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Former brewery spaces may be seen as sad but they are also a new opportunity, and when a space is the funky former Modern Times Leisuretown in Anaheim, it can be cool to see how new ownership and a new brewery utilize the space.
You can read about the Craftsman with Villains Brewing HERE.
If this can be pulled off it just might pull people a few block down from Unsung and Monkish Anaheim.
Leisuretown. Some words just sound like polyester pants and that one certainly does. But the extremely rapidly growing Modern Times is using it for a huge new outlet (31,927 square feet) in downtown Anaheim. And it does sound less obnoxious than the Dankness Dojo moniker for the delayed (and smaller) Modern Times – Los Angeles.
Here are the very verbose details from their press release:
• A gorgeous funky/sour brewing facility chock-full of foeders, amphora, and various experimental fermenting vessels, housed in a jaw-dropping old hoop-style wooden warehouse.
• A showpiece Modern Times café & restaurant set in an utterly charming two-story, historic craftsman home
• Stalls serving food from some of SoCal’s most kickass restaurateurs
• A giant frickin’ swimming pool, complete with poolside bar, movie screen, and sweet floaty toys
• A delightful and convenient Modern Times merch store & bottle pick-up location
•A vast and beautifully landscaped outdoor space primed for group gatherings and luxurious beer drinking
Anaheim is on a roll with the addition of Modern Times and recently Karl Strauss too.