Pyramid Alehouse, a K Street mainstay for the last decade, announced on Facebook on Monday that it had closed its doors for the last time on Sunday.

While the timing was a little abrupt, it's not really a surprise to me. The food was mediocre and its beer wasn't able to compete with the flood of new microbrews.

The company gave the Sac Bee this statement for its closing:

"The Pyramid Sacramento Alehouse business has declined due to economic, social and competitive factors affecting downtown businesses in the area. The Sacramento location will close on March 4, 2013. Employees have been notified and offered severance," said Glenn Hancock, Pyramid Breweries.

"We want to thank all of our Sacramento employees for their hard work and years of service and the Sacramento community for their patronage," said Hancock. "Pyramid Breweries will focus resources on Alehouse locations with breweries in California, Oregon and Washington, along with our successful location in Walnut Creek. Brewing beer and creating an experience around beer is at the heart of what we do."

Honestly, I'm not going to miss the place. The location is amazing, and I'm sure it won't be vacant for long. I hope another amazing restaurant comes to take its place. Personally, I'm rooting for a Yardhouse on K St.

Everybody covered the event this week, but the two best were the stories by Blair Anthony Robertson in the Sac Bee and David Bienick on KCRA (with video).

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