Incline Cider House will pour its final pints in downtown Tacoma on September 26, closing the South C Street taproom it has called home for seven years. The taproom, tucked into the city's historic Brewery District, has been a fixture of the neighborhood's craft beverage scene since it opened in late 2019.
According to WhatNow, the taproom is closing after seven years at its current location. It sits at 2115 S. C St. and has offered 16 rotating ciders alongside local craft beers and Pacific Northwest wines. The taproom opened in late 2019 in the redeveloped Brewery Blocks project, according to South Sound Talk. Incline Cider Company itself was founded in 2015 by Chris Zehner and Jordan Zehner.
A Lease Ends, Not the Brand
The company's owners are already searching for a new taproom location in the area. Incline Cider Company makes cider and sells it at its taproom.
The taproom's roots run deep into Tacoma's brewing history. The surrounding Brewery District dates back to the late 19th century, when operations like Columbia Brewing Company produced beer along South C Street from 1900 until Washington enforced alcohol prohibition in 1916, according to the Prairie Line Trail. That legacy set the stage for the district's modern revival as a craft beverage destination, with neighbors like 7 Seas Brewing, E9 Brewing, and Camp Colvos Brewing, which planned to open a Tacoma taproom on Commerce Street in summer 2020, per The Washington Beer Blog.
Inside the $125 Million Brewery Blocks Project
Incline's taproom landed in its South C Street space as part of developer Horizon Partners Northwest's redevelopment of two square city blocks into a mixed-use project featuring more than 200 units of market-rate housing and 42,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, according to the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
Even as the physical taproom winds down, Incline Cider's broader operations extend beyond the location.
Final Days on Tap
The taproom is scheduled to close September 26. Last weekend's Grit City Gauntlet walk finished at 7 Seas Brewery and Taproom.
Incline Cider has also used its taproom to give back this year. Through its 2026 Pints for the Parks initiative, the company has donated $1 from every Fuji's Dry Apple pint sold at the taproom, along with a portion of statewide draft sales, to the Washington National Parks Fund. The company also makes other cider varieties.
The South C Street chapter is closing, but the company is framing it as a transition rather than an ending — one more storefront search away from its next chapter in Tacoma.
