Beloved Yonder Cider shutting down after one Seattle neighbor complains February 19, 2021 at 10:50 am
Yonder Cider s Founder & President in front of her detached garage/cider shop. (Photo courtesy of Yonder Cider)
After working in the hard cider industry for many years, Yonder Cider’s founder Caitlin Braam was getting ready to open a tasting room of her very own. But then, the pandemic hit. Braam lives on a Stay Healthy Street in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood, a residential street the city shut down to cars and mandated as pedestrian-only.
“My father-in-law was like, ‘Why don’t you just sell it out of your garage?’ So what we have here is a garage that’s detached from our house,” said Braam, giving me a tour. “When you open the door, you see a lovely counter, and a cooler, and some taps. What we’ve done is create a little pop-up here for Yonder Cider.”