Gordon Biersch closes Tempe location after nearly 20 years
Jul 15, 2019, 3:00 PM | Updated: Jul 16, 2019, 8:38 am
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PHOENIX — The Gordon Biersch brewery on Mill Avenue and Fifth Street in Tempe has closed after nearly 20 years.
The second-story pub served a wide range of beers and upscale bar food, including Kobe-style beer burgers, ahi tuna and shrimp and lobster tacos.
The brewery also closed a location in Scottsdale in April, while locations in Glendale and Gilbert remain open.
A spokesman told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Monday that the July 7 closure was “purely a business decision.”
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“We appreciate our raving fans of the brand and we certainly enjoyed operating the restaurants in Arizona,” he said.
The Tempe location opened in 1998 and is currently on top of a Starbucks and Spinelli’s Pizzeria.
The chain’s first location opened a decade earlier in Palo Alto, California. Gordon Biersch now operates more than 30 spots, including four in Taiwan.
