Brewer and brewery founders Darren Provenzano and his wife and veteran beer industry pro Ny Lee are turning their sporadic Tale of Us Pizza pop-up series into a permanent custom built food truck at the popular N. Portland German beer bar and food truck pod Prost!
The Provenzanos first met in Vietnam where Darren won multiple accolades while brewing for Heart of Darkness Brewing and Ny worked at local craft breweries. They moved to Portland, Oregon in 2020 when the pandemic scuttled plans for a new brewery they were planning to open in Saigon. Together they developed the concept for Fracture Brewing as a merger between Vietnamese and West Coast cultures. What started as collaborations and one-off beers brewed at Culmination Brewing morphed into a partnership with restaurateur and investor Kurt Huffman and his Chefstable Group. Fracture Brewing officially launched as a standalone new concept and brand in 2022 with Provenzano at the helm of brewing operations and Lee as a creative force. A year later Fracture Brewing won a silver medal at the Oregon Beer Awards, but Darren and Ny ended up leaving the business shortly thereafter.
In the past few years, Darren has explored winemaking, and was the head Brewer for ForeLand Beer, while Ny is a bartender and manager at Loyal Legion’s beer Hall in Beaverton. Since leaving ForeLand in early 2025, Darren was ready for a new challenge…