San Diego will soon receive its newest modern American brewpub! From the co-founder of Golden Road Brewing and more Los Angeles bars that you can count, The Bell Marker is opening its doors on January 22 in the downtown space that last housed The Beer Company.
The Bell Marker, named after the mission bell markers found along the historic El Camino Real, aims to offer a little something for everyone with on-site brewing, an expansive bar and multiple dining areas. Located at 602 Broadway in Downtown San Diego, the brewpub will be the first location south of Los Angeles for Artisanal Brewers Collective (ABC), which is operated by Golden Road Brewing Co-Founder Tony Yanow, a Harvard graduate who has long owned Mohawk Bend in Los Angeles' Echo Park and Tony’s Darts Away in Burbank, has been on a bar building and buying spree across LA.
"San Diego offers locals and visitors so much from its rich history to an incredible vibe and culture, so we wanted to harness that as we developed The Bell Marker to create a quintessentially Californian experience through our beers, food and overall ambiance," says Yanow. "We can’t wait to bring even more great craft beer to a city that has established itself as a craft beer mecca!"
The brewpub’s beer program will be led by Noah Regnery, a native of San Diego, who has more than a decade of brewing experience. Noah honed his skills at the legendary Pizza Port Brewing where he won numerous local, national and international awards from revered events such as the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup. An extensive copper clad 15-barrel brewing system will be used to make true-to-style beers that will mainly focus on classic American, English, German and an occasional Belgian offering. The Bell Marker will open with a brewed-in-house Cream Ale, Hefeweizen, Pale Ale, IPA and Brown Ale on tap, while the remainder of the tap menu will consist of a selection of guest beers that will rotate frequently and complement the house offerings. As a way to give back to the community, The Bell Marker will also have a monthly charity beer offering $1 of sales that month to rotating charity organizations with plans to kick this program off in April with Autism Tree.
"As a North County native, I could not be more excited to return to San Diego and the community that bore my passion for beer," said brewmaster Noah Regnery. "It’s incredible to see familiar faces, get to know new ones, see how the scene has grown and progressed, and to be a part of the future of the legendary craft beer scene in America’s finest city. More than anything, I’m excited to get back to making beer in my hometown the way I did over a decade ago, but this time, with a whole new perspective and maturity."
The cocktail program helmed by Dan Sutherland will consist of classic cocktails with a modern twist conceptually designed to play on the Bell Marker history and craft culture in San Diego. Cocktail names will nod to historical moments in Bell Marker history such as Daisy Anna, a cocktailnamed after Anna Pitcher who initiated an effort to preserve the yet commemorated route of Alta California’s Camino Real. The Daisy Anna features Los Altos Blanco Tequila, Pamplemousse, pink grapefruit, agave, rosewater, lime, pink Himalayan salt and bitters. The remainder of the craft cocktail list will play on iconic San Diego pop culture.
