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title: "The Business Journal: The Brass Tap Franchise Brewpub Valley-Bound"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/90d6e5b2-79af-4fd1-9b49-21ec6203d822
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/the-business-journal-the-brass-tap-franchise-brewpub-valley-bound-2712163
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2020-01-31T01:20:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:30:32.968Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/88b7574195361df21ba853d10e7977e5556.jpg
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# The Business Journal: The Brass Tap Franchise Brewpub Valley-Bound

**TL;DR:** The Brass Tap, a craft beer and burger franchise, is expanding in the Central Valley and Northern California with plans to open five locations. The brand has 46 units in operation and 45 additional locations in development.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-01-31. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/the-business-journal-the-brass-tap-franchise-brewpub-valley-bound-2712163).*

## Story

**The Brass Tap is continuing to expand throughout the Central Valley and Northern California, according to an article recently published in** **The Business** **Journal titled, “Let’s Get Down To Brass Tap: Franchise Brewpub Valley Bound.”**

**The brand, which currently has 46 units in operation, with 45 additional locations in the development pipeline is expected to open its doors in Fresno’s new Marketplace at El Paseo shopping center, in the summertime of 2020. Vishaal Sharma, the franchise owner has signed on with the brand to develop a total of five locations and is looking at areas including Clovis, Visalia, Bakersfield and Palmdale, for openings in late 2020 and early 2021.**

**Sharma, who was looking to diversify his portfolio, moved to Clovis after leaving a career in pharmaceuticals and also oversees several European Wax Centers. The franchise owner landed on The Brass Tap, a franchise opportunity that allows its franchisees freedom to adapt their model to the market. According to the article, Sharma was looking for something he could, “understand, follow and get into, in order to keep the business moving forward,” he said.**

**The brand currently has 13 available cities across the Central Valley and Northern California with a goal of reaching 100 to 200 stores throughout the entire California market. To read the full article, please** **click here****.**

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- location growth (topic)
- The Brass Tap (company)
- European Wax Center (company)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/brasstap/the-business-journal-the-brass-tap-franchise-brewpub-valley-bound-2712163). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/90d6e5b2-79af-4fd1-9b49-21ec6203d822).