DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Bar proprietor Cedd Moses has filed plans with the city for a 300-seat brewery in the Crazy Gideon’s building on Traction Avenue in the Arts District.
Moses, whose 213 Inc. owns eight Downtown bars including Seven Grand, Cole’s and Las Perlas, would take over the ground-floor space where “crazy” Gideon Kotzer built an empire on cheap electronics and kitschy advertising.
The proposal for 826-828 E. Traction Ave. also calls for an additional 30-seat bar and eatery in the basement space.
213 Inc. will operate the brewery, which is seeking permits that would allow so-called “off-site sales” of the house-made beer, said Eddie Navarette, 213’s land use consultant. Moses only plans to distribute on a small scale within the L.A. region, Navarette said.
Moses declined to discuss the project, which has not been publicly named, but according to entitlement applications, the 17,320-square-foot brewpub would offer more to do than just sit on a stool and nurse a craft pint. Plans call for 27 lanes of skeeball, two pool or ping pong tables, five coin-operated arcade games and live entertainment.
The proposal requires a few special zoning exceptions, including the right to use a basement space that wasn’t originally entitled for commercial use, Navarette said.
A zoning administrator hearing has not yet been set for the project, but Navarette said a tentative timeline imagines opening the brewpub by summer 2013.
213 also owns Broadway Bar, the Golden Gopher, Cana, Casey’s Irish Pub and Tony’s Saloon.
Kotzer, who closed Crazy Gideon’s in 2010, still owns the building. He would lease the ground-floor and basement spaces to 213 under the brewpub and bar proposal, Navarette said.
Contact Ryan Vaillancourt at ryan@downtownnews.com.
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