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Drink, Food, Restaurant, Review

Restaurant Review: 841 Brew House

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/30/2015 • 3 Comments

I’m beginning a new, spring and summer series of restaurant reviews. I’ll begin with something that, itself, is new: the restaurant at 841 Milwaukee Street, having opened at the beginning of the year. The 841 Brew House is a sports bar and restaurant, and differs notably and favorably from the predecessor establishment at that location. …

Drink, Food

Food, Drink: Coffee Houses of Vienna

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/23/2015 • Comments

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Coffee: Six Degrees of Caffeination

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/26/2015 • Comments

Delicious, isn’t it?

Animation, Drink, Film

Sunday Animation: A Nice Cup of Tea

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/28/2014 • Comments

George Orwell’s advice on tea — A Nice Cup of Tea from Kyle Predki on Vimeo.

Drink, Weird Tales

The Perils of Eggnog

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/26/2014 • Comments

In a recent FW poll, I asked if readers would say yes or no to eggnog. (Most supported the holiday beverage, and I was among them, favoring it in my case in small doses.) It is, however, always possible to have too much of a good thing, as Ryan Roche of Utah learned, after he…

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Most-Energizing Coffees

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/30/2014 • Comments

Pick-me-up info:

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Pairing Beer and Food

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/24/2014 • Comments

It’s much, much better to drink well and moderately than to drink too much of a poor brew. In the video below, Brendan Woodcock and Daniel Burns of the New York beer bar Torst discuss enjoyable pairings of food and beer.

Drink, Good Ideas, Technology

Italians Create First Zero-Gravity Espresso Machine

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/19/2014 • Comments

The ISSpresso —

Drink, Food, Restaurant

On Restaurant Reviews: The Scientist’s Patronage

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/10/2013 • 2 Comments

The most important offering of a restaurant is food, but following closely are atmosphere and service. In fact, for low-end, commodity offerings, I’d say atmosphere (bright, clean) and service (quick & friendly) are often decisive. Someone in town mentioned to me that the service at an establishment I’d reviewed favorably months ago was on the…

Drink, Food, Restaurant, Review

Restaurant Review: The SweetSpot

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/20/2013 • 3 Comments

View Larger Map Located along Whitewater Street, near the Cravath lakefront, is Whitewater’s principal coffee shop: The SweetSpot at 226 West Whitewater. There are other places in town for coffee, and until recently there were even more, but The SweetSpot now occupies a preeminent place. So what shall one simply say about this much-touted coffee…

Drink, Food, Hip & Prosperous

About Whitewater’s Restaurants

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/08/2012 • Comments

At last night’s common council session, there was more than one person who remarked that Whitewater needed an improved dining scene. She does. Although there are some real gems here, we’ve not enough of the sort of dining that would attract people to Whitewater time and again. A city of our size cannot have successful,…

Drink, Food, Laws/Regulations, Liberty

The War on Really Big Cups of Cola

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/14/2012 • Comments

Reason’s latest Nanny of the Month is food warrior and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Drink, Recipe

The Michelada

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/05/2012 • Comments

From the website that touted the Pickleback, comes the Michelada. The NYT’s Toby Cecchini describes it as “a cousin of the Bloody Mary, or a spiced-up version of a Midwestern staple, the Red Eye.” (For a more cautious take on the drink, see Eric Felten’s A Curious Treat From Down Mexico Way.) There are several…

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The Pickleback

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/18/2012 • Comments

I’ve no doubt that Wisconsin’s bartenders are up on this, but for others who are unfamiliar, here’s a Pickleback — A shot of Jameson’s with a shot of pickle juice as chaser. Sounds odd, but it’s delicious. The drink reportedly originated in Williamsburg, a Brooklyn neighborhood. (About Williamsburg, I’ll have more to write later this…