Hopnonymous Brewing - Normal Heights

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Hopnonymous Brewing's Normal Heights taproom at 3514 Adams Avenue is the second San Diego location for the brewery founded by Remy Zurita in 2019. The roughly 1,000-square-foot space took over the former Little Miss Brewing storefront and went through a full gut renovation — stripped to the studs and rebuilt with an updated version of the Kearny Mesa flagship's interior design — before opening on this stretch of the 92116 corridor. Brewer Hunter Mannix oversees production at the main facility on Convoy Court, and the Normal Heights taproom pours from 18 taps covering the full Hopnonymous portfolio: rotating hazy and West Coast IPAs, stouts, lagers, and sours, with standout beers including Bringin' Blondie Back, Plan of Attack, and Big Fundamental. The Adams Avenue address places the taproom in the core of Normal Heights' craft-beer corridor, one block east of 35th Street, and the same block hosts Adams Avenue Theater's live-performance calendar, adding an entertainment anchor to this section of the strip. Food trucks rotate through the parking area on a published weekly schedule, and the taproom welcomes outside food from the Adams Avenue restaurant corridor. The Adams Avenue Street Fair — one of San Diego's largest free music festivals, held each fall — runs directly past the storefront and drives walk-in traffic for bars and breweries along the strip. Takeout from neighboring kitchens is common, and El Zarape Restaurant's taco and burrito counter sits a few blocks west with a menu that has served Normal Heights for decades. Post-concert crowds from Viejas Arena spill into Normal Heights for late-night pints after SDSU basketball and arena shows, and Snapdragon Stadium is a five-minute drive south on the 15. Leashed dogs are welcome at outdoor seating, and the space hosts community meetups in the same neighborhood-bar format that built the Kearny Mesa location's following over six years.