Kaktus finds their footing after adjusting to having two locations

Kaktus Brewing made the big leap into opening a second location at the very end of 2015. Since then, they have had to endure a few ups and downs, and some resulting adjustments, to finding their place in Nob Hill. To catch me up on all that has happened, I sat down with owner Dana Koller on a recent afternoon over a pint of Irish Stout.

The first thing I noticed upon entering the Nob Hill taproom was that one-third of it was closed. While the main bar area, to the right of when you walk in, and the rooftop patio are still open. The area with the booths and tables, to your left as you walk in, is closed pending renovations.

“One of the things that we learned and why you’re seeing a change in the bar area is that people started reviewing us more as a restaurant than a brewery,” Dana said. “And, to me, that was really not our goal. We want to provide food, a good, high quality food, but we didn’t want that to be the focus. So, what

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