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What Happened to Fish Tale Brew Pub After Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

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As of September 2026, Fish Tale Brew Pub has closed — confirmed via thurstontalk.com, June 22, 2024.

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What the source shows: A June 2024 local news article documents the brewpub's June 2023 closure, gives its full street address, and reports a successor restaurant now occupying the building.

  • Season / episode Season 16, Episode 7
  • Original air date
  • Address 515 Jefferson St SE, Olympia, WA 98501

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What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited this downtown Olympia brewpub on the same February 11, 2013 episode, spotlighting fish and chips and other pub fare served alongside beer brewed on-site by Fish Brewing Company. The brewpub operated on Jefferson Street in downtown Olympia for close to three decades as one of Washington's early craft-beer destinations, operating under the Fish Brewing Company name, which also distributed bottled beer to retailers around the Pacific Northwest. According to ThurstonTalk, published 2024-06-22, the brewpub closed in June 2023, and a new restaurant, ilk Lodge, opened in the same building in April 2024. The same report gives the building's full street address as 515 Jefferson Street Southeast, more complete than the street-only location previously on file for this listing.

Featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Season / episode
Season 16, Episode 7
Original air date
Episode title
Land to Sea
What was featured
on-site brewed beer with fish and chips pub fare
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Fish Tale Brew Pub

Frequently asked questions

Is Fish Tale Brew Pub still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Fish Tale Brew Pub has closed — confirmed via thurstontalk.com, June 22, 2024.

What happened to Fish Tale Brew Pub after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited this downtown Olympia brewpub on the same February 11, 2013 episode, spotlighting fish and chips and other pub fare served alongside beer brewed on-site by Fish Brewing Company. As of September 2026, Fish Tale Brew Pub has closed — confirmed via thurstontalk.com, June 22, 2024.

Is Fish Tale Brew Pub permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Fish Tale Brew Pub has closed — confirmed via thurstontalk.com, June 22, 2024. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Fish Tale Brew Pub located?

515 Jefferson St SE, Olympia, WA 98501. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured Fish Tale Brew Pub?

Season 16, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, first aired February 11, 2013. The episode is titled “Land to Sea”.

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Address
515 Jefferson St SE, Olympia, WA 98501
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
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Sources

  • thurstontalk.com — https://www.thurstontalk.com/2024/06/22/ilk-lodge-now-operates-in-former-fish-tale-brew-pub-location/

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