District Brewing | Ferndale — Restaurant in Ferndale

I have been here a few times and I have experienced two employees: a very nice woman and a very rude guy. The woman deserves a 5 stars! The guy deserves to have a 0. Beer is good but I don’t care to go places I’m made to feel like an inconvience. Tonight I had the unfortunate experience of the guy with a bad attitude. We walked in at 7:54 pm. The chairs were up on a whole set of tables. They close at 9. When we walked up to the counter he told us “just so you know, I’m doing last call in like 10 minutes so this will be your only drink.” He seemed disinterested in helping us and like giving us that warning was going to make us leave. When I said that seemed early he said he had a lot to do tonight. When I asked his thoughts on the three different hazy IPAs he shrugged and said they were all good and when I asked about differences he said they were basically the same. Then a friend we were meeting went to order and she just looked at the wine, wasn’t even going to order, and he said he wasn’t going to open any bottles even though they have a variety and again, it was an hour before close.

Due to his desire to not deal with customers, he lost business. At least 4 of us would have gotten another round if last call wasn’t 10 minutes after we ordered. I actually like the beer here, but customer service is huge. Also, if a brewery has over 10 beers that the brewmaster assumingly worked hard on, what gives an employee the idea that they should say they all taste basically the same. That’s just disrespectful to the person making the beer. I won’t stay if I walk in and he’s working again. This wasn’t the first time he was...

While visiting the northern Washington coast, a good friend of mine said, “I’ve got to take you to an amazing brewery!” This was a great idea since traveling the nation full time and visiting breweries is my thing. 43 states in four years and literally hundreds of breweries visited and put to the test. Today we walked into District Brewing in Ferndale, WA. My review?… I have zero idea if they are the best brewery in the Northwest. What I do know is that they are NOT ADA law compliant. As my wife and service dog lead me to the counter (oh, btw, I’m site impaired and an obvious entire leg amputee), we were greated by a young man who immediately informed us that “you can order your beer here but then need to take the dog outside”. My wife explained that I’m site impaired and obviously need help walking, and he replied, “that being said, you can order here, but then you need to go outside”. We informed him that he was not being ADA compliant, and elaborated on the fact that she was a working service dog, specializing in site leading and stability, and he said, “sorry, people have brought service dogs in before and they chewed on the furniture so you’ll need to go outside”. We went outside… to Fringe Brewing down the street. They, and their beers,...

I love District! It's a very welcoming, friendly place to hang out and their beers are always delicious. It doesn't hurt that it's a 4 minute walk from my house. 😁

My wife and I come here twice a week regularly, on Mondays for their $3 off District pints special (seriously, $3.50 pints of craft beer is a fantastic deal, its like going back in time 25 years), and on Wednesdays for their Trivia night. It's always a great time and has a real community vibe, plus if you place in the top three you either get a District gift card or the pot of everyone's $2 buy in!

They also have individual "hang out" rooms with TV's that have a real homey atmosphere and are open for anyone to use.

The back of the space has a video game arcade with all sorts of other games as well. The bathrooms are always very clean and remind me of a nice bathroom in an Airbnb. Also they're finally putting in a kitchen! Did I mention they have outdoor seating as well as air conditioning inside? The best of both worlds...

District is definitely my favorite place to go in Ferndale and I always feel welcomed when I go there. If you've never been there you should definitely...