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Swinging Doors is a series about Metro Los Angeles bars and their histories; including ale houses, bikini bars, booking clubs, breweries, cocktail lounges, coffee bars, dives, gasthauses, gay bars, gin joints, izakaya, pi-jiu wu, tiki bars, &c

08/23/2024

For this month's "Ask Silver Lake," I delve into the history of Los Angeles Fire Department Company 56, the original home of which (now Edendale) just turned 100 years old.

The following article was written for the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council‘s “Ask Silver Lake” series — ‘Ask Silver Lake’ is dedicated to exploring the history and insights of our community. If you…

11/27/2022

No. 34 in the 2022 Countdown -- Los Angeles's Early Houses

Everyone knows about "last call" but what about "first call?"

These Los Angeles bars open at 6:00 am -- the earliest that they are legally allowed to... incidentally, 37 minutes before tomorrow's sunrise.

https://ericbrightwell.com/2022/01/25/swinging-doors-los-angeless-early-houses/

11/22/2022

No. 38 in the 2022 Countdown -- a look at the history of mead-making in Los Angeles. You may be surprised to learn that indigenous people were making mead here... and there's more to it today than just renaissance faires. Ever had Ethiopian honey wine?

Happy Mead Day! Yes, 6 August is Mead Day — not that I expect anyone to know that. Nor did I know it until I searched up “mead day” a couple of weeks ago and discovered that it wa…

11/21/2022

No. 38 in the 2020 Countdown -- a look at Los Angeles's small but growing cider scene. I know real cider-heads drink cider year-round -- but to me, autumn really feels like cider season. Cheers!

https://ericbrightwell.com/2022/09/26/swinging-doors-los-angeless-cider-scene-on-johnny-appleseed-day/

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