Brown Cap no longer scooping, Roses' Taproom stops pouring, and more November East Bay closures

"Flora & Ferment, an Albany bottle shop focusing on ciders, has permanently closed without ceremony. Beverages like Mexican lagers, hibiscus mead and chocolate cherry cider were just some of the goods you'd find here, and the shop often hosted events like drink and draw nights and an annual hot dog fest. Flora & Ferment was located at 1122 Solano Ave. (at Kains Avenue) in Albany."

"Brown Cap, the mobile ice cream vendor serving organic soft serve across Berkeley neighborhoods, has ceased operations. The business is listed as permanently closed on Google, and a brief but sweet goodbye message greets website visitors: Thank you so much for a fabulous 7 years we love you all, especially the children! Brown Cap was known for serving Straus ice cream in a homemade chocolate shell, root beer floats and affogatos."

"It's with a very heavy hear that we must share three.one four pizzeria will be closing its doors for the time being, the note reads. The decision has been incredibly painful, but it comes after facing ongoing financial headwinds and overwhelming debt from the opening that have made it impossible to continue operations right now We hope this isn't goodbye forever, but a pause as we search for a way forward."

Flora & Ferment in Albany has permanently closed; the cidery-focused bottle shop sold items such as Mexican lagers, hibiscus mead and chocolate cherry cider and hosted events including drink-and-draw nights and an annual hot dog fest. Brown Cap, a mobile ice cream vendor that served organic Straus soft serve in a homemade chocolate shell along with root beer floats and affogatos, has ceased operations after seven years and left a brief goodbye message on its website. Three.one four pizzeria in Westbrae has closed after about 18 months amid overwhelming debt and ongoing financial headwinds, with owners calling the shutdown a pause while they seek a way forward; the pizzeria opened in March 2024 and focused on wines, rustic Italian dishes and pizza.

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