{"id":284628,"date":"2026-04-25T00:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284628\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:09:10","slug":"block-craft-beer-and-kitchen-opens-in-sacramentos-pocket-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284628\/","title":{"rendered":"Block Craft Beer and Kitchen opens in Sacramento&#8217;s Pocket area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Block Craft Beer and Kitchen opens in Sacramento&#8217;s Pocket area<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOF BLOCK CRAFT BEER AND KITCHEN BEFORE IT OPENED. WELL, THE SPACE HERE AT BLOCK CRAFT BEER AND KITCHEN IS BIG. IT IS KIND OF INDUSTRIAL. IT\u2019S REALLY PRETTY COOL. THEY OPENED TODAY, OFFICIALLY AT NOON, SO YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO COME ON DOWN HERE AND ENJOY. JOINING ME RIGHT NOW IS CHRIS COSTA. HE IS THE GENERAL MANAGER. NOW. I KNOW YOUR GUYS. YOU HAVE KIND OF A SMALLER MENU. WE\u2019LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND. BUT YOUR NAMESAKE STARTS WITH BEER FIRST OF ALL. AND YOU GOT A COUPLE OF THEM HERE, THREE OF THEM. LET\u2019S START OUT WITH THE LAGER. THIS IS THE AMERICAN LAGER OUT OF COLORADO, DISTRIBUTED TO US THROUGH REDDING. IT\u2019S VERY LIGHT, NICE, EASY SIPPING. AND YEAH, IT KIND OF YOU SAID KIND OF BUDWEISER ISH, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE PUNCH THAN THAT, BUT BUT VERY NICE. NOW, THIS ONE IS KIND OF MORE EXOTIC HERE. AND THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH POG. YES. IT\u2019S A PASSION. ORANGE GUAVA, HARD KOMBUCHA FROM MOONSHINE OUT OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. NICE. VERY VERY GOOD. VERY REFRESHING. EASILY SIPPING RIGHT BY THE POOL OR OUTSIDE. KIND OF LIKE ON THE CIDER SIDE OF THINGS, IF YOU LIKE, A SWEETER KIND OF THING. IT\u2019S VERY GOOD, ACTUALLY. I LIKE THAT. OKAY, LET\u2019S TALK ABOUT NOW. I\u2019M NOT A BIG IPA FAN. THE FLAVOR CONTENDED LIKE REALLY PUNCHY IN THE TASTE BUDS. HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? THIS ONE WILL NOT DO THAT. THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM REVISION OUT OF NEVADA. THIS IS THEIR DOUBLE IPA AND IT IS EXTREMELY LIGHT. YOU WILL EXPECT THAT TO BE WHEN I HEAR IIP, I\u2019M LIKE, OH BOY. BRACE YOURSELF. REALLY? THAT\u2019S THAT\u2019S I MEAN, I CAN TELL IT\u2019S AN IPA. IT\u2019S GOOD. AND IT\u2019S NOT LIKE IN A COAT MY TONGUE FOR LIKE AN HOUR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NO, IT\u2019S LIKE I SAID, IT\u2019S ONE OF THE EASIER SIPPING IPAS YOU CAN FIND. AND IT\u2019S A DOUBLE WHICH YOU WOULD NOT THINK. YEAH, TOTALLY REAL QUICK ABOUT THE MENU. THEY HAVE A SMALLER MENU. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY BY DESIGN. ABSOLUTELY. KEEP IT SMALL, VERY HIGH QUALITY. WHAT\u2019S WRONG WITH SOME WEEKLY SPECIALS? AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUN, BUT PEOPLE STILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY CAN GET EVERY TIME THEY COME IN HERE. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU GUYS OFFICIALLY OPEN TODAY. WHAT\u2019S THE ADDRESS SO PEOPLE CAN COME VISIT. IT\u2019S 7485 RIVER DRIVE AND POCKET. COME ON DOWN AND JOIN US. LET\u2019S HAVE A GOOD DAY TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. COME ON DOWN TO BLOCK CRAFT BEER AND KITCHEN. YEAH, THEY\u2019LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. BACK TO YOU. THE RESTAURANT OPENS BREWERIES ACROSS THE REGION ARE SHOWCASING THEIR BEST BREWS. SACRAMENTO BEER WEEK IS A TEN DAY CELEBRATION THAT KICKED OFF TODAY. IT\u2019S ORGANIZED BY THE SACRAMENTO AREA BREWERS GUILD. THERE\u2019S A PACKED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THROUGH MAY 3RD. BREWERIES ACRO\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Block Craft Beer and Kitchen opens in Sacramento&#8217;s Pocket area<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769020329_917_kcra.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"KCRA logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 4:45 PM PDT Apr 24, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeer lovers in Sacramento\u2019s Pocket area have a new spot to enjoy as Block Craft Beer and Kitchen opened its doors on Friday.  The restaurant is filling the void left behind after Device Brewing closed in the same location.  KCRA 3\u2019s Teo Torres got a tour of Block Craft Beer and Kitchen before it opened. Watch in the video above. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Beer lovers in Sacramento\u2019s Pocket area have a new spot to enjoy as <a href=\"https:\/\/blockcraftkitchen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Block Craft Beer and Kitchen<\/a> opened its doors on Friday.  <\/p>\n<p>The restaurant is filling the void left behind after Device Brewing closed in the same location.  <\/p>\n<p>KCRA 3\u2019s Teo Torres got a tour of Block Craft Beer and Kitchen before it opened. <\/p>\n<p>Watch in the video above. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Block Craft Beer and Kitchen opens in Sacramento&#8217;s Pocket area OF BLOCK CRAFT BEER AND KITCHEN BEFORE IT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,122063,122061,122060,3747,23615,2424,473,9788,671,122065,42158,122062,121,123,122,122064,669,2734],"class_list":["post-284628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-beer-lover","tag-block-craft-beer","tag-block-craft-beer-and-kitchen","tag-door","tag-download","tag-friday","tag-kcra","tag-kitchen","tag-more-coverage","tag-new-spot","tag-pocket","tag-pocket-area","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-same-location","tag-subscribe","tag-top-california-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284628","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=284628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}