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Grand Avenue and Baseline Tap House
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TP2000
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Agreed. But at least this new Grand Avenue area has nothing that is exclusive to current-day downtown Los Angeles. Except for the streetlights, they did recreate those very accurately.
But the rest of Grand Avenue could be any city in America, and has nothing that looks exclusively like LA. Although I can't think of any American urban area that has a perfect view of a Tatooine gift shop across the street.
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ABQ
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Considering it was nothing more than a coffee shop, which though quaint, didn't produce the best espresso imho, I'm not sure it wasn't Anyplace USA before, so I'm a bit happy for its replacement, as the beer menu is a nice variety.
Eckert
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They do mixed drinks on tap at The Polite Pig and Disney Springs and they seemed pretty well received.
PizzaPlanet
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Updated park map, and I have a few observations. First, they removed the pipes from the Muppet*Vision show building. Also you can now see Miss Piggy on the map, which was previously just a blue dot. Oddly enough it still looks like a planter.
Agreed. But at least this new Grand Avenue area has nothing that is exclusive to current-day downtown Los Angeles. Except for the streetlights, they did recreate those very accurately.
But the rest of Grand Avenue could be any city in America, and has nothing that looks exclusively like LA. Although I can't think of any American urban area that has a perfect view of a Tatooine gift shop across the street.
It seems like it was reversed engineered. I imagine the conversation something like this:
OK, we need to keep the place-setting in L.A. and we got to keep those facades. Do any of those facades look like it could be L.A.?
Well, if you paint the corner one yellow, it sorta resemble a building on Grand Avenue by 7th Avenue.
Great, Grand Avenue it is. Paint the others to be L.A.-ish. Add a bar. Put up flyers in PizzeRizzo. Put up signs in the street everywhere calling it Grand Avenue!
But isn't Grand Avenue known for the giant contemporary buildings in the theater and arts district?
We'll say it's "downtown L.A." then.
Won't people think of Rodeo Drive and Beverly Hills if you say "downtown L.A."
You're fired.
durangojim
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I can understand that. I'm just spoiled because there are so many places at WDW to get a good or great cocktail IMO.
So, you won't be able to see Tatooine Traders from Grand Ave because it will be blocked off by that forest!
Notes from Neverland
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Looks really nice!
TP2000
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I think you summed it up perfectly. Add in many catered lunches, and an expense account two-night stay at the hipster-lavish LA Standard for 60 minute walking tours of the bland and generic neighborhoods of downtown LA (don't trip over that meth addict lying on the sidewalk!), with a few spa treatments and a WDI middle-management reception at the Standard's rooftop bar, and you have the entire creative design process Imagineering used to re-brand this 30 year old corner of the park as "present-day downtown LA".
It's just laughable. But at least the new bar has some decent wines and small bites on the menu.
aladdin2007
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I feel like that's where it belongs, the parks seem to be turning into disney springs and drinking but its all about profit from every corner, so Im sure more of these are on the way. Thats the crowd they seem to be interested in.
Well, on the one hand, just about every major restaurant in a 'wet' park has an associated 'lounge'. And so, the Sci-Fi Drive-In now has it's associated lounge.
OTOH, it's theme has nothing to do with SFDI.
njDizFan
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I like the idea of the cheese plate, the $9 pretzel sounds good but it's a $9 pretzel!
Went with a very unimaginative slate of beer offerings, Stone, Lagunitas, Sierra Nevada. Those are probably amongst the 3 biggest "craft" breweries in Ca and have some quality offerings. Just heavily loaded with lagers, pale ales and IPAs, and ones with relatively low ABVs.
Went with a very unimaginative slate of beer offerings, Stone, Lagunitas, Sierra Nevada. Those are probably amongst the 3 biggest "craft" breweries in Ca and have some quality offerings. Just heavily loaded with lagers, pale ales and IPAs, and ones with relatively low ABVs.
durangojim
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I wonder how many people at WDW when looking at this area would recognize it as part of LA. I know I wouldn't. I think it looks nice for what it is. I wish it was a real bar where you could get some great cocktails like the Carthay Circle Lounge at DCA but this is what it is and I guess it's better than some options.
phi2134
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Plastic Cups....great way to ruin good beer
trampdog
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If you stay inside you get glass. However
I’d hardly say there is “good beer” in here.
Flynnwriter
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Ok, but this is a theme park, not Westfield mall. There has to be something more immersive and fantastic than that!