2019ll be in the same building as Underbelly 2, La Perla (the taco place from the very cool people who brought you The Pearl Hotel), and Influx coffee. As a North Park resident, I\u2019m just hugely excited about what those businesses will bring to my neighborhood, and I wanted to be a part of it. The folks from Consortium (Underbelly) and LWP Group (La Perla) played a key role in convincing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathansegalarchitect.com\/\">Jonathan Segal<\/a>\u00a0(the architect\/developer) that we would be a good fit for the space, which made me feel hugely welcomed and honored since I have so much respect for what they do. I really feel that they\u2019re collectively making San Diego a better, more interesting city to live in, and I want to help them do it.<\/li>\n<li>The location. We\u2019ll have a tasting room on 30th St.\u2014\u2018Murica\u2019s Finest Beer Motorway\u2014or whatever they\u2019re calling it. Seriously, 30th St. has a national reputation as a craft beer destination, and this gives Modern Times a big, beautiful showcase right on it. But I wouldn\u2019t do it if I weren\u2019t totally confident that this will also be a boon to the places in the neighborhood that already carry our beer by helping us build a local fan-base. Win-win.<\/li>\n<li>The building. I\u2019m convinced that the building will really help activate the southern section of 30th St in North Park. There are already great businesses around the 30th\/Upas intersection, but The North Parker is going to help build critical mass, which will benefit everyone in the area. On a philosophical level, I\u2019m also fully on-board with the idea that multi-story, mixed use buildings are the most sustainable, desirable form of development in a city that suffers from a major excess of sprawl. I only wish it were taller.<\/li>\n<li>The space itself. It\u2019s going to be really, really cool. There\u2019s 1,624 sq ft of interior space and two of the walls are made entirely of glass, with views right onto 30th St and into the lovely main walkway to the complex. There\u2019ll also be two sizable outdoor seating areas, and if there\u2019s anything San Diego desperately needs more of, it\u2019s great places to drink local beer outdoors. Seriously, how is it that San Francisco and New York\u2014cities with often lousy, depressing weather\u2014have more good outdoor drinking spaces than San Diego? This must change, and we will help make it so. We\u2019ll have 16 taps, and the space will be decorated in the gonzo DIY spirit of the Lomaland Fermentorium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So that\u2019s pretty much all the news for now. The project is in the very early stages, and we have a great deal of work left to do. I will hazard a guess that we will be open sometime in the spring\/summer, but beyond that, there are just too many unknowns for me to say anything with authority.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via Modern Times Beer: &#8220;Surprise! Pretty wild. We\u2019re stoked. Here\u2019s the deal: a couple of months ago, the folks developing\u00a0The North Parker\u00a0building at the corner of 30th St and Upas got in touch with me. 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