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After nearly a decade of serving up drinks, live music and plenty of camaraderie at 4586 Tennyson Street, Local 46 Bar and Biergarten went dark last fall. Pandemic restrictions had limited its short-term options, and its long-term future was looking dim, since the property owner had a deal to sell.
But that deal has now fallen through, and the landlord has given Local 46 owners Niya and Grant Gingerich a short-term lease that will allow them to reopen Local 46 from the end of April through the summer. And after that, they ll be moving Local 46 to a new space that they ll own, at 3930 West 38th Avenue, where they ll reopen with a new name: Local 38.
Gingerich says that the landlord has been extremely gracious, letting them keep furnishings, restaurant equipment and other items in the location since the business has been closed. Soon they ll start unpacking it all, with a goal of reopening Local 46 by the end of April. This summer will mark what would have been the last season on a ten-year lease.
As in previous summers, Gingerich says that Local 46 will host outdoor concerts this year.
The short-term lease over the summer will give the Gingeriches time to transition to their new location, dubbed Local 38, at 3930 West 38th Avenue, which has been vacant since El Chapultepec Too closed there in 2014. The Gingeriches are co-owners of the property with Christian Thompson, owner of Green Door Living, and Kris Miller, owner of KLM Construction.
Local 46 Bar will be back but then renamed Local 38 in its new space
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Local 46 Bar and Biergarten is getting an encore, in more ways than one.
Owners Niya and Grant Gingerich closed the bar at 4586 Tennyson St. in Berkeley at the end of October. They feared the business would not be able to make it through the winter with limited capacity, and their landlord had received a certificate of demolition eligibility ahead of a planned sale to a developer.
Three months later, however, the couple has worked out a temporary lease with their landlord and plans to reopen Local 46 from April to October for its 10th and final summer.