pretty things craft beer bar opens
the former flora & ferment at 1122 solano avenue in albany is getting new life as craft beer bar pretty things, featuring 21 taps and a well-stocked cooler of local industry standouts – moonlight brewing, faction brewing, cellarmaker, russian river brewing and ghost town among them.
homemade signs mark new craft beer bar pretty things in albany; stools re-appropriated from the former good hop in oakland. photo credit berkeley eats.
running things are zack bassett and dan b., a couple of friends and longtime industry vets in the craft beer space (patrons might recognize zack from his work as a brewer at fieldwork). upstairs, a comfortable lounge area offers a mezzanine view onto the relaxed scene below; downstairs features a wide, roomy space with high ceilings, a long bar, 21 taps (including lukr and nitro for special pours) and, in a nod to local industry history, a few furnishings from oakland's still-missed bar and bottle shop the good hop (rip).
pretty things features 21 dedicated taps for local craft beers. photo credit berkeley eats.
for now the bar is open weekends from, 'around 3ish' to 10pm on saturdays, and until 9pm on sundays; look for expanded opening hours after may 1. no kitchen on site, but outside food is welcome. the bar also serves a short menu of ciders, wines and nonalcoholic beverages.
the bar is softly open as of today.
pretty things is at 1122 solano avenue in albany.
april 25, 2026