T.J. Finley’s

Friday night we went out for barbecue, as we have been apt to do for the past month or so.  Usually we head out to a place in Smithtown called Famous Dave’s, and last week we went out to BobbiQue ( a joint that will get it’s own post here one of these days).  This [...]

Super Baladin

I’ve been a bad boy and I haven’t posted in quite a while.
Doesn’t mean I haven’t been drinking beer.  Far from it.  It’s just that I haven’t really been trying any new beers.  Or very many at least.  I’ve got a few that I’ve built up a folder on, so let’s start with Italy and [...]

Croxley Ales – Farmingdale

This past weekend we decided to pop in to the new Croxley Ales offering in Farmingdale which just opened up a couple of months ago.  There was a street fair going on in the afternoon, so traffic was a bit heavy going through town, but parking behind Croxley’s was ample.
I used to live in Farmingdale and [...]

The River – NYC

Went to a nice bar and met an interesting character in NYC on Thursday.
The place was called The River (or Hell’s Kitchen River…not sure) over on 10th Ave. by 43rd Street, and the character I am referring to is the new manager of the joint.  He desperately wants to change the atmosphere of the bar [...]