Santa Clarita’s many wineries, wine lounges, and breweries are great places to meet up with friends and to taste the best local wines, beers, and craft cocktails. These hotspots also often feature tasty tapas, food trucks and other seasonal fare, making them a nice option for when you want to grab a glass and appetizers before the theater, or sit down to linger over a light meal after a fun event around town.
Santa Clarita and Main Street in Old Town Newhall have some of the best gastropubs, wineries, and bistros in Southern California.
Lucky Luke Brewing
Don’t miss visiting Lucky Luke Brewing Company, a production brewery and tasting room with a large special event space. Lucky Luke is committed to creating a memorable experience and exceptionally-crafted beer. Well known for a great variety including delicious IPAs, Stouts, seasonal brews, and more. Food trucks are often on-site to pair with your beer of choice.
Reyes Winery
The Winery is located just north of Santa Clarita in Agua Dulce. The owner, Robert Reyes, has a passion for wine and winemaking and planted the 16-acre vineyard in 2004. The tasting room is open on weekends and their vineyard is planted with five noble varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay, and Muscat, yet the winery also offers several other varieties from sourced grapes to complement its offering.
Double Trouble Wine Room
The Double Trouble Wine Room – so named for the two wineries it houses, Hoi Polloi and Pagter Bros Wineries – is a spacious, comfortable and fun place to enjoy world-class, hand-crafted wines from top vineyards in California, and made locally in Santa Clarita. Meet the winemakers, relax on their spacious back patio, and enjoy frequent musical acts and visiting food trucks.
Newhall Refinery
The craft of fine food and beer has been their focus since opening in 2013. All menu items are created in house from scratch and pair perfectly with the extensive specialty craft beers and wines.
Brewery Draconum
The family-run brewery/pub offers a full lineup of house-made craft beers as well as a rotation of visiting taps. The Brewpub offers a new-style social, dining, and recreational experience centered around the world of craft beer and elevated pub style dishes. Hang out on the back patio and get in a game of bocce ball on the brewery’s back patio.
Agua Dulce Winery
Agua Dulce Winery is a 90 acre, fully operational winery and vineyard, featuring daily wine tasting and tours, a gourmet gift shop, and wine sales. Pack a picnic, order a glass or two and spend an afternoon sun gazing under the gazebo. Open Wednesday-Sunday.
Pocock Brewing Co.
A family run business that crafts flavorful beer. They make their own pizzas and also serve brick-oven baked pretzels and salads to accompany your favorite pint.
Pulchella Winery
No expense is spared in sourcing the highest quality Paso Robles grapes and showcasing small wine vineyards that offer unique characteristics. Stop in and enjoy a glass from these local winemakers. You can also bring your own food to this wine tasting.
Santa Cruz Brewing
Now Open and brewing on Fremont Street in Santa Clarita!
Hours:
Thursdays 3pm-9pm
Fridays 3pm-10pm
Saturdays 2pm-10pm
Sundays 2pm-7pm
Eighth & Rail
If you like your watering hole to have a little bit more of a gastropub atmosphere, Eighth and Rail is the place for you! This hotspot harkens back to the golden years when the railway was king and Newhall was the main stop for travelers making their way from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Soak up the ambiance and let history wash over you as you refresh with craft cocktails and gastropub fare.
Maginns Irish Pub
This Pub brings the friendly welcome, charm, and coziness of a traditional small town pub in Ireland, to Old Town Newhall!
Rose & Crown
The one and only true British pub in the area, the menu features traditional pub fare from fish n’chips and shepherd’s pie to Guinness chili. Diners can even finish off their meal with a dish of delicious sticky toffee pudding! Like any true pub, the Rose & Crown offers an array of British & European beer as well as a growing list of local craft brewers.
Kindred Spirits
Raise your class at Valencia’s newest wine bar! Enjoy a unique experience with a wide selection of exceptional wines from around the world, tasteful cuisines to pair with your wine of choice, live music performances, special events, wine club and more!