Locust pub crawl

Making some noise in the Locust Business District

By Josh Gilbert, Special to Metromix

Downtown is coming back in a big way, but it’s not just that flashy strip down Washington Avenue that’s attracting all the nightlife. There’s quite a bit to be seen, tasted, and guzzled in the Locust Business District, a special tax district in the city, stretching west from 18th Street all the way to Compton, with the intent of redeveloping and rehabbing all the historic buildings and businesses in the area. With a list of some of the bars in the area, it wasn’t a tough decision to partake in the recent charitable pub crawl benefitting Food Outreach. And since it was for charity, we allowed ourselves a sense of self-importance. Seven bars in six hours? Well, let’s not waste any time...