We are in the middle of Oktoberfest season. To celebrate this,I purchased a Groupon for a restaurant named Brat & Brau in Hermosa Beach. While the South Bay isn’t Germantown, I live close by and decided to give it a try. I invited a friend to join me in the experience. We arrived just after…
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Oktoberfest Comes to LA’s Beachside
Now that it is October, Oktoberfest is in full swing. This means there will be plenty of traditional celebrations such as dirndl dresses and lederhosen outfits, giant Bavarian pretzels, and of course the obligatory keg tapping which leads to questionable activities like nail driving and the embarrassing chicken dance. But the feast and the party…
Red Lion Tavern – A Surprise in Silverlake
It shouldn’t surprise me to learn that LA County’s environmental health organization is responsible for checking on food safety for more than 26,000 restaurants. Orange County has a separate entity for that purpose. That said, I should not feel bad that I was not aware of the Red Lion Tavern, an establishment that has been…