Eats & Drinks
Artisan Chick Event & Other Weekend Possibilities
The Artisan Chick Event is Saturday (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at Crown Center. You can browse and shop handmade local goods and artisan food products (everything from brigadeiros to pickles), try a cookie and beer pairing, or sample spirits from Union Horse Distilling Co. and J. Rieger…
5 Surprising Ways You Can Get Your Coffee Fix
Coffee. It’s not just for cups any more. Restaurants and coffee shops are transforming the reason we get out of bed every morning into everything from dinner to the cocktails that follow dinner. We just don’t have new coffee shops (read our piece about Goat Hill Coffee & Soda, which recently opened on the Westside)…
Weston Applefest & Other Weekend Possibilities
How do you like them apples? (#SorryNotSorry for that pun.) The 28th annual Weston Applefest is Saturday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Shop for handmade goods, watch a hay baler in action, or stuff yourself on apple butter, cider, or pie. Admission is $1. There’s beauty in watching…
Goat Hill Coffee and Soda Trots Into The Westside
The departure of Little Freshie (811 W 17th street) from the Westside earlier this year left a gap for regulars that stopped in for sodas with house syrups or afternoon coffee. Last week, Goat Hill Coffee and Soda opened in the space to provide refreshments once again. Co-owners Tanner Stevens and Levi Holland are shaping the…
Chapter 2 | Demand, The Myth, The Legend
Arthur Bryant’s has been luring folks, like James Beard Award-winning chef Colby Garrelts, to the counter for years with the siren call of smoke. Garrelts, the co-owner of Rye and Bluestem, has been coming to Bryant’s since he was a child, just like writer Calvin Trillin (who famously shined a light on burnt ends four…