Baltimore brewery holds its first night market Saturday, celebrating Asian culture
September 10, 2022
Giacomo Bologna
The Baltimore Sun
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Denis Sgouros, co-founder of the marketing agency UPPU, and Eddie O’Keefe, Vice President of Peabody Heights Brewery, pose for a photograph ahead of the first night market event at the brewery. (Giacomo Bologna/Baltimore Sun)
Eddie O’Keefe wasn’t sure he wanted folks to know that Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore was an Asian American-owned-and-operated business.
O’Keefe, whose mother is Korean, loves to support other Asian American-owned businesses in the area, but the vice president of the Charles Village brewery feared attracting attention to his business as hate crimes against Asian Americans spiked during the coronavirus pandemic.
“It seems like things are turning the corner, and for all the hate that exists in the world, there’s thousands of people that want to know and experience and be a part of our culture,” O’Keefe said. “That’s cool.”
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