D.C.'s first cheesemaker Sona Creamery closed on April 11.
Co-owner Genevieve O'Sullivan says the restaurant, wine bar, and creamery ultimately couldn't support the rent. She adds that Sona struggled as the neighborhood's restaurant scene became more and more saturated over the last couple years. "It definitely changes cash flow," she says.
Sona first opened near Eastern Market in January 2014. It took the Genevieve O'Sullivan and her husband and business partner Conan O'Sullivan a year and a half of navigating regulations and buildout roadblocks to finally get their cheesemaking operation underway. Because D.C. has no agriculture department to oversee cheesemaking, the couple petitioned for variances in the food code from the Department of Health in order to be allowed to age and cure their cheese.
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