{"id":101660,"date":"2025-12-19T20:51:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101660\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T20:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:51:17","slug":"the-good-hop-calls-it-quits-after-11-years-in-oakland-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101660\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Hop calls it quits after 11 years in Oakland\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richmondside.org\/nosh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nosh<\/a>\u00a0covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant openings and one article covering closings. Have a tip for Nosh?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richmondside.org\/nosh\/nosh-tips\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit it here<\/a>.\u00a0Subscribing to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richmondside.org\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nosh newsletter<\/a>\u00a0is the best way to stay up to date on all of the openings and closings, breaking news, deeper developments, and events in the East Bay food scene.<\/p>\n<p>A little over a year after original owner Melissa Myers sold the neighborhood beer bar and bottle shop the Good Hop to two of its best customers, it is closing its doors. The bar announced its closure on Instagram after more than a decade in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Clark, a former Good Hop bartender, and their partner, Monica White, a loyal regular at the Uptown Oakland bar and shop, <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2024\/10\/16\/good-hop-bar-oakland-new-owners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took over the Good Hop from Myers in September 2024<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to continue the incredible legacy that Melissa started,\u201d White told Nosh at the time. <\/p>\n<p>In the Instagram post, the couple cited \u201cinsurmountable challenges\u201d as the reason for the closure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will surely miss our little community that we are madly in love with. We are so grateful for everyone who supported us through the years and made this place what it became. Some of the best moments of our lives happened right here. This is so hard, the end of an era,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thegoodhop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says the post<\/a>. The final day of service is December 31. 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