It was Day 8 of LA Beer Week (LABW) and Business & Beer made their first appearance at Tortilla Cantina in Old Torrance. From what I heard and saw, everyone had a great time. Tortilla Cantina is a “taco bistro” that boasts 18 different kinds of tacos and 35 beers on tap. Most of the …
Business & Beer comes to Tortilla Cantina, Torrance Read More »
Saturday morning, Sprinkles ’N’ Stuff decorating supplies store held their Grand Opening and ribbon cutting in downtown Torrance. A couple days earlier I had been in the neighborhood and happened to walk by the store and noticed a flyer advertising the event, so I went in and offered to photograph it for them. Sprinkles ’N’ …
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These photos are from Friday night at Oktoberfest at Alpine Village in Torrance. After we held a Business & Beer meeting at the Alpine Inn at Alpine Village, the General Manager invited us back to attend Oktoberfest. Since it was Day Two of LA Beer Week, we decided to take him up on his generous …
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Tonight, Smog City Brewing had their hearing in front of the Torrance Planning Commission for a Conditional Use Permit to open a tasting room in Torrance. If you want to look it up, it was CUP12-00015. As we were given three minutes and I was pretty nervous, my comments ended up being edited slightly at …
My comments to the Torrance Planning Commission in support of CUP12-00015 Read More »
These photos are from the Business & Beer get-together that we had last night at Strand Brewing Company in Torrance. Although we had several regular attendees that were unable to attend due to being out of town, we still had eight people show up, which seems to be the minimum that are coming out; it …
Business & Beer returns to Strand Brewing Co, Torrance Read More »
Two months ago, Tanya and I came up with the idea of Business & Beer; a networking group for small business owners in the South Bay that would meet after normal working hours and we would support the local craft brewers in the area. Since we became familiar with many of the brewpubs and gastropubs …
When I started writing the story about my experience with the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC), I knew that this would have to be broken up into at least three parts. There was too much to say, and it would have been ancient history by the time I got everything documented in the proper …
Torrance Chamber of Commerce: Would I join again? Pros and Cons Read More »
Saturday, the Alpine Village tried something new by holding a one day beer festival, the 2012 Alpine Bier Fest; featuring American craft beers. While Alpine Village has had their Oktoberfest running for 45 years and they offer some very nice bier, it is German. Bier Fest featured 106 different brews from 34 small and medium …
Since this is part two of my saga with the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC); and some may not have read part one, I will summarize to bring you up to speed. I photograph everything. I use the photos to promote people and places. We joined the TACC last December. I photographed many TACC …
TACC Chairman of the Board: Less than .5% of membership are complaining Read More »
Alpine Village in Torrance, CA, home of Southern California’s largest and oldest Oktoberfest (45 years), is spreading their wings so to speak by holding their first ever Bier fest. While Oktoberfest is unmistakably German, Bier fest is German in name only. Otto Radtke, the General Manager of Alpine Village is a big beer fan and …
