Dan Gordon’s Information

Dan Gordon and Dean Biersch founded the original Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant at 640 Emerson St.in Palo Alto. In 1998, our fine California legislature declared that ownership of a bottling brewery and restaurants would no longer be legal and the business was sold to a group in Tennessee. In the classic California governmental decision making process, the California legislature decided to reverse the law and declared in 2016 that it was okay for brewers like Dan to once again own and operate brewery restaurants. Dan quickly called his friend, and Palo Alto Uber restaurateur Steve Sinchek, to partner up to aquire the original Gordon Biersch location. Steve said yes, but under the condition he could constantly antagonize his good friend Dan by naming the place Dan Gordon's aka DG's. Dan kept coming up with less provocative and egotistical names but Steve held firm.