Sarah Bennett

Ballast Point Brewing’s new Long Beach restaurant, brewery, taproom, sour facility and retail store is, even for a place drowning in beer, huge. Like, really huge. It’s also stunning and, at least for now, maddeningly busy. At almost 12,000 square feet, the latest brewpub-like outpost from the 20-year-old San Diego......

Lovers of locally crafted brew, rejoice: L.A. Beer Week is upon us.  But where to begin celebrating the more than 50 breweries now in L.A. County? And how to plan your attack of the overwhelming calendar of craft beer events happening during the next nine days? There are hundreds of......

“You ever been here before?” the bar back said as I took the first sip of my Monte Carlo, a benedictine-kissed take on an Old Fashioned.  Dressed in a dirty white thermal shirt and unwashed yet dapper slacks, the bar back looked like a blast from the past. He carried a......

At the OC Night Market earlier this month, there was only one food vendor popular enough to require two separate booths. Placed on opposite sides of the massive parking lot loaded with Chinese, Vietnamese and Asian-fusion street food options, Rakken Tacos served flank steak marinated overnight in pho broth, lemongrass......

L.A. Beer Week, nine jam-packed days of local craft beer love (June 18-26), is one of the only city-wide beer celebrations to get its own official brew. Called Unity, the beer's exact style and recipe varies from year to year, but it's always a collaborative effort made with the help of......

A panel of global beer judges confirmed over the weekend what many in L.A. already knew — that our county is now home to some seriously world-class craft beer. Six medals and the title of Best Large Brewpub in the World were given to four local breweries at the 2016......

Tin Vuong is Asian, and he’s a chef. But to corner him as “an Asian chef” would be a mistake. Sure, he’s best known for Little Sister, his Manhattan Beach restaurant (a new location recently opened in downtown L.A.) that slings authentic and remixed Southeast Asian favorites to a soundtrack......