EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.
755 Main Street
Monroe, Connecticut 06468
| October 31, 2024 |
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Attention: | Erin Donahue |
| Erin Purnell |
| Re: | Eastside Distilling, Inc. |
Preliminary Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
Filed October 25, 2024
File No. 001-38182
Ms. Donahue and Ms. Purnell,
Eastside Distilling, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby furnishes the following correspondence in response to the Staff’s letter dated October 29, 2024.
After consideration of the comments in the Staff’s letter, we are today filing Amendment No. 1 to our Preliminary Proxy Statement. We have withdrawn Proposal 6 from the Preliminary Proxy Statement.
We also wish to advise you that the Company has cancelled the special shareholder meeting scheduled for November 25, 2024, and will not mail or otherwise distribute the definitive proxy statement that we filed on October 28, 2024.
| Respectfully submitted, | |
| /s/ Geoffrey Gwin | |
|
Chief Executive Officer |