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Great Places to Drink Craft Beer in Long Beach

Today’s listicle covers Long Beach craft establishments.  It is smaller than the normal, but when combined with the earlier round-up of Torrance/El Segundo/Beaches you can create a mega-itinerary. The Factory Gastrobar [CLOSED] Natalie and...
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Long Beach Thai Restaurant: Simple Name, Good Noodle Soups

The straightforward name doesn’t exactly set high expectations, but Long Beach Thai Restaurant more than transcends strip mall surroundings thanks to standout noodle soups. It’s always sunny at Long Beach Thai Restaurant thanks to...

Interview: Timeless Pints founder Chris Sparacio

Timeless Pints has some of the most interesting beer names in the Southland. Count The Bear Reader, The Expeditious Guest, A Taste of Fate and A Precarious Proposal among them. Recently, I e-mailed founder and...
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Flux Capacitor: Regulating Craft Beer’s Space Time Continuum

In “Back to the Future,” the flux capacitor is an invention of Dr. Emmett Brown that allows Marty McFly to bust through the space-time continuum once his DeLorean reaches 88 miles per hour. At...
Craft Beer Los Angeles

Interview: Gabe Gordon (Beachwood BBQ chef + beer pro)

Gabe Gordon has been at the leading edge of the Los Angeles craft beer movement since his days at Royal Clayton’s, when the downtown Arts District was still in its infancy. The Santa Rosa...
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Interview: coffee pro Wade Windsor (Lord Windsor Roasters)

Miami native Wade Windsor moved to California for surfing and studies and eventually settled in Long Beach with wife Lindsay. They operate Lord Windsor Roasters near downtown, where Wade roasts coffee according to a...