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Lost Time Brewing Company obtains food service license for Ridge Avenue

Lost Time Brewing Company obtains food service license for Ridge Avenue

Rule Changes Philadelphia, PA local

City license on October 1, then a second taproom address posted with hours

October 1st, 2026: Food service license issued for Ridge Avenue

Overview

Updated Oct 20

Lost Time Brewing Company's website now lists 1519 Ridge Avenue as a second taproom, with hours Wednesday through Sunday. The neighborhood newsletter Park to Broad said the Ridge Avenue taproom would open the weekend of October 17.

Philadelphia issued the company a food service license for the address on October 1, 2026, covering food preparing and serving at places with 30 or more seats. Lost Time's original taproom is at 2145 North Front Street.

Why it matters

If Lost Time Brewing activates the new license, Philadelphia gains another food-and-beer venue; the record doesn't say when or whether.

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Key Indicators

2
Taprooms listed by the company
The company website lists 2145 North Front Street and 1519 Ridge Avenue, each with posted hours.
30+
Seat threshold in license class
License covers food preparing and serving at establishments with 30 or more seats.
Wed-Sun
Posted hours at Ridge Avenue
The company site lists Wednesday and Thursday 3-10pm, Friday 3-11pm, Saturday 12-11pm and Sunday 12-9pm at 1519 Ridge Avenue.

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Organizations Involved

Lost Time Brewing Company
Lost Time Brewing Company
Craft Brewery
Holds the October 1, 2026 Ridge Avenue food service license; website lists taprooms at 2145 North Front Street and 1519 Ridge Avenue

Philadelphia craft brewery whose website lists taprooms at 2145 North Front Street and 1519 Ridge Avenue.

Timeline

2 events Latest: October 1st, 2026 · 1 month ago

  1. Food service license issued for Ridge Avenue

    Latest Licensing

    Philadelphia issues its first food service license to Lost Time Brewing for 1519-25 Ridge Avenue.

  2. Ridge Avenue taproom hours posted; newsletter names opening weekend

    Business

    Lost Time's website lists 1519 Ridge Avenue as a taproom open Wednesday through Sunday, and Park to Broad said the taproom would open the weekend of October 17.

Scenarios

1

Lost Time Brewing begins serving customers on Ridge Avenue

Likely Resolves by End of 2027

Discussed by: No public analysis identified; the first-issued license is the only public signal

The company activates the food service license and begins serving food and drink at 1519-25 Ridge Avenue. Confirmation would come from the company's website or social channels announcing service at the address, or from the address appearing in city records as actively operating. Whether the company intends to serve customers there is not stated in the record.

2

Ridge Avenue license lapses without service

Unlikely Resolves by End of 2027

Discussed by: No public analysis identified; uncertainty stems from the record's silence on intent

The company holds the license into 2027 but never begins serving customers at 1519-25 Ridge Avenue. The space could sit unused during planning or financing, or the company could abandon the site and let the license expire, be cancelled, or be transferred. Philadelphia L&I records would show the license's status changing.

3

Ridge Avenue taproom holds regular weekly hours into 2027

Likely Resolves by Q1 2027

Discussed by: No public analysis identified; the company website's posted hours are the only public signal

The Ridge Avenue taproom keeps its posted Wednesday-to-Sunday schedule through the winter, and the address appears in city records as actively operating. Confirmation would come from the hours staying on the company site or from the taproom being listed as active in Philadelphia license records.

Historical Context

2 moments from history that rhyme with this story — and how they unfolded.

2022

Other Half Brewing opens Philadelphia facility (2022)

Other Half, founded in Brooklyn in 2014, opened a large waterfront facility near Fishtown in Philadelphia in 2022, with 28 taps pouring its rotating beer list.

Then

The facility became a major out-of-state venue for the Brooklyn brewery.

Now

It added to a cluster of breweries that established sizable second locations in Philadelphia.

Why this matters now

Shows how craft breweries in Philadelphia have added second locations, providing context for what a new address for an established brewery can look like.

2021

Source Urban Brewery's Philadelphia city taproom (2021)

Source Urban, founded in 2018 with a farmhouse brewery in Colts Neck, New Jersey, opened a Philadelphia city location in 2021 with a rooftop, patio, and biergarten.

Then

The brewery added a second urban venue about three years after founding.

Now

It joined a wave of breweries expanding into Philadelphia from original sites elsewhere.

Why this matters now

The multi-year path from founding to a second city location is context for why a single license does not reveal Lost Time's timeline at Ridge Avenue.

Sources

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City of Philadelphia Open Data Lost Time Brewing Company WordPress Park to Broad Lost Time Brewing Company