Grand Avenue and Baseline Tap House

[ABQ]

Ok, but this is a theme park, not Westfield mall. There has to be something more immersive and fantastic than that!

What was there before? A less than immersive coffee shop.

 

[JenniferS]

Ok, but this is a theme park, not Westfield mall. There has to be something more immersive and fantastic than that!

What were you expecting? What would you have preferred?

 

[danlb_2000]

View attachment 234566 Here now. Freaking zoo with the media event going on. Was peaceful for a while though.

Filled with drunks now, right?

 

[trampdog]

Filled with drunks now, right?

Well, at least one .

 

[TalkingHead]

Grand Park. Established 2017.

Weird detail to include.

 

[phi2134]

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If you stay inside you get glass. However
I’d hardly say there is “good beer” in here.

True, not a fan of California beer except ballast point. Thanks for the tip though !

 

[trampdog]

True, not a fan of California beer except ballast point. Thanks for the tip though !

If they had Pliny,I’d never leave.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Muppets Courtyard we hardly knew ye. All of Muppets Courtyard (shops and restaurants) has been reclassified as of today as Grand Avenue.

Grand Park. Established 2017.

Weird detail to include.

To be pedantic: Muppet Courtyard is is Grand Park, not Grand Avenue. I guess the storytelling is that Grand Avenue was once an old business district but now has been gentrified. Why, they even just made park in front of the factory that's been converted into a theater!

 

[Brian Swan]

To be honest: I think they should add some items for kids, families, and those who don't like beer, alcohol, or crafted foods in this menu in the next few months who agrees with me?

I don't. Virtually everywhere else in the park is "kid-friendly" (except maybe HBD Lounge). As an adult with no kids, I LOVE the idea of having a place of respite to escape the insanity for a few minutes. It would be nice if there were a few more food options.

 

[trampdog]

I don't. Virtually everywhere else in the park is "kid-friendly" (except maybe HBD Lounge). As an adult with no kids, I LOVE the idea of having a place of respite to escape the insanity for a few minutes. It would be nice if there were a few more food options.

Don’t kid yourself. It’s like any milleniial beer establishment (aka bar) these days. Bring your rug tats and let them go rampant while you get trashed.

 

[Brian Swan]

I like the idea of the cheese plate, the $9 pretzel sounds good but it's a $9 pretzel!

Went with a very unimaginative slate of beer offerings, Stone, Lagunitas, Sierra Nevada. Those are probably amongst the 3 biggest "craft" breweries in Ca and have some quality offerings. Just heavily loaded with lagers, pale ales and IPAs, and ones with relatively low ABVs.

I'm guessing they intentionally avoided the high ABVs to reduce some of the "drunk potential". But I agree with you about selections. Even in FL I can go into any grocery store and buy Sierra Nevada. I'm not very familiar with Lagunitas, but I've been to the Stone Brewery north of San Diego (beautiful facility, cool tour, and great food), but their philosophy of brewing is to over-hop everything they make; IPA is currently in vogue, so let's make everything taste like one...

 

[Brian Swan]

Don’t kid yourself. It’s like any milleniial beer establishment (aka bar) these days. Bring your rug tats and let them go rampant while you get trashed.

Sadly, I fear that you hit the nail on the head. Only in WDW can you sit AT a bar and have someone plop their DD8 on the stool next to you...

 

[Po'Rich]

Am I the only one rather disappointed with the whole Grand Ave. development? It looks like Disney didn't quite know what to do with the space, had some leftover materials from Streets of America, and slapped together a weak semblance of a theme.

 

[Horizons '83]

Plastic Cups....great way to ruin good beer

Seriously?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Am I the only one rather disappointed with the whole Grand Ave. development? It looks like Disney didn't quite know what to do with the space, had some leftover materials from Streets of America, and slapped together a weak semblance of a theme.

For now, it's just a holding pen for the SW:GE crush. If they put actual attractions in there, then there would be no place for the SWGE queue.

 

[BrianLo]

I like it, but I seriously hope something cosmetic is in the cards for Sci-Fi Dine in's studio building.

Anyone heard that might eventually be the case?

 

[Gabe1]

Silly asking this. But after looking at twitter today...is this spoken in English as read Baseline or a different pronunciation? @wdwmagic any thoughts? I thought straight forward but this is Disney After all.

 

[Gabe1]

Filled with drunks now, right?

Understanding from my kid every blogger flocked

 

[BD-Anaheim]

Am I the only one rather disappointed with the whole Grand Ave. development? It looks like Disney didn't quite know what to do with the space, had some leftover materials from Streets of America, and slapped together a weak semblance of a theme.

It's not done. I think the Art Deco elements on the tunnel and the "hills" will go a long way to giving this area a much needed atmospheric quality.

 

[The_Mesh_Hatter]

Wow! there's no theme. It feels like all the bars down the street from me.