TALEA Beer Co - Williamsburg

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This is a nice open beer garden/brewery ready for families or adult groups. Nice relaxed worth beer flights and other draft options by the glass for discerning beet lovers.

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Big space; knowledgeable staff; long tasting boards for beer flight with 4oz generous pours. Sours steal the show here (Gose too). A couple nice NA options too. Limited food; generally good.

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Great place for families to hang out, enough place for strallers. Good food and great choices of beer. Recommend flights to taste multi beers.

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So happy that I finally got to check this place out.  The beer selection is amazing.  The have some good snacks and platters on the menu.  The space is big and airy and there is plenty of outdoor seating also.  They have a section of coffee and merchandise.  It also appears that they have various activities during the week.  The service is good and the prices are decent.  They also have Cocktails made with beer and non-alcoholic drinks plus they have soft drinks.  The music is a nice variety from The Beatles to Al Greene and some Jazz.  It's nice background music at the perfect volume.  I'll have to go back and try some of their other beers and some of the platters.

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I have been to Talea many times and usually always enjoy my time -the large windows and relaxed working atmosphere made it a place where I would both work and meet with friends.

However I went with my partner on Weds, April 23rd and had an incredibly disheartening experience that will result in me not returning. My partner and I arrived at Talea in the morning, where they had a virtual meeting they needed to hop on immediately upon arriving so they went and found a table in the taproom.

I ordered a coffee and met them at the table, where they had already once been approached by the manager Shannon about ordering something. Shannon then continued to come back multiple times, making accusatory presumptive remarks about my partner using the Wi-Fi and questioning their intent to order. She loudly made accusations with an inflammatory and patronizing tone. My partner was clearly trying to finish a time sensitive task on their computer, yet instead kept getting questioned by this manager in a way that made them feel singled out, especially as the only Black woman there.

It felt so invasive and uncomfortable, to the point where my partner and I left to go to a different cafe to finish their work. No other patrons would have been treated that way- making them feel demeaned and targeted. Regardless of intent, it was incredibly sobering and disappointing to have the manager of a woman owned business make others feel unwelcome in this way.

After my partner’s meeting was finished, we both returned to Talea to order a tea and speak with the manager and let her know how her actions translated- regardless of intention. Instead of acknowledging how her actions made my partner feel- Shannon instead greeted us back to Talea with a condescending “Welcome back, you two,” in a tone that felt mocking. My partner tried to address their concerns, but the manager turned her back and walked away mid sentence.

This experience displayed a complete lack of professionalism and respect. All patrons should be treated with dignity and respect, and with best intentions. Overall, this was a very disheartening experience that has left my partner feeling singled out and hurt. We will not be returning, and want to let others know of our experience.

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