August 15, 2011 / Heather Somaini / Source

Wurstkuche

I know I post a lot of reviews from other folks but here is one of mine. I checked out Wurstkuche in the arts district of downtown Los Angeles this weekend and I really liked it. Having grown up with German food, I’m a little picky. The traditional sausages were traditional enough but different - in a good way. They have something like 24 different beers on tap, awesome fries and some pretty exotic sausages all served on very good rolls. I tried the sauerkraut and it was GOOD. Check this place out. The back room looks like it could be very fun with a gaggle of friends and the outside patio area must be nice at sunset too.

The only real hassle is that it’s next to impossible to find. We drove around for awhile before we figured it out so put it into your GPS or take a map with you.

My star rating: 3 out of 4 - Great brats in a relaxed beer hall type setting!

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tags / wurstkuche, los angeles, downtown, food, design, arts district, bratwurst, germany, german food, beer garden

August 12, 2011 / Heather Somaini / Source

Another awesome find for you lovers of the brew here in Los Angeles… :)

8th Street Bottle Shop: Tap the Bottle. Twist the Cap.

8th St Bottle Shop’s exactly what it sounds like: an old-timey, apothecary-esque, bottles-only beer shop … — *Another awesome find for you lovers of the brew here in Los Angeles… :)*

**8th Street Bottle Shop:** Tap the Bottle. Twist the Cap.

8th St Bottle Shop’s exactly what it sounds like: an old-timey, apothecary-esque, bottles-only beer shop w/ 100+ selections carefully curated by the lauded brew-obsessed duo The Beer Chicks, uniquely located within the Golden Gopher, which has a to-go liquor license that dates back to 1903, but won’t date before that, as dudes who’re over 111 are mad creepy.

Beers’re almost all small batch/rare, with unusual selections on the shelf now including the dirty-sounding, ultra-hoppy Mikkeller/Brewdog I Hardcore You; the malty-and-oaty Drake’s Brewing Expedition ale, and Telegraph Brewing Co’s Obscura Arborea, which is a sour brown ale done “Flanders-style” and if you don’t know what that is, you don’t know diddily…iddily, iddily. Once they’re running full tilt, they’re planning on having artisanal snacks, as well as occasional specialty keggers, a beer club membership that’ll give a heads up when they get ultra-rare bottles, and a night they call “meet the brewer”, so get psyched to meet Greg Vaughn!!! Or less spectacularly, BJ Surhoff.

The whole thing starts going down tomorrow as part of the Downtown Craft Beer Crawl, which offers unlimited tastings of over 60 beers at 7 downtown bars, as well as pairings with food from some of the cities best trucks, most of which only *feel* like they’ve been around since 1903.

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Rapha Eats: The Best Coffee In LA

June 24, 2011 / Heather Somaini / Source

NICE list….!!!

raphaeats:

There’s nothing like starting your day off, or sitting back and enjoying, an amazing cup of coffee. After tons of trial and error, I’ve made my definitive list of the best places to find great coffee in LA. Hope this improves your morning routine.

1. Spring For Coffee, Downtown LA (Serving Stumptown Coffee from Portland, OR)

2. Caffe Luxxe, Brentwood Country Mart

3. LA Mill, Silverlake

4. Intelligentsia (Silverlake, Venice, and Pasadena)

5. The Conservatory, Culver City

6. Espresso Profeta, Westwood (Serving Espresso Vivace from Seattle, WA)

7. Balconi Coffee, West LA

8. Drip Bar, Roving Coffee Bar + Stand in Hollywood (Serving Blue Bottle Coffee from San Francisco)

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