The Globe’s Beer Goggles

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 31, 2013
You’d be mistaken if you assumed the Globe was just another newfangled, fashionably modern gastropub. It may bill itself as that, but when you walk in for the first time, you’ll do a double take. You may even go back outside to check the marquee...
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