The Naxnbauer is a short walk from the Hofbrauhaus in the Marienplatz area of downtown Munich. This is the place to go for deep fried pork knuckles. I have never found these in the US but are very common in Germany. Basically it is a deep fried pork hock. The outside skin/fat is […]
I was visiting customers in Germany the week of March 2nd and took them to MotorWorld in Sindelfingen (outside of Stuttgart) to check out the museum and have dinner at the Wichtel brewery and restaurant. I have been to this brewpub and the museum in the past. It is in the “Mercedes” factory area […]
This is Richard Gonzmart’s new Tampa restaurant that opened in 2014 in the Water Works park on the Hillsborough river. The Gonzmart’s are the ones that own the famous Columbia restaurant in Ybor and also the Columbia Cafe in the Tampa History Center. They now have restaurants on each end of […]
James Joyce is a great Irish Pub on 8th street in Ybor. Great craft beer selection (as well as whiskey/scotch) and awesome Irish food. They also have a craft beer club where you gain points for each craft beer that you can trade in for merch, beer, food or gift cards. There is outside seating […]
NOTE: Original post/phots were from FEB 15, 2015. They have upgraded the tasting new so I have added a new slide from DEC 2020 to show the upgrades. Cigar City Brewing has been rated one of the top 10 breweries in the US by USA Today. We moved to Tampa ~7 years ago and at […]
Rick’s on the River is a great bar/restaurant located just north of downtown Tampa on the Hillsborough River. We were there for the day in FEB for a trivia tournament. We have been there before and love bars that are located on the water. Believe it or not, the number of bars located on the […]
Universal Orlando is out go-to place when we are looking for something to do on the weekend. We live in the Tampa area and our son goes to University of Central Florida so it is always a great spot to meet up for dinner. I had to make a run to the Orlando […]
I have been to this bar several times but took the opportunity on during our pirate Krewe’s Barkarilla event on the patio to take some pics and add this great Ybor bar to my blog. We were there on a SAT for a pet pirate fund raiser for animal based charities with my Gasparilla pirate […]
The One Night Stand is a new country/rock/smokehouse bar located in Brandon, FL on SR60. This just opened in 2014 and we finally had a chance to check this place out for lunch and a couple cold beers over the holidays. The original One Night Stand is located in St. Pete (haven’t […]
Half Pints is one of two breweries I could find find in Winnipeg. There is Fort Garry which is kind of like the Sam Adams of Winnipeg. I did try a Fort Garry Pale Ale at dinner but didn’t make it to their brewery. When I was at Barley Brothers, they highly recommended Half Pints […]