I have very few reasons to ever go to the valley, but today I add one very good reason to the list, Vendome Toluca Lake.

This Vendome stands apart from it’s sister stores in Beverly Hills and Studio City because the staff here actually cares about beer. They are knowledgeable on their selection, frequently holding weekend beer tastings, introducing customers to new choices.

6 packs are refrigerated in their long aisle of beer. Across from the fridges is a mind-bottling selection of Belgians, Brits, Germans, you name it. Much of the stuff you wont find anywhere else in LA.

If you’re still looking for your Christmas beer fix, Vendome Toluca Lake has an impeccable selection. Pictured below: Blaugies La Moneuse Special Winter, Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza (reviewed at Summer of Beer), Nogne-O Winter Ale, Hook Norton Twelve Days, Goulden Carolus Noel, Blue Frog Big DIPA (hmm, not so Christmassy), and Serafijn Christmas Angel.

They are also one of the first places in LA to carry Mikkeller, the Danish microbrew sensation from brewers Mikkel Borg Bjergsø and Kristian Klarup Keller, who were named the 5th best brewers in the world by ratebeer.com

Right now they have Mikkeller’s Christmas Porter, To/From, and Santa’s Little Helper 2007, an 11% Belgian style winter warmer.

Make the trip over to Vendome Toluca Lake, and you might still be able to pick up a couple bottles of De Ranke’s very limited Pere Noel in the green paper wrapper.

Vendome Toluca Lake
10600 Riverside Dr North Hollywood, CA
(818) 766-9593