Launch party: Father's Office 2.0

Open? F.O. sho'…well, kinda

At long, over-a-year-in-the-making last, the neon was lit "open." But the familiar crooked arrow points not to the cramped, closet-like quarters of the original Santa Monica location. No, this new office space is an executive suite, nearly doubling the capacity of its predecessor and offering all 36 beers twice over—that means 72 taps behind the gorgeous 50-foot stretch of the bar.

Absolute opening date is still TBD—sometime "before the end of April," we were told—but we drank, ate, and packed in enough of the infamous burger to tide us over until then. And we saw Tony Hawk get his grub on. Yes, be very, very jealous.