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Titan Tailgate: Fueling LJ Kruse in Berkeley, California

25 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this promotional video, the narrator attends a ServiceTitan "Titan Tailgate" event at the family‑owned LJ Kruse plumbing shop in Berkeley, a business that has served the Bay Area for 110 years. The event features a big blue food truck serving burgers, ServiceTitan swag giveaways, and games like cornhole for the shop’s staff. The narrator meets the three Kruse brothers—Nate, Ben, and Will—who continue the family legacy, and receives a tour of the shop’s headquarters, which doubles as a museum showcasing the company’s historic artifacts: the original Oakland storefront signage, an antique water heater, vintage swag, decades‑old timesheets and handbooks, and a recent Toolbox Magazine feature on the Crews brothers. The video concludes with thanks to the Crews team and highlights the event as an engaging community‑outreach moment for ServiceTitan.

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Come with me to a Titan Tailgate at LJ Cruz in Berkeley, California. This is a family-owned commercial and residential plumbing shop that has served the Bay Area for 110 years. Here we are getting set up with the Big Blue food truck. Today we'll be serving lunch and getting the whole staff hooked up with ServiceTitan swag. This is a Titan Tailgate, so of course we have games and cornhole looks ready to go. Now it's time to dig in. We love to see folks lining up for burgers and to get a quick break from their busy days. I was fortunate enough to meet all three Kruse brothers, Nate, Ben, and Will, who are proudly carrying on the family legacy today. And after I took down a burger of my own, I got a tour of the HQ, which is essentially a museum of the company's legendary history. Here's the original Oakland storefront and shop signage, along with an antique water heater. They've also got vintage company swag, decades-old timesheets and handbooks, and just wait, here we got Toolbox Magazine. Which covered the Crews Brothers in a recent issue, so don't miss it. Thank you to the entire Crews team for having us. It was an awesome stop on Titan Tailgate.