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The Urban Grocer Takes Geneva! DRINK

March 19, 2012 – 3:35 pm | One Comment
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From an art studio-cum-cafe to a Spanish wine bar to a butcher shop turned local watering hole, The Urban Grocer’s co-founder, Caitlin Zaino, explores the most innovative spots to quench your thirst in Geneva, Switzerland. …

Smokin’ Brew: Cigar City Brewing Company

November 16, 2011 – 1:27 pm | 2 Comments
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Tobacco and beer: Now there’s a classic combination. If you want to have a cigar with your favorite brew but you’re not so keen on the hazards of smoking, we’ve got just the thing for …

Barley Basher: Cervecería Sagrada

October 4, 2011 – 3:39 pm | No Comment

Beer and professional wrestling: Now there’s a winning combination. No, we’re not talking about Coors Lite and Hulk Hogan. This is a much more sophisticated and exotic kind of pairing. This is Cervecería Sagrada, and …

The Fresh Smell of Beer….

October 3, 2011 – 11:48 am | No Comment
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Feeling a little grimy after a long night out? No problem; just jump in the shower and reach for another beer. Not the drinkable kind, of course – the sudsy kind. Something like Brooklyn Brewery’s …

Get Your Buzz On A Cone: Frozen Pints

September 22, 2011 – 12:41 pm | One Comment

What’s better than digging into some sweet ice cream piled high during a hot summer day? An ice-cold beer, you say? Well now you can have your brew and eat it too, thanks to …

The Urban Grocer’s Chocolate + Savory Picks

September 16, 2011 – 8:24 am | No Comment

I’m a sucker for salty and sweet and chocolate seems to be reigning champion in that department. So this week’s Friday Five is all about our favorite chocolate + salty (or savory) combinations.
Chocolate + …

Swiss Bliss: Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes

July 28, 2011 – 2:55 pm | One Comment

It was the old school vintage labels and cool, dark beer bottles with Grolsch-style flip caps that first caught my attention. Then I cracked open a bottle of La Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes – or BFM, …

Punk Bars for a Punk Beer: BrewDog

July 7, 2011 – 9:20 am | One Comment

Marketed as beer for punks, Scotland-based BrewDog has been conjuring up innovative new hardcore beers since early 2007 (remember their beer bottled in roadkill we covered?). From their award-winning ‘Punk IPA’, to the black lager …

Grunge-Chic: Doss Blockos

May 18, 2011 – 9:44 pm | No Comment

There’s something downright illicit about swigging an alcoholic beverage that’s concealed inside a brown paper bag. It’s edgy, it’s grungy, it’s kind of criminal – which means, of course, that it’s also indisputably hip. Enter …

Butcher Brew: Blood Alley Bitter

April 20, 2011 – 3:26 am | 3 Comments

I’m not sure if it’s the darkly alluring title, the bold red hues or the pig and how it calls to mind charcuterie and other such farm-chic trends, but Blood Alley Bitter seems to hit …