An ode to the Oldery: The last of the 90s brewpubs fades into history

We arrived before noon on a sunny Saturday, lining up with a handful of other patrons, awaiting our final entry into the Oldery, the nickname given lovingly to the original Second Street Brewery location on its namesake street in Santa Fe. It was the end of an era, and we could not resist the pull to gather one last time.

The old walls inside were mostly barren, the art returned to the artist, but otherwise it was the same place we had been many times before. For those of us who drove up from Albuquerque, it was a return to a comfortable spot, a throwback to the craft breweries of yore, even before the word craft was ever attached to them. For the Santa Fe locals, however, it was a final stop home, a wistful good-bye to that second residence they had occupied for a generation.

The Oldery opened back in D

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