1st Visit – Untamed Spirits

Down in the Silver Lake basin in that busy stretch where the world’s tiniest Trader Joe’s parking lot, Untamed Spirits has found a home for their food and drinks as well as enough TVs for all sports but with an emphasis on Women’s professional sports.

It is a neat location perched off the main street at the base of one the rolling hills that dot the city and it is an even split of indoor and outdoor seating. Nothing overly grand but the point is to gather with friends and maybe get a passion fruit margarita like I did and root on your favorite team, or again, if you are me, root for Portland to always Beat L.A.

Drinks wise, it is probably more of an order their specials type of place as the beer list is bang average and you will want to try the fancy ingredient driven cocktails that they offer and then settle in to watch and cheer with more sessionable drinks or N/A options. The food was quite good too and the service on a night when a special party was coming in was still quite attentive.

365 View

I made my first foray into the first Whole Foods 365 store in Silver Lake recently but due to an extremely long check-out line. I mean gargantuan, I did not pick up any beer but I came away impressed by the price and even the limited (in comparison to the Glendale and Pasadena stores) selection of beers. I might make a stop for a draft first though since on a Sunday night the shelves were a little sparse in spots.
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Beer 365

I am not sure how another grocery store will work out in Los Angeles. We seem well stocked with stores and the last few that attempted to penetrate the market crashed and burned (remember Fresh & Easy?). So I have been skeptical about the new sibling of Whole Foods, 365.

But then I saw this blurb on one of the many Foodie sites I peruse on Facebook….
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Beer Bar? Which made me remember a sign in my local Glendale Whole Foods. A sign for an alcohol permit. Stores want people to stay inside and shop more and if I had a beer that liked on tap, I just might look for a sixer to go.

The bigger question though is, when will there be a BeerBot?

Check out the Food GPS tour of the space HERE.