Richard Ryan, Br\u00fc Daddy\u2019s CEO and co-founder alongside his son Kevin, told The Morning Call Wednesday that they have been friends and collaborators with the McCalls, who also run a family business.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why this made all the sense in the world,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n
He said Br\u00fc Daddy\u2019s is leaving behind the Hamilton Street property to focus on distributing alcohol they produce at their facility that opened in 2023 at 635 S. 10th St. in Allentown, including beer, ready-to-drink cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the resources you have and it\u2019s time, it\u2019s deployment of people, and it\u2019s money,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cAnd those are the resources that we need to direct to our wholesale manufacturing and packaging business that is really growing. And the restaurant is \u2026 a great thing, it\u2019s a fun thing, but it\u2019s not really \u2026 the engine that\u2019s driving the boat here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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People enjoy creating fall-themed wreaths Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, during Crafts and Drafts at McCall Collective Brewing in Allentown. (Amy Shortell\/The Morning Call)<\/p>\n
The transition makes sense, and Ryan said Br\u00fc Daddy\u2019s could potentially open another brewpub in the future, but he feels mixed emotions saying goodbye to Hamilton Street.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom a business viewpoint, we know we have to do this because focusing on your strengths and where your passion is is very, very important,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019ve developed relationships with all of the constituents of downtown Allentown. We\u2019ve had reciprocal relationships with City Council and [property owner] City Center Group and all the residents and whatnot. And in particular our employees, and that\u2019s probably the most important part, is our team of employees. So yes, there\u2019s going to be great sadness in parting ways with them, and it\u2019s something that we\u2019ll certainly \u2026 shed some tears on that. But like any business situation, you have to do what\u2019s right for the business, and we know that this is the right thing to do. But it does come with mixed emotions, no question about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaitlin McCall is the owner of McCall Collective, which she said will continue to operate at at 102 E. Susquehanna St. in Allentown and 7743 Hamilton Blvd. in Upper Macungie Township.<\/p>\n
She said the new Hamilton Street location will serve drinks and some food from McCall Collective, but plans to retain some Br\u00fc Daddy\u2019s dishes as well as the majority of, if not all, the employees who want to continue working there.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the opportunity arose for us to be a part of now downtown Allentown, we were extremely excited,\u201d McCall said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to take over this beautiful space that Br\u00fc Daddy\u2019s has cared for for seven years. We\u2019re excited to talk to their team and learn a little bit about their operations, and we\u2019re excited to grow. We have some great employees that have been with us for over five years, and this opportunity is also for them to continue their career paths. And for us to, of course, meet new customers and be an awesome spot for everybody in downtown Allentown. But under McCall\u2019s now, with our own vibes and all that we bring with our team and our quality \u2026 of beer and art and food.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McCall Collective Brewing Co. will take over and rebrand the Br\u00fc Daddy\u2019s Brewing Co. brewpub in Allentown with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,60,182,435,436,289,432],"class_list":["post-221515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-business","tag-local-news","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-retail","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}