![]() ![]() Arcana is one such place - owner Daniel Guy surely does have commercial interests (he’s already had to fend off a lawsuit from Sam Adams after the original name of the brewery skewed a bit too close to one of their trademarks), but when you visit his spot, you get the sense that he just wanted to include all of his favorite things in one place. But other places feel like they just wanted to put all of their favorite things under one roof: A brewing operation, a love of steampunk, and an affinity for good company and fine industry. Some breweries are more commercial investments - they represent someone trying to brew up a name for themselves in the industry, or try to build a brand, or come up with a recipe so popular that they can sell out to a bigger beer company somewhere else. ![]() The gorgeous facility puts the up-and-coming little rooms at much smaller brewers to shame, but at least it gives the smaller guys a point of comparison - as either something to aspire to or a sell-out path to avoid. Though the Liberty Station complex down near Point Loma is the clear flagship (and North County even gets a cozy tap room in Oceanside), there’s a whole kingdom hidden in this resort-like setup, with nearly 40 beers on tap at the bar, a restaurant (serving dishes like a “True Craft” Burger and a “Stone Steak Taco”), a company store where you can buy a tiki towel or a sticker decked out with the Stone logo, and tours available four or five times a day. While a lot of the best breweries in San Diego get plenty of charm from being smaller, plucky, everyday operations, Stone has decided to show off every bit of its success at this Escondido supercenter (because if you have it, you might as well flaunt it, right?). He lives in Carmel Valley with his wife, Limor, and their daughter, Kayla and son, David and loves checking out the latest and hippest restaurants around.All hail the kings of San Diego craft, ever may they reign. Mike is a graduate of San Diego State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker. After graduating from college, he worked for a national casual dining restaurant chain as a manager and was responsible for a location in the Gaslamp district of San Diego, achieving annual sales volumes in excess of $4.5 million. Prior to beginning his career in Real Estate, Michael worked on the operational side of the restaurant industry. His advice and expertise regarding restaurant-entitled property is regularly sought out by landlords, tenants, investors, real estate appraisers, lenders, and city planners. In addition to the representation of restaurant tenants, Michael has successfully represented a multitude of landlords in their leasing efforts of restaurant pad sites, shopping centers, and other street retail projects with a targeted focus on food use. ![]() He has been involved in restaurant-related sales and leasing transactions valued at over $250,000,000 on behalf of both national & regional restaurant brands. He is widely recognized as the industry leader in the sales & leasing of restaurant-entitled real estate throughout Southern California. Prior to this, Michael spent over 8 years as Vice President of Ira Spilky & Associates, a boutique Restaurant Real Estate firm based in Los Angeles, during which time, he developed the firm’s San Diego regional office. Michael Spilky is President and Principal of Location Matters, which he founded in 2008. ![]()
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