Updated. See below: News just in from BrewPublic that Rogue Brewing is going to purchase the Green Dragon and revamp it as a Rogue Taphouse. Wow! Crap! Damn! Those are my emotions right now. I love Rogue, but there is already a Rogue in downtown. There are no other Green Dragons which offer the rotating taps of some great beers. Also, we love having events there because the staff loves us. According to the article, the staff may change also.
I’m verklempt. I have been going to Green Dragon since week one and have seen it change over the past year to a great location for beer drinking. Please don’t change that!
Updated 3pm: John Foyston of The Beer Here blog has an update that pretty much states that Rogue plans on keeping most of what the Green Dragon character is today, so that could bode well for us who love it. From how I read the article, the only change would be in ownership, but the heart of the Green Dragon would live on. You decide.
Also, check out the latest over on Brewpublic - they got a legal nastygram from Rogue.
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Crap. I really liked Green Dragon, they had a lot of respect for the beer there. And although I don’t say it too loudly around here, I’ve never like Rogue beers. I know lots of people who love them, but there’s some common component in the flavor profile of all the Rogue beers I’ve tried that really turns me off.
This is making me frown.
Love the Green Dragon and try to get over there as often as possible. I held my second anniversary of moving to Portland there. The beer selection, the frites, the people, the frites…very bummed about this news.
That truly sucks. Wonder if Beer & Blog will relocate.
Fuck this. Why did they sell out?
@Geoff K – Just checked Beer & Blog and there’s an entry titled, Come send the Green Dragon off to the great dragon playground in the sky on the site.
@brewcaster
Why did they sell out? My understanding is that at least one of the owners was having to provide monthly cash injections to make ends meet. It’s easy to assume that because a business is visibly very popular and busy that it is making money hand over fist. Unfortunately this is not always the case.
Sad news indeed. Somehow I doubt that Rogue will make as few changes as they are currently claiming.
Why did they sell out? Could be a million freakin reasons. Try running a restaurant yourself someday and see how hard it is. They could be tired of it, they may be looking to do something else, they might be losing money, they might want their lives back. Give them a break and be happy someone is buying it rather than it shutting down and putting people out of work.
Yawn.
Wow, sorry to hear it. I am planning to go there for the first time tonight.
@Canucken
I have tried running a restaurant myself. The restaurant’s been closed for years and I’m _still_ paying for it. I’m happy Green Dragon found a buyer, but sad about the net loss of diversity that will result from the change of onwership.
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