Motorworks Brewing’s flagship Bradenton brewery is staring down a foreclosure fight that could hand control of its downtown production hub to a lender and put the popular taproom’s future in question. The complaint zeroes in on the brewery’s main production and event space, a cornerstone of a busy block in downtown Bradenton, and raises doubts about the fate of regular concerts, private events and beer garden programming if a court-appointed receiver steps in.
As reported by the Tampa Bay Business Journal, a foreclosure complaint filed this week seeks control of the brewer’s roughly 27,000-square-foot production facility and could require turnover of the company’s liquor license. The May 26 story by Christina Georgacopoulos details the legal moves the lender is now pursuing in court.
Motorworks’ footprint in Bradenton
Motorworks opened its flagship in 2013 in a restored 1923 auto dealership and today runs a taproom and expansive beer garden at 1014 9th Street West. The Bradenton property houses the company’s full production brewery in about 27,000 square feet, according to Motorworks Brewing. State licensing records list Motorworks Brewing as an active liquor license holder in Florida, according to the state’s licensing roster.
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