Japanese Beer Garden

At the corner of 2nd and Los Angeles downtown is the New Otani Hotel. Catering, typically to Japanese clientelle i believe, the third floor features a pleasant japanese garden. My fiance, Jenny, had her sweet 16 party there back in the day. Recently it seems the hotel fell into disrepair, but signs in the hotel have been hyping a complete renovation.

Over the last few weeks friends from work and I have hit there new Beer Garden at the japanese garden. Pitchers of Sapporo are 18bucks and you can order beef, chicken, and veggies to grill on a mini electric hibachi on your table.

For downtown workers, this place is a great spot to detox/intox after a hard week at work.