Esquire Magazine has “the latest installment of our ever-growing franchise celebrating the great bars of America, those harmonious and radiant places that serve us drinks, keep us company, and put up with our regrettable behavior. This is not an overhaul of last year’s list. Those bars are still great, and we still drink in them.”
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The Ginger Man chain, one of the first multi-taps in the country, is opening a new location at 99 Washington St. in South Norwalk, Connecticut. It’s located in a former bank. As with the Gingerman pubs in Manhattan and Greenwich there will be more emphasis on food than the original three locations in Texas, but [...]
Two brewpubs in the DC area closed in 2006 and no new ones opened. Business for craft beer is good, we know, but operating brewpubs can still be a challenge.
Greg Kitsock examines the challenges brewery-restaurants face and reports what’s new in the region in The Washington Post (free registration).
Franklin’s Restaurant, Brewery and General Store in [...]
He liked the beer, so he bought the brewpub.
That’s how Tim McDonnell came to own Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch, a German-style brewpub in Davis, Calif.
The Marin Independent Journal reports he’s happy to have better access to the highly thought of pilsner. “That’s my favorite,” he says.
Lenn Thompson, who writes the highly regarded Lenndevours wine blog, visits Southampton Publick House.
Good marks for the beer (what credibility would he have otherwise), but not for the food. That won’t keep him from going back, maybe because of his final positive on the list of good and bad:
Did I mention the beer? Seriously though, [...]
