Mario Marovic’s Lounge Group Transforms Newport Beach Brewing Co. Into Helmsman Ale House

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • September 25, 2019
The chicken schnitzel plate. Photo by Edwin Goei The logo for Newport Beach’s Helmsman Ale House is a sea captain with a beard of tentacles gripping a ship’s wheel. I don’t know what his official name is, but I can’t think of a better mascot for...
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