Verdugo

If my liver and job allowed it, I would probably be here every night.

I've been to the Verdugo a few times and am always impressed with their craft beer selection and the music choice. HOWEVER, I am always let down by how rude the bartenders ALWAYS are to me and whoever I'm with. I understand that as a bartender you have the pleasure of working with belligerent drunks more often than not which would put anyone in a bad mood. But why punish the innocents? I was stiffed on my delicious beer not once but TWICE in one night. WHY?!? A gentleman to my right ordered the same beer in the same glass and received the proper amount marked on the glass. I left it alone thinking it was a simple miss pour, much to my dismay it happened again with my second glass. I generally like to avoid awkward situations and am not that much of a lush so I left it alone.

Now on to the reasons as to why I gave them 4 stars...

The atmosphere is fun and trendy. I spend most of my time on the patio that is lit with cute string lights and decorated with craft beer posters and wooden tables and benches. The perfect place to spend a summer night. They even have Chimichurri an Argentinian grill serving delicious empenadas and choripans (Argentinian sausages) which is perfect for everyone's late night drunk munchies. Mmmm...

If you like to drink, and love to find special little hole in the wall places. This is one of those places. A single lit sign that says "cocktail" in a suspicious neighborhood, and unusually hard to find parking; this can only suggest one thing in LA. A hipster bar!

Yes it's hipster, but Unlike your typical hipster bars, I didn't see them serve cheap crappy beer or $3 margaritas. Only the finest finest imports and microbrews around. And if you fancy a cocktail, their bartender will make you a proper drink.

The best part about Verdugo is the bar layout. You got your bar stools up in front of the bar, your lounge booths behind that, and some in the middle room by the bath rooms. And outside, you got these bench style tables for socializing. Don't worry, they got ash trays and jenga on deck. Always a good time when jenga is involved.

The drinks are a bit pricey. They are about 6-7 dollar per cup or pint depending on the beer. We came on a Monday, just happened to bump into the guys at Gramercy beverage co. A local beer distributor. They were giving out these neat beer glass from Monk Ale which the purchase of a glass of their Belgian pale ale($7). They were nice enough to tell us about this American brewed ale by Ale. Check out this video I did with owner Jeremy and his lovely assistant Judy.
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Check out our video of this place, make sure to subscribe on YouTube if want to see more!
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