Glendale Tap — Restaurant in Glendale

57 craft beers on constant rotation means you're getting fresh beers all the time, they also have cider, seltzer, kombucha and non-alocohlic beer and soft drinks/juices. Strong Air Conditioner blasting coolness into the dimly lit eclectic bar area, with a pool table($1.00) & 2 T.Vs.. Shaded patio out back with plenty of cool tables and 2 more T.V.s playing sports and movies and a guest food vendor serving up wonderful food most nights. Next to the patio is the newly renovated Game Room, with foosball table, ping pong table, dart board, ring toss game, usable board game(Risk, Battleships, Sorry, Pass Out, Marblehead, Jenga, Life, too many to recall) T.V. etc. amongst a wall of old school board games attached to the walls. The bar also serves Hot Prezels with mustards, a variety of potato chips, beef jerkey and sometimes purple...

Blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of place, hidden in plain sight. No hard alcohol.

Beer selection is craft and (mostly?) local. It's both very good and interesting; feels like a beer lover runs the place and is putting a lot of thought into presenting fresh finds and hidden gems.

Crowd is quintessential LA for a local spot; mixed bag of folks and dress codes, all getting the same LA greeting (shrug and a head nod). Same goes for the vibe; not upscale, but not a dive.

For the last star: bartenders are friendly (enough) and (fairly) efficient, but haven't gotten a sense that they know the beers enough to trust a recommendation.

Food served in patio is good (on a dive bar / food truck / quik-serve...

I got a chance to meet Steve from Glendale Tap at a local liquor store. He recommended an Almanac dogpatch cherry sour. It was one of the better sours I have tried. He also invited us to visit his bar sometime. A few days later I made my way over to Glendale Tap. That day they happen to be having an event with Deschutes brewery, one of my favorite breweries. I tried the Black Butte porter and the Chainbreaker white IPA at $5 a pint. These were some very tasty beers and best of all it was buy a beer keep the glass, so I got another pint glass to add to my collection. I did not get a chance to try any of the other beers on tap, they have over 50. I will...