Canoga Park could be in for a serious new beer hangout. Lincoln Beer Company is looking to plant a sizable brewpub on a light-industrial stretch of Deering Avenue, combining production space with a big taproom that would be the Burbank brewery's largest footprint outside its home base. If city planners sign off, Valley drinkers get more indoor seats, a roomy outdoor patio and longer hours for grabbing local cans and pints.
What The Filings Reveal
According to plans submitted to the city, Lincoln is proposing an 8,116-square-foot brewery and brewpub that would pack in 169 indoor seats, plus a 1,500-square-foot uncovered patio with room for about 100 people outside. The application lays out daily hours from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. and asks for a Conditional Use Permit that would allow the sale and dispensing of beer and wine for both on-site and off-site consumption. Those details appear in filings reviewed by WhatNow.
From Burbank Roots To A Valley Outpost
Lincoln Beer Company is a family-run operation founded by brewer Patrick Dunn. The brewery started production in 2016 and opened its public taproom the following year at 3083 N. Lima Street in Burbank. Since then, it has built out a lineup of lagers, pilsners, IPAs and stouts, along with a list of medals and collaborations highlighted on its site. The brewery notes that its Mosaic Pilsner picked up a World Beer Cup silver medal, and it has rolled out specialty beers including a Duff-inspired lager and a collaboration with Danny Trejo.
The Building And The Block
The proposed site at 8039 N. Deering Ave sits on a light-industrial block of Canoga Park. Commercial listings describe the property as a roughly 13,500-square-foot, one-story warehouse, which means Lincoln's 8,116-square-foot plan would fill part of the existing structure. The building is currently marketed for sale or lease and sits in an M2 industrial zone that typically hosts production operations and service businesses. Listing information for the property appears on commercial real-estate sites such as LoopNet.
Permits, Hearings And Hoops To Clear
Because the project involves alcohol sales, Lincoln needs a Conditional Use Permit from the Los Angeles Department of City Planning. That process usually includes staff review, public notice and one or more hearings. City rules for alcohol sales require planners to weigh issues such as whether there is an undue concentration of alcohol outlets in the area, potential neighborhood impacts and public-safety concerns before signing off.
Per Los Angeles City Planning's alcohol-sales guidance, applicants also have to work with other city departments and agree to site-specific conditions if a CUP is approved. More information on those rules is available through Los Angeles City Planning.
How It Fits Into The Valley Beer Scene
Canoga Park and the wider San Fernando Valley already have local brewing activity. Nearby, for instance, 8one8 Brewing operates its own facility and taproom. A Lincoln Beer Company brewpub would add another high-capacity neighborhood option for grabbing a pint. Across greater Los Angeles, smaller breweries have often grown by adding taproom space or shifting to larger production facilities to keep up with demand, and Lincoln appears to be following that familiar playbook. The move could translate into added local jobs, more events and a broader distribution footprint for the Burbank brewery.
What Happens Next
For now, there is no target opening date listed in the public documents. The timeline hinges on how quickly the Los Angeles Department of City Planning processes the Conditional Use Permit, what conditions the city might attach and how long it takes to secure state licenses for on-site and off-site alcohol sales.
Lincoln Beer Company will also need building permits and any required tenant-improvement approvals before it can start pouring beers in Canoga Park. The filings reviewed by WhatNow do not specify an opening timeframe. Any off-site sales would require an appropriate state license from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which outlines license categories on its site for the ABC.
