Sacramento: Oasis Closed
I won’t make this a very long post, but yesterday (Jan. 4, 2009) was the last day The Oasis was open to the public. They are working now on transferring beer and equipment to Sacramento Brewing’s primary location in Sacramento, on the corner of Fulton and Marconi. While the writing has been on the walls for some time (it didn’t take a genius to see there just weren’t a lot of seats filled recently) it is still a sad day for me, due to the fact I’d made this a favorite local brewery over the last couple years.
So long Oasis, you served us well for some time.
To the locals: This is a warning shot for us I figure, time now to support our local brewers a bit more (remember, we just lost Elk Grove Brewing, too). Fill a growler, buy a pint, do what you can to get the freshest, high-quality beers you can. Of course, we have more than SacBrew to support, with breweries like Rubicon, Hoppy, Auburn Alehouse, Beermann’s and more. We’ve got great beer in the region, easily worth our support.
I've been to Sac Brewing a few times but as somone who bicycles almost everywhere (especially when I'll be drinking) it's always been prohibitively far to get to the brewery from downtown.
After I read the news of the Oasis closing, I figured it was time to really sit down & see if I could come up with a decent, somewhat safe bicyle route out to Town & Country & show my appreciation for SB's brews. As it turned out, I didn't do too bad. Other than a few hairy blocks, I made it there in an hour (half of it on the bike trail) & enjoyed an Abbey Extra, a Bock & an Old Pappy (which I'd been dying to try again after the Bistro fest). It was quite a nice afternoon.
-scott
I was a regular at the Oasis for 12 years. It was perfect for me: A place where I could enjoy good food and world class beers. I could sit in peace in the dark with the sinners; much like the back corner pew of old St. Elizabeth’s church in Oakland. One of the reasons I loved it was its doom, the seats weren’t filled.