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BierBiesel Imbiss photos

Chef Bernhard Mairinger, at his new casual Austrian restaurant BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles.

Chef Bernhard Mairinger, at his new casual Austrian restaurant BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

By S. Irene Virbila
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Housebaked breads from BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown L.A.

Two young Austrian master bakers turn out the bread for Chef Bernhard Mairinger’s restaurant BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

At the new BierBeisl Imbiss, you get a wooden tray with inserts for bread, wine glass or beer glass

A specialized tray, designed to hold food and drinks stationary, at Chef Bernhard Mairinger’s BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

The menu at BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles

The menu at Chef Bernhard Mairinger’s new restaurant BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Bernhard Mairinger, chef/owner of BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles

Chef Bernhard Mairinger in the doorway of his new casual Austrian restaurant BierBeisl Imbiss in the Spring Arcade Building in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Morning pastry from BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown L.A.

Morning pastries at BierBeisl Imbiss.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Bernhard Mairinger with the largest of his beer mugs and glasses

Bernhard Mairinger has beer mugs and glasses from 10 ounce sizes up to 33 ounces at BierBeisl Imbiss.

  (S. Irene Virbila / Los Angeles Times)

"Chips" for buying beer at BierBeisl Imbiss

At BierBeisl Imbiss, you can buy chips for 10 beers at a time at a discount. Instead of waiting in line to buy another beer, simply give the chip to the man behind the bar. These chips never expire.

  (S. Irene Virbila / Los Angeles Times)

Wine glasses and beer mugs at the ready at BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown L.A.

Wine glasses and beer mugs sit ready at Chef Bernhard Mairinger’s restaurant BierBeisl Imbiss in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

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S. Irene Virbila

S. Irene Virbila is a former restaurant critic and wine columnist for the Los Angeles Times. She left in 2015.

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