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After numerous mistaken tries and emails, Joe and myself finally made it down to Beach Muffin in Zushi, a vegan cafe that also happens to be the taproom for Yorocco Beer. In the past, we’ve tried to contact both Beach Muffin and Yorocco Beer to no avail, so one cloudy, rainy, crappy weather Saturday, we hiked down and got here without getting lost as this time, we used an Android phone for directions.

Beach Muffin is a tiny little shack that reminded us both of someone’s house – low wooden beams that Joe smacked his head on once or twice and tacked on “extensions” to provide more space though overall, Beach Muffin felt light and airy with all the light coming in. Most importantly, the chairs were bloody comfortable, so much so that I almost fell asleep due to how soft and warm mine was. It could have been the Yorocco Beer having its desired effect though I highly suspect it was the after effects of one too many in Craft Beer Market in the Toranomon branch the night before.

Unfortunately Beach Muffin seems to have different schedules throughout the year and even more annoyingly, different schedules for Yorocco Beer’s taproom. When we first arrived, there was only one tap on out of six, yet the card mentioned all taps would be on from 5pm. The barman heard our grumblings and polite informed us that he was going to the Yorocco Beer brewery to pick up some more of their beer. We could handle the thirty minute wait with another Oat Pale Ale. Though when he came back, he had brought back Yorocco Beer’s Euro pale ale and that was it. Beers came in one size, which appeared to be about 350ml for 800yen which included tax.

This was an incredible burger. Who cares about the sliced bread for bun?

The food though at Beach Muffin is great. The menu varied from small bar snacks to full vegan meals that changes daily depending on what is available. I had the vegan burger with chips, well I needed something healthy to go with the beer. The burger had a huge amount of grilled veg and tomato salsa inside, along with some wickedly awesome potato wedges. Joe had some tofu enchilada wraps though I doubt he even took the time to take a picture.

Beach Muffin One Paragraph Review

Beach Muffin is definitely a place we would like to come back to in the future as we want to try more of the Yorocco Beer they have though that may have to wait as at the time of writing, Yorocco Beer had become a one man operation. A shame as the beers they had at the Shower Beer event in 2014 were great.

Beach Muffin Details

Open: Cafe is open Thursday to Saturday 11:00 ~ 18:00, taproom is the same except on Saturday where its 17:00 ~ 22:00 and on Sunday 12:00 ~ 18:00

Closed: Monday to Wednesday

Phone: 0468-72-5204

Homepage (in Japanese): Beach Muffin

How to Get to Beach Muffin

The closest stations are JR Zushi or Shin-Zushi on the Keikyu line Zushi branch. Beach Muffin is about a ten to fifteen minute walk.