City Steam Brewery

12/27/2025

03/21/2024

It is with humble gratitude and a heavy heart that we announce the closing of City Steam Brewery on March 31- after 44 years in business (26 as City Steam and 18 as Brown Thomson and Company).

We opened in 1980 as Brown Thomson and Company, carving out a space in the newly renovated historic circa 1877 HH Richardson Building, regarded as the most famous example of Romanesque Architecture in America. We created an interior area with 5 flights of stairs on two levels with a fifty-foot ceiling, including original wrought iron railings salvaged from the dumpsters as fast as the landlord could fill them. We then filled the space with Victorian antiques with period tin ceilings throughout. We brought new life to downtown. We were packed from the time the doors opened until they closed seven days a week for years. Our 100-item menu was almost impossible to put out, but we did it with speed and flair. Our bartenders had to pass a 100+ item drink test before they could blend their first Banana Split! The Brew Ha Ha Comedy Club soon followed in the lower level.

In 1997 we had the vision to open a brewery, so we converted BT to City Steam, the second brewery/pub in CT (now there are over 130!). City Steam was named after our source of power, which is the steam that runs below the streets of Harford.

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03/21/2024

We have karaoke tonight with DJ Doctor Feelgood! ♪

03/21/2024

Join us TONIGHT to watch the hilarious ★ "BIG IRISH" JAY HOLLINGSWORTH ★ perform on the Brew HaHa Comedy Club stage!

The show starts at 8PM and the doors open at 6:30PM. Tickets are $25. A full bar, craft beer, and full menu are available before and during the show.

Friday, March 22nd Tickets ↬
https://www.comedycraftbeer.com/events/city322

Saturday, March 23rd Tickets ↬
https://www.comedycraftbeer.com/events/city324

03/20/2024

Brains and Brews Trivia with your favorite trivia host, Barris, is tonight at 8PM! 🧠🍻 The top 3 teams/people win prizes!

Everyone who plays trivia gets entered into a raffle to win TWO Hartford Wolf Pack tickets!
Get ONE 16oz Naughty Nurse draft when you bring a Wolf Pack ticket (old or new) with you.

03/20/2024

Three cheers for delicious beers, a great way to perk up on this dreary day! 🍺

03/18/2024

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! ☘️ How did you celebrate the day, or the weekend?!

03/18/2024

Righteous Continental is performing this Saturday night (March 23rd) at 9PM! ♫
The cover charge is $5.

**There is no entry fee if you're in the building before 9PM, if you are a Mug Club member, or if you have comedy club tickets on the night of the performance!**

https://citysteambrewery.com/event-calendar/

One of Connecticut’s first craft breweries and home of the iconic, The Naughty Nurse.

03/18/2024

We have comedy shows every Friday & Saturday night!

https://citysteambrewery.com/comedy-club/

03/15/2024

Join us TONIGHT to watch the hilarious ☆ ANDY FIORI ☆ perform on the Brew HaHa Comedy Club stage!

The show starts at 8PM and the doors open at 6:30PM. Tickets are $25. A full bar, craft beer, and full menu are available before and during the show.

Fri, Mar 15th Tickets ⇢
www.comedycraftbeer.com/events/city315

03/15/2024

It’s Saint Paddy’s Day weekend! ☘️ Join us for delicious, handcrafted beers and yummy food! 🍺