Archive for the ‘beer’ Category
Friday, January 18th, 2008
Nobody seems to have gone to Newstead Tower Public House but me so I thought I'd briefly comment. Forgive the haphazard style.
As Annie said over on the forum, the first thing you notice when you head into Newstead is that the bar is non-smoking. This is a huge ...
Posted in beer, chefs, farming, restaurants, sustainable agriculture | 4 Comments »
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Did you know St. Louis food bloggers have love for you. Well we do, and today we're all posting our lists of 10 local food gifts.
Here you can find the other participants lists. There's sure to be some overlap, and it will be fun to see where it ...
Posted in Illinois, beer, coffee, farmers' markets, groceries, restaurants | 5 Comments »
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Granite City Food & Brewery "is a casual dining restaurant with an on-site brewery."
With "19 stores operating in eight different states" currently, it's a chain brewpub based out of St. Cloud MN, and St. Louis is getting one to call our very own.
They've been building it for a while ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
There are a few things I didn't get to over the past few months so travel back in time with me as I cover a little lost ground Nakamura style.
From Mastodon to moe., and all points in between, over the years I've been to far more than a handful ...
Posted in beer, restaurants, reviews, trips | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
My Dad sends me so much email he generally gets filtered as spam -- seriously. Here's one I scooped out of the trash:
Retailers to Cross-Sell Books and Beer
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway stores will merchandise Anheuser-Busch’s new “Great Food, Great Beer” cookbook alongside beer in front-of-the-store displays and on counters during ...
Posted in beer, general food | 2 Comments »
Friday, October 19th, 2007
For those of us with low weekly hit counts like Mike and me, we're feeling a little cheated out of our favorite time of week. Always good for a number of hits, it's The Weekly Food Blog Digest
So first, congratulations to Ian and Brooke!
...and second, I'm stealing the post ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
To say I was just a little excited when Ian posted yesterday about the Bell's Brewery beer dinner at Mangia next Thursday (2007.10.26) would be a bit of an understatement.
I picked up the phone immediately and made a reservation for four. Hours later it was a reservation for six.
And ...
Posted in beer, events, restaurants | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Arriving at 2:00PM, solidly in the middle of Harvest Festival running from 11-5, we were shown what happens when restaurants don't believe that a festival will, in fact, be crowded.
Lots more pics after the jump...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
WHAT: Sixth Annual Harvest Festival
WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit, Mo. (just off I-44 at exit #253)
COST: $5 adults, $4 seniors 65 and older; $3 for Garden members
SPONSORS: Presented by Sauce Magazine and Schlafly Beer. Sponsors are the Shaw Nature, ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Saturday we headed out to the Augusta Bottoms Beer Festival. It was not exactly the the best day for a beer festival as we were edging into the freaky-hot realm of October temperatures. Still, with good beer and good friends it was definitely worth it.
One thing I had ...
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