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fromTime Out New York
3 days agoHalo debuts as Lower Manhattan's newest event venue-and it is huge.
Halo is a new 30,000 square foot event venue in Lower Manhattan designed for immersive experiences and large crowds.
"Making great beer is the starting point to being a craft brewery, especially in the Bay Area. It's all those other things that you do that are the differentiators. For us, beer is awesome, and we love talking about the beer, but we love talking about the community piece of it, our neighbors, our friends, our allies, all those things, just as much, if not more, as the liquid itself,"
This LGBTQ+-welcoming venue is the creation of nationally recognized, award-winning owners Richard Fuentes and Sean Sullivan. They previously ran The Port Bar, which was also very popular and located next to the Paramount Theatre. A landlord dispute led to its closure last year. But FLUID510, located in the heart of Oakland at 1544 Broadway not far from City Hall and City Center, remains an East Bay destination that serves up tasty food and drinks, and holds stand-up comedy nights, trivia brunches, and other events.