San Diego's eight-year-old Resident Brewing has opened its first satellite tasting room in the Chula Vista space last occupied by Third Avenue Alehouse.
In 2015, local hospitality industry investors James Langley and his long time business partner Scott Dickson joined with Langley's brother-in-law, avid home brewer Robert Masterson, to launch Resident Brewing Company in downtown San Diego. Masterson had actually began brewing when Langley gifted him a home brew kit in 2009, and then he went on to win Stone Brewing Co.'s 2013 Homebrew Competition & AHA Rally for his coconut IPA. Being Langley had ownership interest in downtown's The Local bar and restaurant, his partner on The Local Mina Desiderio suggested installing Resident in the 1,700 square-foot adjoining space, using The Local as the brewery's tasting room.
In 2020, Resident Brewing Company was in negotiations to purchase the 13,850 square-foot Vista facilityt hat last housed Iron Fist Brewing for nearly a decade, but that deal fell through and Pure Project brewing ultimately took over the space. Resident Brewing has now expanded southward and opened its first offsite tasting room in the 1,785 square-foot former Third Avenue Alehouse unit in the heart of downtown Chula Vista.
Dubbed Resident Village House, the new bar offers a bright interior space with a front patio area on Chula Vista's bustiling Third Avenue. In addition to many taps of Resident craft beers, the tasting room will sell snacks, hot pretzels, soft drinks, to-go brews and branded merchandise.
Resident Brewing is now open at 319 Third Avenue in San Diego's South Bay city of Chula Vista. For more information, visit residentbrewing.com.
Resident Brewing is now open at 319 Third Avenue in San Diego's South Bay city of Chula Vista. For more information, visit residentbrewing.com.
