Bite Club

Maglianero Closed — But Not for Long

by Corin Hirsch Posted on December 12, 2013 at 3:18PM

Caffeine seekers who have shown up at Maglianero Café in Burlington the past few days may have been disappointed to find a locked door. They should fear not: The coffee mecca is not gone, just in the process of being moved to the street-facing gallery space upstairs at 47 Maple.Manager Corey Goldsmith is knee-deep in the renovations — as in, doing much of it himself — putting together "a more integrated, clean, modern look" that he designed.

Alice Eats: Hostel Tevere

by Alice Levitt Posted on December 10, 2013 at 12:15PM

203 Powderhound Road, Warren, 496-9222It's no secret that I'm a Jewish American Princess. I normally wouldn't be caught dead in a youth hostel.

Grazing: Open-Faced Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Robie Farm Toma & Cider Jelly

by Corin Hirsch Posted on December 6, 2013 at 4:37PM

The raw milk cheeses of Robie Farm are intense. In fact, the entire place is kind of intense, in its own bucolic way: a 140-year-old dairy farm on a windswept plain in Piermont, N.H.

Midweek Swig: Noonan Black IPA from Smuttynose Brewing Co.

by Corin Hirsch Posted on December 5, 2013 at 4:53PM

This week: Noonan Black IPA from Smuttynose Brewing Co., Portsmouth, N.H.Cost: $1.55 for a 12-ounce bottle at Lebanon Health Food Store, Lebanon, N.H.Strength: 5.7 percent a.b.v.The pour: Inky and almost syrupy, like a porter, with a foamy head that holds its form for up to 10 minutes. The beer smells vaguely like a Dove Dark Chocolate Promise dipped in pine resin. The taste: Hoppy-ho, this is bittah!

Should Vermont Lift the Ban on Happy Hours? Watchdog.org Thinks So

by Corin Hirsch Posted on December 5, 2013 at 4:30PM

A website called Watchdog.org has published an article suggesting that the Vermont ban on happy hours — selling drinks at lower prices during certain times — is economically illogical.Writer Jon Street quoted the owner of Burlington's Ake's Place, Ronnie Ryan, who suggested that the state should allow bars to lure in customers with occasional happy hours.“Burlington is so rich in young professionals and college students, I’m confident it would help business, and if it helps our business it also helps the state as it will generate more money in taxes,” he said.Bill Goggins, director of education, licensing and enforcement for the Vermont Department of Liquor Control, broadly explained the role of the state government in keeping people safe, while a fellow at the Cato Institute lamented, “Why should Vermont insert itself between deals that please restaurants and customers alike?”

Québec Microbrewery Stirs the Pot With Questionably Named Beers

by Corin Hirsch Posted on December 4, 2013 at 2:24PM

A microbrewery in the northern Québec burg of Lévis — just across the Saint Lawrence River from Québec City — is garnering unwanted attention from branding a few of its beers with names and imagery that is less than flattering to women.This summer, Le Corsaire produced a beer called La Tite Pute, which translates to "the little whore/slut," and was advertised as "easy and fruity." Another beer, Le Perruche, means "the parrot" in French but features a label of a naked woman in a birdcage.

Alice Eats: Handmade Food

by Alice Levitt Posted on December 3, 2013 at 12:40PM

Saturday night, 400 Pine Street, Burlington, 540-0406For my feature in the paper this week, I hit up four of the regular pop-up nights at the ArtsRiot Kitchen Collective. I wasn't able to make it to the fifth, kitchen manager Tommy Winrock's Saturday Handmade Food night, before press time.Since it was Thanksgiving weekend, Winrock stuck to the basics.

Flooded Intervale Farm Finds a New Home

by Alice Levitt Posted on November 27, 2013 at 4:26PM

Vermont farmers will be in our thoughts tomorrow as we tuck into our Thanksgiving meals. And just in time for the holiday, Amanda Andrews and Mike Betit of Burlington's Tamarack Hollow Farm have something to be thankful for — they're moving to higher ground.In a story last summer about the pitfalls of farming on the Burlington floodplain, Andrews articulately outlined the “urban farm adventure" on which she and her husband embarked after moving their farm from Wheelock in 2010.

Alice Eats: Yeah Baby’s BBQ-N-Grill

by Alice Levitt Posted on November 26, 2013 at 12:41PM

387 Brooklyn St., Morrisville, 888-2333A new barbecue spot always motivates me to hit the road, even if it's a snowy one. On my way to Yeah Baby's BBQ-N-Grill on Sunday, I passed hunters in camouflage on their way home after a morning of tracking.

Grazing: Why Hatin' on Beaujolais Nouveau Is So Wrong

by Corin Hirsch Posted on November 22, 2013 at 5:46PM

Last night, I dropped in on what was probably one of Vermont's only Beaujolais Nouveau release parties. And though I planned to write about some raw-milk cheeses today, a bee has landed in my bonnet: The snark that many wine industry people (writers, retailers, distributors, etc.) reserve for this wine.If you're unfamiliar with BN, it's a very young, Gamay-based wine that ferments only for only a few weeks before it's bottled.

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