Good Bye Independence Brew Pub. It was nice to have known you.
It used to be there right next to the Market East Station in Philadelphia, a convenient venue that gave every visitor to Philadelphia a last-minute opportunity to dull the pain of their impending return back to the suburbs through a pint of fine microbrew. For me, it used to be the high point and the culmination of my weekly excursion on the Schuylkill Trail.
It was a religious pilgrimage. Bike the 21 miles from Valley Forge to the Museum of Art, continue on to Philadelphia Center City, look for its tiny entrance off Market Street, secure the bike to a parking meter, tell the woman who'd just approached you for directions that you didn't know where Filbert Street was, a moment later realize that this was Filbert street, feel ashamed for letting a fellow human down, go on in, wash the salt formations off the face and finally settle down to a glass of beer. Yes, it was a wonderful ritual.
Apparently the owner of the brewpub was kicked out for not paying his rent. I'm not totally surprised though. If I owned all that beer, I would also probably go through life unaware of what day it was or the month or the year. And the fact that he was evicted while he was in the middle of a beer only serves to support my theory.
Anyways, word on the street is that some other brewery will be taking over the lease so all might not be lost. It will be interesting to see who it is.
4 comments:
i am sorry for your loss.
Perhaps, in the interim, you can carry a camelback of suds with you.
Yeah...I was thinking when I was staying at the Hilton around the corner to go down and quaff a beer only to find a hand written note that "X party has been moved to location Y" and the lights turned off. Ruined my evening for sure and tried figuring out what was up. Made up for it the next day though :)
anjali : Thank you for the condolences.
robroy : is a camel really necessary or will a llama do?
lumi : I bet you went to Triumph.
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