Tricky Tortoise Brewing Co. at 4057 Erie St., which reactivated the massive Willoughby Brewing space after four years of dormancy, has permanently closed as of last weekend. Bobby Ehasz opened the new brewpub in spring of 2024 after investing considerable amounts of time, money and effort to buff up the 120-year-old railcar repair depot.

"As you can imagine, this is pretty tough for my family, we really put our hearts in this one over the last two and a half years," Ehasz said. "We just never found a way to be profitable and I was trying to do it all on my savings after a military career so not much to work with! We never truly had the budget to really make it great!"

After months of work, the former Willoughby Brewing Co. building looked lighter, brighter and more welcoming than it had

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