Best craft beer bar: Simmzy’s
Simmzy cicerone Peter Shuey pours a Cismontane brew. Photo by Anna Cox Hats off to the Brothers Simms, Chris and Mike – or better yet, a tip of a tasty pint to a family that has raised the game for fine food and drink in Manhattan Beach and the South Bay. The Simms family launched locally with the purchase of The Kettle by Tom Simms Sr. , and the family has since opened such signature restaurants as Tin Roof Bistro and MB Post (where Mike is managing partner). Arguably their most brilliant stroke of culinary genius was opening Simmzy’s four years ago, filling what in retrospect was a glaring lack in downtown MB. The Simms did three things immensely right from the get-go: they tore down the front wall of a formerly struggling restaurant site just two blocks from the MB pier and let the air in; they built a creative and impeccably sourced artisanal pub menu; and they installed 24 pulls pouring strictly craft beer. It was a big hit from the very beginning and has continued unabated – rare is the time, at any hour, that Simmzy’s isn’t overflowing. Mike Simms says the secret to Simmzy’s success is far more than the sum of its parts. It’s about the people – four years later, more than a…
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