R.I.P. Chama Microbar, our tiny trail blazer of a taproom

A little piece of Albuquerque’s craft beer history died on Monday. The Chama River Microbar, the tiniest little taproom attached to the back (west) side of the Sunshine Theater, abruptly closed its doors for good. There was just the sad sign pictured above, plus a few messages from the staff letting longtime patrons know that the end had arrived.

So why did it close? As of right now, we can only speculate until someone from Santa Fe Dining (Chama’s parent company), decides to share that information, assuming they ever will. Business decisions are often kept under wraps, lest someone out there get a wild idea about some sort of lawsuit. The less info provided, the less can be dragged into a court.

UPDATE: The good folks at the Albuquerque Journal got the official explanation. You can find the link to their story here. To sum it up, Santa Fe Dining is looking to open another Draft Station, even though they could have done tha

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