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Best Place to Brew Your Own Beer

Beer is made from four main ingredients: water, malt, yeast and hops. At the only do-it-yourself brewery in L.A. County, beginners can learn how to properly combine all of them by making their very own 5- or 10-gallon brew. Like a boozy Color Me Mine, Zymurgy Brew Works and Tasting......
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Best New Craft Beer Bar

The best part about the Beer Belly in downtown Long Beach isn't the sudden south-county availability of the decadent Death by Duck fries, or even the location's addition of an equally indulgent brunch menu, something the original Beer Belly in Koreatown could never churn out of its tiny kitchen. It's......
Food halls and variations on them have been popping up all across Los Angeles. Many are incorporating booze options and outdoor seating.; Credit: Danny Liao

Best New Food Court

From Grand Central Market to the Santa Monica Food Truck Lot to Smorgasburg, Los Angeles has always found a way to assemble a curated crop of upstart food concepts in one simple location. SteelCraft takes that tradition one step further. A new-wave food court that has few local precedents in......
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Best Funk and Soul Night

There are clubs that promise to spin funk and soul records and then there's the Good Foot, the monthly Long Beach dance night that has set the standard for nearly two decades. Founded by resident DJs (and serious crate diggers) Dennis Owens and Rodi Delgadillo in 1998, the all-vinyl affair,......