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Steven Armstrong
Los Angeles
I live in L.A., I don't own a car, I eat lots of amazing food, and I love every minute of it!
Interests: Food, Beer & Cocktails; Arts & Culture; Transportation; Sustainability
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More Fun at The Misfit: $12 Bottomless Mimosas
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By Steven Armstrong Fri., Jun. 24 2011 at 1:30 PM Dan Cox Your mimosa awaits at The Misfit ​ Like any great metropolis, L.A. is full of differing perspectives. First, there are the die-hard Angelenos for whom Los Angeles is the greatest city in America. Then there are those East... Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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Your Ilan Hall Update: Second Restaurant Scouting Report
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By Steven Armstrong Wed., Jun. 22 2011 at 10:00 AM Anne Fishbein Ilan Hall ​Ilan Hall, downtown's favorite Top Chef and the man behind The Gorbals, plans to open a second restaurant somewhere in Los Angeles. (Thanks to Eater for the tip on this one.) When we spoke to Hall... Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: A brief history of L.A. brews | Brand X
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July 1, 2011 @ 10:00 am To note every L.A.-area bar or restaurant that has added craft beer to its tap list or bottle menu in the last 35 years would require a tome, and to mention every failed brewpub would defeat the purpose. Our mission is to plot —... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Details on Tony Yanow’s Golden Road Brewing | Brand X
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June 23, 2011 @ 6:42 pm What do you get when you join Tony Yanow — the dynamo behind Tony’s Darts Away, ColLAboration and the soon-to-open Mohawk Bend; Meg Gill — the Yale-educated craft beer wunderkind who organized San Francisco Beer Week and who worked in sales and distribution for... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: A guide to brewing up a Father’s Day adventure | Brand X
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June 16, 2011 @ 11:55 am It’s that time of year again — when everyone from Martha Stewart to Guy Fieri starts telling you what to get your dad for Father’s Day. We could all use a little advice now and then, but not everyone’s father will appreciate a custom-labeled... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Ladyface Ale Companie brings its brews to L.A. | Brand X
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June 9, 2011 @ 3:54 pm Around the country, people like to talk about L.A. sports fans with derision, and perhaps with good reason. We do seem rather fickle—quick to support our teams when they’re doing well, and just as quick to turn our backs when they begin to struggle.... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: South Bay's blossoming craft beer scene | Brand X
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June 6, 2011 @ 12:03 pm If L.A.’s craft beer movement employed the same language as L.A.’s street gangs, Tomm Carroll would be the O.G. That’s because Carroll was an L.A. craft beer advocate before many of us could legally drink. Today, he covers the local craft beer beat for... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles celebrates the Bruery’s three-year anniversary | Brand X
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May 27, 2011 @ 4:35 pm The Bruery has grown quite a lot since brewing its first batch three years ago. The Placentia-based company has gone from a two-man operation started by an enthusiastic home brewer to the thirty-five person enterprise gracing the cover of this week’s OC Weekly. Though... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Our 13-stop SoCal brew tour | Brand X
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May 26, 2011 @ 12:00 pm TRAVEL ISSUE 2011: ‘Tis the season of craft beer and weekend travel. At first we thought they were mutually exclusive. But then we discovered more than two dozen craft brewing operations in our own backyard, and that got us thinking: Why not combine them?... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Randy Clemens talks about his new life (and new book) with Stone Brewing Co. | Brand X
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May 19, 2011 @ 2:50 pm To L.A.’s culinary and zymological blogoscenti, Randy Clemens has been a household name for years. But with the January release of The Sriracha Cookbook, the 26-year-old began warming the hearts — and palates — of a broader audience. 20,000 copies later, his book now... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Beer Belly readies for opening next Friday | Brand X
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May 12, 2011 @ 6:19 pm Back in December, the Craft Beer Chronicles profiled Jimmy Han, an L.A.-native who planned to open a locally-focused craft beer bar in Koreatown. He was the picture of self-assurance then. But five months later, when we revisited Han at 532 S. Western Avenue just... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: ‘Beer Freeks’ unite for one last night at the Yard | Brand X
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May 5, 2011 @ 5:48 pm On Wednesday, May 11, the Yard in Santa Monica will host Beer Freek #9 — the ninth and final installment of the beach-side gastropub’s inaugural series of rare beer tasting events. Like previous Beer Freeks, the event will pair six limited-edition beers of a... Continue reading
Reblogged Jul 6, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: CityWalk’s Karl Strauss re-opens tonight with new brews and fresh ideas | Brand X
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April 28, 2011 @ 3:40 pm San Diego’s oldest craft beer producer, Karl Strauss Brewing Company, will celebrate the grand re-opening of its northernmost brewpub at Universal CityWalk tonight with a ticketed tasting buffet, showing off its makeover to Angelenos, and inaugurating its newly re-focused brewing program. Karl Strauss flack... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 29, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: A study in Beaune’s beer philosophy at Public School 612 | Brand X
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April 21, 2011 @ 2:00 pm Hallie Beaune was composed and comfortable last week when we sat down at Public School 612 — the gastropub-within-a-restaurant that recently opened at the Daily Grill’s downtown location. She had good reason to feel at home. Not only did she craft the beer list... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 29, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Liz Fischbach brews up adventure at 1642 | Brand X
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April 14, 2011 @ 7:45 pm When Liz Fischbach, a single mom with an artistic air and a penchant for rescuing cats, signed the lease at Lupita’s — a seedy watering hole at 1642 West Temple Street in Historic Filipinotown — her friends thought she’d finally lost it. Fischbach, who’d... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 29, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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City Tavern: Culver City's City Tavern introduces TableTender beer system - latimes.com
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Pour your own beer at City Tavern in Culver City The high-tech TableTender system at the new gastropub lets patrons take charge of their drinks. A larger selection at the bar, devoted to California breweries, features 21 rotating taps. Jeremy Back, assistant general manager of City Tavern in Culver City,... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 13, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: In honor of National Beer Day, mark your calendar with these Deschutes events | Brand X
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April 7, 2011 @ 2:52 pm Next week, representatives from Oregon’s largest craft beer producer will travel to L.A. and the O.C. to celebrate Deschutes Brewery Base Camp — a series of special tasting events meant to demonstrate the brewer’s appreciation for our region’s bibulous beer drinkers. The first of... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 13, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: City Tavern taps into the future | Brand X
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April 6, 2011 @ 12:00 pm At first glance, City Tavern might seem like the quintessential modern American gastropub: exposed brick walls, bare beams, walnut surfaces, reclaimed wood flooring and a long line of local craft beer taps standing at attention behind the bar. But three booths near the back... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 13, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Tender Greens’ nose to tail feasts with a craft beer bent | Brand X
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March 31, 2011 @ 5:00 pm On Sunday, a few lucky souls arrived at the new Tender Greens location on Sunset and Vine, heading straight for the heated garden patio out back. There they found Rich Marcello, the gregarious, indefatigable co-owner of Strand Brewing Company, standing in a corner beside... Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 2, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Stark Bar grips craft beer bandwagon rave, makes local beer writer mad | Brand X
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March 24, 2011 @ 2:30 pm Whereas L.A.’s bars and restaurants were once divided into two categories (those who served craft beer, and those who did not), the more recent arrivals seem to be increasingly divided into two new categories (those who serve craft beer right, and those who do... Continue reading
Reblogged Mar 25, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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Cover story: ColLAboration brews up a pop-up | Brand X
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March 23, 2011 @ 9:51 am Three years ago, Twitter was exploding, the economy was imploding and pop-ups were changing the way we ate. But now, several billion tweets, five Kogi trucks and one Great Recession later, the pop-up revolution is about to go liquid. This spring, four of L.A.’s... Continue reading
Reblogged Mar 25, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Steingarten LA brings craft beers and spirits to West Los Angeles | Brand X
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March 10, 2011 @ 1:00 pm Two weeks ago, a local newsletter introduced Steingarten LA, a new craft bar and restaurant on West Pico that, according to the editor, planned to serve draughts of the coveted triple IPA, Pliny the Younger, at its grand opening last week. In fact, Steingarten... Continue reading
Reblogged Mar 22, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles exclusive: Congregation Ale House expands to Pasadena, Pliny the Younger comes to the new Lucky Baldwins
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March 3, 2011 @ 1:02 pm The San Gabriel Valley is, in many ways, the cradle of craft beer civilization in L.A. County. And luckily, for those of us who were too young to participate in the first wave of the revolution, several of the movement’s founding fathers are still... Continue reading
Reblogged Mar 4, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: Coney dogs come to town with beer in tow - Brand X
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February 24, 2011 @ 2:00 pm Detroit-style Coney Island hot dogs are coming to the Sunset Strip in May, and they’re bringing craft beer with them. Though the name suggests New York origin, coney dogs are actually native to the Wolverine State, first appearing in Michigan during the Wilson administration.... Continue reading
Reblogged Feb 24, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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The Craft Beer Chronicles: LA has Younger Fever - Brand X
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February 17, 2011 @ 2:28 pm On Tuesday, the Surly Goat opened its doors at the usual time: 6 p.m. But a few zealous souls began arriving at 3:45. And by 5:30, nearly a hundred hankering hop heads had congregated outside, forming a swollen queue that lurched ominously toward Fairfax.... Continue reading
Reblogged Feb 17, 2011 at Shangri-LA Food Blog
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