Alpine Village home to Old World brews in Torrance “For many years,” says Otto Radtke, the general manager at Alpine Village, “we were one of the only places in Bondo Wyszpolski October 11, 2012
A toast to beer in the South Bay Waves of Grain: the Beer Issue explores the South Bay’s emerging craft beer scene. Mark McDermott October 11, 2012
Hermosa Beach news briefs: retirement contributions, city website and pancake breakfast Some city council members on Tuesday said they were misled by city staff as to whether they could pay their employee share of their retirement contributions. Easy Reader Staff October 11, 2012
Simmzy’s: good beer is here to stay Like so many things done well, what the brothers Simms did in downtown Manhattan Beach in retrospect seems inevitable. But Mark McDermott October 11, 2012
Steve Roberts: the South Bay’s palate shifter Steve Roberts goes his own damned way. Others tend to follow. Never was this more apparent than when he opened Mark McDermott October 11, 2012
Smog City Brewing Co.: new brew on the block in Torrance A new craft beer movement has begun, and husband and wife Laurie and Jonathan Porter arrived just in time. Smog Easy Reader Staff October 11, 2012
Sophie’s Place in Redondo Beach: not your typical gastro pub Sophie’s Place, in the heart of Redondo Beach’s Riviera Village, looks more like a French café than one of the Easy Reader Staff October 11, 2012
Monkish Brew Co.: Belgian by way of Scotland Monkish Brewing Co. is one of the newest microbreweries in Los Angeles to call the South Bay its home. And Easy Reader Staff October 11, 2012
Naja’s Place: the people’s bar in Redondo Beach In search of Najah, the godmother of good beer, the beloved founder of Naja’s Place. Easy Reader Staff October 11, 2012
Bottle Shop R(evolution): the South Bay’s purveyors of brew It was a dark time before the revolution. For ages, men wandered far and wide just to find a liquor Easy Reader Staff October 11, 2012
Two men and a van: Strand Brewing Co.’s hard-working road to success One day early in 2009, Rich Marcello picked up the phone to find his old friend Joel Elliot on the Mark McDermott October 11, 2012
MBMS to roll out eco-friendly lunchtime clean-up Manhattan Beach Middle School students will soon learn that dumpster diving can actually help the environment, thanks to a new Easy Reader Staff October 11, 2012
Abigaile: handcrafted goodness in Hermosa Beach Some restaurant environments are so associated with certain cuisines that any variation is jarring. Consider Hermosa’s Abigaile, which some people Richard Foss October 11, 2012