
A failed date introduced a filmmaker to her future business partner. Six years, several refusals and one astonishing opening-night queue later, Justine LaViolette had helped turn a familiar queer daydream into a permanent Brooklyn address.

A graphic designer’s homebrew labels became Almanac’s first calling card. Fifteen years later, Damian Fagan is still changing the brief - from farm-to-barrel beer to sandboxes, slushies, and neighborhood gathering places.