Dream Customer Walks Into a Craft Beer Bar
There’s no telling who might step up to a bar and order a beer, especially in a city like Los Angeles. I asked eight craft beer professionals, who all own or manage leading establishments,...
The Bottle Room: Craft Beer + Comfort Food in Whittier [CLOSED]
Chef Tony Alcazar presides over The Bottle Room, a brick-walled gastropub in Uptown Whittier that he co-owns with a pair of firefighters. Craft beer lovers already view The Bottle Room as a destination thanks...
Tacolandia: Turning Hollywood into L.A.’s Taco Epicenter
On June 23, the Hollywood Palladium, an iconic live music venue that dates to 1940, played host to Tacolandia, a first-time event from LA Weekly. Street Gourmet LA founder Bill Esparza curated the taco...
Interview: Beer Pro Tony Alcazar (The Bottle Room)
Tony Alcazar has been making sure that the City of Whittier has been both well fed and well stocked with craft beer via The Bottle Room in Uptown. We recently traded e-mails with Chef...
When the Beer Geek isn’t in Charge of the Beer
It is almost too easy to stock your own ‘fridge with great craft beer. Heck, even my local Ralphs has Stone Brewing Co. Sublimely Self-Righteous on sale. But with the BBQ and picnic season...
Craftsman and The Bottle Room Pair Well Together
Avid readers of this column will know that I am a fan of the beer dinner and they don’t just occur during L.A. Beer Week. The Foundry has been doing a few and a...
