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Bottle Rock livens up Downtown's South Park
Eating L.A. — ... Risotto with ginger, pork belly, pig ear terrine and cubed pork, topped with Chinese-style pork floss Downtown's South Park /Staples-L.A. Live area is still feeling rather corporate and sterile. But things are starting to perk up around the edges, with lively wine bars like BottleRock and ...

BottleRock Downtown Now Serves Beer Floats
Caroline on Crack — ... Guess what? BottleRock in Downtown now serves BEER FLOATS! Just this week they started selling hand-made ice cream from Milk Creamery to serve as dessert to Jared Levy’s (formerly of Blue Velvet and Providence) fine cuisine so they thought, why not beer floats? Why not, indeed! And what makes this, dare I say, better than the ...

An Infusion of Danish and Neighborhood Character into South Park: Hygge Bakery
Squid Ink — ... continental fare, such as croissants and meringue cookies, breads, focaccias, plus a coffee bar. Co-owner and Denmark native Rasmus Lee says sandwiches are made fresh to order for the Downtown lunch crowd, too. Hygge's customers so far have been "a good mix. And we have a lot of Danish people," Lee says. The interior aesthetic is consistent with the quasi-industrial, exposed-ducts-and-raw-concrete look of its surroundings on Hope and 11th Streets (diagonally across the street from BottleRock ). No need to drive to ...

First Run of BottleRock Downtown Tasting Menu Mondays
Caroline on Crack — ... Honestly, even though there’s a perfectly good chef and a perfectly good kitchen, I never really considered BottleRock Downtown a dining destination before . Wine, beer and beer floats, yes. Actual food food? Not so much. That is until its resident beer geek Alex Macy invited me to check out a food tasting the wine bar is ...

BottleRock Downtown: Tonight’s Tasting Menu
Caroline on Crack — IMG_9628 Remember that awesome tasting menu Mondays that BottleRock Downtown let me check out last month ? It’s where I ate a fried prawn head. Yeah, that one. Well, here’s tonight’s tasting menu courtesy of the bar/restaurant’s beer sommelier Alex Macy. For this one Chef Jared Levy has created five courses, including amuse bouche and dessert. All for $50.  Those bone marrow sliders sound intriguing. And if you want, you can pair your dinner with either wine (additional $20) or beer (additional $10). BottleRock Downtown 1050 S Flower Street Los Angeles, California 90015 ( map ) Reservations: (213) 747-1100 ...

Beer Week Highlights
EAT: LA — ... (five wheat beers to try), BottleRock (Firestone Walker brews) and Seven Grand (no special beer, but aged bourbon for your nightcap pleasure). Tuesday : Schmaltz Beer Dinner at ...