The Dudes' Brewing Company Tasting Room Thousand Oaks Has Closed Its Kegs

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No more Dudes at Janss Marketplace. The Dudes' Brewing Co. Tasting Room that originally opened in July 2016 has closed its kegs and its doors. I enjoyed The Dudes’ from time to time. Sorry to see them leave.

According to The Dudes’ Brewing Company Management Team:

After another year of remarkable growth, the national award-winning THE DUDES’® BREWING COMPANY has announced the expansion of two groundbreaking 13,000+ square foot “Beervana” super locations in Hollywood and Anaheim!

In an effort to best streamline the company’s efforts moving forward, The Dudes’® will be closing two of their existing locations in Huntington Beach and Thousand Oaks effective immediately.

“We greatly enjoyed our last three years in both Huntington Beach and Thousand Oaks and are so very proud of what we’ve done and of our incredible and loyal fans and staff,” said The Dudes’® owner Toby Humes. “At this time however, we felt it important to refocus the direction of the company and move from the suburban environments to more urban environments.”

The existing The Dudes’® Brewing Company locations in Santa Monica, Santa Clarita and Torrance will remain in operation. Resources from the closing locations will be reallocated to the new restaurants while both locations are currently searching externally to fill the many needed positions in both Hollywood as well as Anaheim.

Interested parties are encouraged to view the latest openings listed on The Dudes’® website: https://thedudesbrew.com/work-for-us

“We are still very much continuing to grow as a company. Concentrating our focus and energies to our bigger restaurant locations is the next step in our growth,” said VP of Marketing Sean Fanton. “ Our amazing new 13,000 square foot Hollywood location is weeks away from opening with Anaheim scheduled to launch Quarter 2 of this year.”

The new Hollywood location is conveniently located amidst the perennially foot-trafficked Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard at Cherokee Ave and will feature the only brewery tap room in Hollywood. Equipped with 90 taps of cold, freshly-brewed beer, the restaurant is scheduled to officially open in mid-March with Anaheim’s unveiling in the second quarter of 2020.

“People from all over the world flock to Hollywood,” Fanton continued. “In terms of convenience and foot traffic, our newest location on Hollywood Boulevard is second to none.”

Featuring a rustic industrial decor, a state of the art scratch kitchen and three bars - each with 30 flowing taps - the Hollywood location will serve as a destination for beer lovers everywhere as it will feature the only outdoor deck on Hollywood Boulevard. The new location will also offer a professionally curated wine selection.

The Hollywood and Anaheim locations will mark the newest restaurants for the family-owned and operated The Dudes’® Brewing Company. Other locations include Santa Monica, Santa Clarita and their flagship location in Torrance. In 2019, The Dudes won two category awards at the Great American Beer Festival®, taking home medals for their Los Dudes Cerveza Lager Mexicana and Grandma’s Pecan Brown. The newest location will feature the award winners as well as other customer favorites like their CalifornIPA®, JuiceBox Series®: Peach Sour and Double Trunk® DIPA.

The aforementioned award-winners can be found on tap at all The Dudes’® Brewing locations and also available for take-home enjoyment in canned four-packs. If you are in California, Reno or Las Vegas you can get these beers delivered straight to your doorstep via our online store. Check out www.thedudesbrew.com for additional details on ordering as well as information on applying for positions in either Hollywood or Anaheim.

Meanwhile, expect Pedals & Pints Brewing Company at The Oaks Mall to be opening real soon. The recently started their on-site brewing processes.

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Quik & Ezy Market in Camarillo Recently Closed

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I drove by Quik & Ezy at 2071 Ventura Boulevard in Camarillo a million times, but never stopped by. I loved the name. Quite an efficient use of space. No need for the c in Quick and no need for the a in Easy.

Quik & Ezy was a drive through market, which brought me back to my childhood.. I remember my parents stopping by either an Alta Dena or a Jerseymaid drive through to pick up milk and eggs and the like on the way home. Quite the convenience.

Given the popularity of Starbucks drive-thrus and fast food drive-thrus, you would think there would still be a demand for drive-through markets. But I don’t see them anymore.

What originally resided at this Quik & Ezy? That I don’t know, but if I had to guess, perhaps it was a Foster’s Freeze. That’s what it looks like to me.

Sears Ventura and Kmart Santa Paula to Close by February 2020

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The end of an era in Ventura County. Sears at the Pacific View Mall in Ventura is on a list of 96 Sears and Kmart stores slated to close their doors. Additionally, the Kmart store in Santa Paula is on this list.

Going out of business sales will commence on December 2nd and the stores will close by February 2020.

There will be no more Sears retail stores in Ventura County after this closure,

The Camarillo Kmart is closing in December. That leave no more Kmart stores in Ventura County too.

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List of 96 closures at THIS LINK.

Rocket Fizz Thousand Oaks to Close Its Doors on October 24th

Update: Rocket Fizz now indicates its last day is Thursday, October 24th.

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Hector Diaz of Newbury Park sent over these photos showing the Thousand Oaks Rocket Fizz is closing its doors on October 23rd. It originally opened on December 3, 2010 across from Peet's Coffee and the former Baja Fresh on Moorpark Road at Wilbur.

Other Rocket Fizz locations that have come and gone in the local area include Camarillo and Westlake Village. The Ventura location remains open at 315 E. Main Street. rocketfizz.com

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Westlake Brewing & Libations Closed Its Doors This Month

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Westlake Brewing & Libations, which opened its small volume brewery in early 2016 at 31111 Via Colinas #200, Westlake Village, announced that it closed its doors this month. This is an unfortunate bit of news as this was one of the first microbreweries operating here in the Conejo Valley.

CRAFT BREWERIES AND TASTING ROOMS IN VENTURA COUNTY

Vintage Grocers at The Promenade at Westlake has Closed Its Doors

Michael K. pointed out that Vintage Grocers at The Promenade at Westlake has closed its doors. It opened on October 1, 2016. Previously this was Bristol Farms, which closed its doors on March 15, 2016.

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Vintage Grocers signage already down day after store closed.

Vintage Grocers signage already down day after store closed.

Shavers Hawaiian Shave Ice Opens and Shave It Shaved Ice Closes Recently in Thousand Oaks

UPDATE: Shavers Hawaiian Shave Ice closed in spring/summer 2020.

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About a month ago, Shavers Hawaiian Shave Ice opened at The Oaks mall, on the first floor near Starbucks in what was formerly Teavana. Shavers offers two sizes and either mixture of one or two flavor; or choose one of their selected combinations. www.shaversusa.com

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We are sad to announce that Shave It! recently closed their doors after 12 years serving the local community.. It was definitely sad to see the inside of the store completely empty, after many times there with the kids after Saturday sports activities.

The inside of Shave It Thousand Oaks on December 27th.

The inside of Shave It Thousand Oaks on December 27th.

Over 90 ice cream, shave ice, frozen yogurt and other frozen treat places at THIS LINK.

State Farm to Close Westlake Village Operations Center on November 30, 2018

State Farm issued a federal “WARN” (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) last week to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in anticipation of a planned permanent closure of its Westlake Village Operations Center on November 30th. The Center is located at 1 Baxter Way, Suite 100.

According to the notice, a total of 69 employees will be impacted by the closure, including 29 auto claim representatives, 15 claim processors, 10 claim service assistants and 15 other positions.

Local area employers in Ventura County and surrounding areas are compiled at THIS LINK.