Angel City Brewery

Downtown, Los Angeles –

Housed in an airy converted warehouse that looks like LA’s answer to New York’s Flatiron Building, Angel City Brewery serves up a mix of German-style hops and laid-back sophistication that leaves Downtown’s rough-and-tumble reputation a distant memory.

Massive loading dock doors admit artists and the weary after-work crowd into the 27,000-square-foot space, where they sprawl on picnic benches to quaff pints of lager and admire the rotating collection of art propped against cement pillars and scattered kegs.

Although the industrial décor features staples like red brick and white paint, the minimalist motif is taken to extremes upstairs, where a few plastic tables occupy a tiny fraction of the floor, leaving a vast, empty expanse of hardwood for patrons in the mood to wander with their craft beer, stretch their legs, or just survey the scene from afar.

Beer lovers can gaze at the gleaming steel vats at the heart of the venue’s brewing process, or at the giant corkscrew that runs from floor to ceiling – but tipsy revelers should take note: this twisty turny mass of steel is an oversized contemporary art installation and not a slide for those who can no longer manage the stairs.

With authentic German flavor and contemporary American flair, Angel City Brewery offers LA’s beer aficionados a place to relax, kick back, and earn their wings.