In Spanish, mujeres means “women.” And in the bustling Mujeres Brew House, next to coastal Interstate 5 and practically in the shadow of San Diego’s iconic Coronado Bridge, it’s women who are running the show.
Mujeres cofounder Carmen Favela says they employ about a dozen staff members, all of them female. Most identify as Hispanic, Latina, and/or Chicana; that also reflects the surrounding Barrio Logan community, where almost three-quarters of residents are of Hispanic descent. It’s a tight-knit neighborhood, Favela says, where residents have an unusual ability to band together and oppose threats such as gentrification or pollution from the nearby shipyard.
That’s why it was crucial for Mujeres to get—and now maintain—buy-in from its neighbors.