Woods Beer & Wine Co. will open this summer at 2847 Taylor St., taking over the long-vacant Fisherman's Grotto space — and securing a Type 47 liquor license, the first in the brewery's 14-year history.

Woods Beer & Wine Co. will open this summer at 2847 Taylor St. — the 2,000-square-foot ground-floor space at Fisherman's Wharf that once housed Fisherman's Grotto, the longtime seafood restaurant the Port of San Francisco evicted in 2023 over more than $300,000 in unpaid rent. The room has sat empty since. It will also mark the first time in the brewery's 14-year history that it has held a full liquor license.

Founder Jim Woods describes it as a bones-and-deal play. "We're not doing any work on the space. We're just going to open," he told the SF Standard. The structure is a pop-up, with a pending lease with the Port and a two-to-three-year runway — though Woods said he's open to going permanent if the room works. "It's got good bones to plant our flag for two years, maybe even three."

The wharf outpost will be the brewery's sixth San Francisco location — joining existing rooms in the Mission, Russian Hill, Lower Haight, the Outer Sunset, and Cole Valley — and seventh in the brand's portfolio overall, which includes an outpost in San Anselmo in Marin County. Woods launched the brand in 2012 near Dolores Park as Woods Cervecería. The taprooms run on pours of MateVeza IPA and Retro Pilsner plus rotating food pop-ups — Tacos Oscar on Haight, Lovely's on Cole — rather than full kitchens. A food collaboration at the wharf is in the works but unconfirmed.

What sets this location apart is a Type 47 license — full on-sale liquor, the first in the company's history. Former Outerlands bar manager Jeremy Lucca-Flaherty has signed on to run the cocktail program; expect barrel-aged and batched cocktails, slushies, and — if business partner Matt Coelho has his way — a piña colada.

The space has outdoor seating with Golden Gate Bridge views and sits near the cable car turnaround at the foot of the wharf. Woods pointed to Scoma's — more than 60 years on the waterfront — as evidence the area can hold a room that draws locals. "I'm a big believer in the wharf," he said. "I think it's due for a resurgence."

He's not alone in betting on it. Taco Bell Cantina is already operating there, Raising Cane's is inbound, and Humble Sea Brewing opened at Pier 39 in May 2025. The no-renovation, short-term lease structure keeps Woods's downside exposure low while the Type 47 opens a revenue line none of his other rooms carry. Late summer is the target.