Lemonstreet Brewing Co. closed its doors for the final time Dec. 17, four years after coming to life in a renovated industrial building in the Rail Yard District.
Owner Joe Baez cited inflation and lingering effects of the pandemic as key factors in the closure, saying COVID-related restrictions that were imposed six months after Lemonstreet’s September 2019 opening put the business in a financial hole from which it could never fully recover.
The brewery, at 2100 Dennis St., qualified for a small amount of pandemic relief funding, he said, but not enough to prevent its prolonged closure from sapping its working capital and leaving it without resources to promote the business and draw attention to its off-the-beaten-path location.