What this is: just a great place to escape after a long day discarding red herrings in some windowless Valley writer's room.

What this also is: a great place to escape even if you weren't doing that. A place where you can pull out a tree-trunk stool, order one of those bacon burgers and find the kind of unusual, unfiltered local ale or sour beer you'd expect these esteemed beer guys to find you. That's better.

And here's a short list of atmospheric elements that'll help along your night: flat-screens, chocolate fernet martinis, a patio, pitchforks.....