No pun intended but places like Midnight Sun Brewery around the corner from the Long Branch are eating the "dive" bars lunch.  They have very good beer and food, are light and cheery to boot.  It makes utterly no sense to pay 5 bucks for a pint of lawnmower beer like Blue Moon when you can get a half gallon of really good stuff at any brewery, sometimes for 9 bucks!  I've hit Brew Pubs from Arizona to Alaska and never had a bad beer or meal in any, enjoyed them all.  The breweries in Bellingham Washington that don't have kitchens rotate a half dozen food trucks amongst them, one featuring the very best Rueben I ever had!  Homer now has at least two breweries  AND Bear Creek Winery.  Yes, the swill beer makers are struggling!