Half Moon Bay Brewing Company is opening a new restaurant, according to a recent liquor license application. The new location is headed for a Spring 2026 opening in the Half Moon Bay downtown area, opening on 730 Main Street.
Owned by husband and wife Leonard and Christine Mendonca, Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. opened as a family restaurant in 2000 along the bay, recently celebrating its 25th anniversary. The pair added a brewery to the restaurant in 2002. In addition to its lineup of in-house craft beers, the restaurant offers a menu that highlights local seafood.
Craig Carroll, the CEO of Half Moon Bay Brewing Co., tells What Now San Francisco that the new restaurant, opening further inland, will still focus on locally available ingredients, featuring a farm and ranch-based menu rather than the seafood menu offered by its coastal predecessor. Also featuring a full cocktail and wine program, “the only thing that’s going to be the same is the branding and the beers,” Carroll says.
The new restaurant will occupy the building that formerly housed Sacrilege Brewery + Kitchen, a historic space built in 1906, measuring approximately 1,750 square feet.
“It’s a beautiful space, old redwood and some old wooden beams,” Carroll tells What Now. “It has a lovely front porch, which is a real advertisement when people are out there enjoying beers.”
