Torn Label Brewing Co. Owners Chose Crossroads Over Careers In Hollywood, Chicago

Rafi Chaudry and Travis Moore, co-owners of Torn Label Brewing Co., set aside promising career opportunities in Hollywood and Chicago to brew beer in the Crossroads Arts District.

Rafi Chaudry and Travis Moore, co-owners of Torn Label Brewing Co., set aside promising career opportunities in Hollywood and Chicago to brew beer in the Crossroads Arts District. Six years later, they make those fork-in-the-road decisions sound like complete no-brainers. “If somebody asks you if you might want to start a brewery, I think the…

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The Halo Effect: What’s Behind the Graffiti Markings in the Crossroads?

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Passersby along Southwest Boulevard may notice the graffiti that covers the Crossroads Art District. It’s everywhere: down alleyways, along buildings, across dumpsters and even on electrical equipment. Heading east, past the well-known, large animal murals of Scribe, sections of the district are covered in lone “tags,” or the pen name of artists. These artists, who…

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City Barrel Brewing Co. Looks to Get Hoppy on Holmes

City Barrel Brewing Co. will have six beers on tap, including Rad AF, when it opens this Friday.

Shrimp get a quick cure in sour beer at City Barrel Brewing Co. (1740 Holmes St.), which opens this Friday in the Crossroads. The sour beer ceviche is just one of the reasons — a wine-beer hybrid and brews based on Tiki drinks are among the others — that City Barrel is going to alter…

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