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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.”
Yonder Cider s walk-up retail window in Seattle to close after neighbor complaints
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A walk-up cider window in Seattle s Greenwood neighborhood is shutting down after the city received complaints from a neighbor that the operation was too close to a church and school.
Yonder Cider announced that it will cease operations at its garage bar retail site which sells to-go cans and growler fills on Feb. 15.
Owned by Caitlin Braam, who was formerly the president of Seattle Cider Company and Two Beers Brewing Co., the business opened in July 2020.