BUFFALO, N.Y. — A staple in the Buffalo beer scene is closing its flagship location.
Thin Man Brewery announced on its Instagram Monday that its Elmwood Avenue taproom is closing on Wednesday.
The brewery cites the COVID-19 Pandemic as the reason why, saying it created lasting changes to the craft beer industry.
In the social media post, the brewery thanked everyone for the past 7 years in the Elmwood Village, saying "On behalf of the staff here at Thin Man, we are beyond grateful to our patrons, friends, and family for all the support we’ve had by our side."
Thin Man promises to still focus on both brewing locations and its Chandler Street taproom, and will continue focusing on what it calls "brewery innovation."
In a statement to WGRZ, the Director of Sales & Marketing for Thin Man Brewery, Yvon Paul Pasquarello, tells 2 On Your Side:
"Although our Elmwood location is closing, this is not emblematic of the end of Thin Man. We’ve had to reposition our financial obligations to the brand in a more sustainable manner, due to increased demand for our distribution footprint and our Chandler location outpacing that of our original Elmwood location. To do this, we had to make the difficult decision to close our taproom and kitchen facilities on Elmwood. Our original small batch 15 barrel production brewery on Elmwood will however remain - so much so we’ve had to double our production staff there over the last several months.
We will be narrowing our focus to both brewing locations, and the Chandler Street taproom.
Our time on Elmwood is one we hold very dear to our hearts as an organization. The memories made there built who we are as a brewery, and we want to thank everyone who walked through our doors over the last seven years - staff, customers, friends, and family. We hope to see everyone again at Chandler Street, bars, restaurants, refrigerators, and coolers across Buffalo and Western New York."