{"id":282575,"date":"2026-04-23T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282575\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:36:10","slug":"the-downtown-l-a-arts-districts-most-recognizable-brewery-is-closing-this-month-and-throwing-one-last-hurrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282575\/","title":{"rendered":"The Downtown L.A. Arts District\u2019s most recognizable brewery is closing this month and throwing one last hurrah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Downtown L.A.\u2019s Arts District<\/a> doesn\u2019t have an official gateway like Chinatown or the NoHo Arts District. But for the past decade, many Angelenos would have surely agreed that Angel City Brewery\u2019s<\/a> distinctive neon sign\u2014the beer company\u2019s L.A. City Hall\u2013based logo with a bold red \u201cLos Angeles Arts District\u201d below\u2014was the neighborhood\u2019s unofficial grand entrance, and its warehouse tap room akin to the Arts District\u2019s living room.<\/p>\n

But after almost three decades in L.A. and 16 years\u00a0at the corner of Alameda Street and Traction Avenue,\u00a0Angel City Brewery will permanently shut its doors at the end of April.\u00a0The brewery will officially close on April 30, when its lease is set to expire, but before then it\u2019s hosting one last weekend hurrah:\u00a0Angel City\u2019s Last Call<\/a>\u00a0will\u00a0boast bands, DJs, giveaways and, of course, beer on Sunday, April 26 from noon to 6pm. (Per usual, there\u2019s no cover charge.)<\/p>\n

The brewery started out as a truly local operation back in 1997 under\u00a0founder Michael Bowe, first in Culver City and then, in 2004, with a brewery in Torrance\u2019s now bygone German-themed Alpine Village. But the Angel City most locals know came about in 2010 when it moved to the industrial John A. Roebling Building where it currently resides. By 2012, though, the brewery\u00a0was sold to\u00a0Alchemy & Science, a subsidiary of Sam Adams maker Boston Beer Company. Fast forward\u00a0to 2025 and the company announced that it would wind down operations at the site, starting with hard seltzer brand Truly\u2019s tasting room in late 2025. Angel City\u00a0was set to remain open through the end of its lease.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy Elizabeth Hagwood <\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Jakob N. LaymanAngel City Brewery <\/p>\n

Regardless of whether or not you cared about the beer (either pre- or post-acquisition), Angel City has undeniably been a cornerstone of the Arts District\u2019s rise into one of L.A.\u2019s most destination-worthy neighborhoods<\/a>. Before there was a brewery<\/a> on seemingly every block, people came for the IPAs, pilsners and lagers\u2014and, once a year, avocado-infused ale<\/a>. But they also came for yoga, trivia and movie screenings. They eyed that twisty slide between floors and wondered if they could sneak onto it. They brought their kids and played board games or had their dogs tag along to hang out under the now-mostly-faded black-and-white eyes from famed muralist JR. They packed the place in on New Year\u2019s Eve<\/a>\u00a0and around Valentine\u2019s Day<\/a> for consistently no-cover events. And in January of 2015, they even came\u2014as I did\u2014for a little pile of snow<\/a> that had been shipped onto the patio. (From my recollection, it did\u00a0not hold up well under the afternoon sun.)<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Michael Juliano for Time OutA snow day at Angel City Brewery in 2015 <\/p>\n

So pour one out for\u2014and, hey, why not\u00a0at\u2014Angel City Brewery. Find it at 216 Alameda Street (though April 30) from Tuesday to Thursday from 4pm to midnight, Friday from 4pm to 12:30am, Saturday from noon to 12:30am and Sunday from noon to midnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downtown L.A.\u2019s Arts District doesn\u2019t have an official gateway like Chinatown or the NoHo Arts District. But for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14878,48,52,51,47,50,49,70282,412],"class_list":{"0":"post-282575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-categories-restaurants","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news","15":"tag-news-drinking","16":"tag-restaurants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}