We doing something a little different. Instead of our usual Saturday night out-to-dinner, we've decided to take advantage of a rare spell of cooler weather here in Los Angeles.
In place of one big meal for dinner, we're heading out on the Gold Line light rail train to have a mini pub crawl, this one only visiting three stops where we'll have an appetizer and a drink before moving on.
First stop is at the Chinatown Station in downtown Los Angeles. We cross the street and head into some desolate looking territory.
No worries, though, because at the other end of that dusty lot is Highland Park Brewery.
Our app here is this delicious sausage plate featuring their mild housemade chorizo with some salsa verde, pickles, okra, and some very delicious slices of bread.
This, along with the house lager...Refresh beer...whets our appetite to continue on and get some more.
The next stop is the Highland Park Station, where a short walk takes us to...
...the Highland Park Bowl, a very retro cool bowling alley with a nice, overwhelming steampunk vibe to it.
App here is calamari, serviceable but not my favorite.
It's washed down with a wit beer made back in downtown L.A. at Boomtown Brewery, one of our favorites.
Back on the train to Pasadena where we get off in Old Pasadena and take the short walk to the Blind Donkey, a tavern that is starting to get a nice, divey sheen to it.
It's happy hour! Our discounted selection includes another wit beer, this one from Pasadena's own Craftsman Brewery, a pilsner from New Belgium, and a tequila sour.
This is our last stop so we pull out a few stops and have more than one app. Here's fritos and salsa with garlic parmesan fries.
Letty shared the fries with Tim and also had some elote.
Tim and I shared the fritos along with some delicious Vienna Beef corn dogs.
That's our limit today, so we hop back on the train to go home and watch the Angel game.
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