Entries Tagged as 'food'

Safari Cup faces a fight against Starbucks… in Chicago

December 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Business, food

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Safari Cup Coffee unexpectedly left Birmingham’s coffee scene a little more than three years ago. It’s spent most of those three years in Chicago becoming a staple of the city’s Lakeview district. Now, it’s getting a new next-door neighbor – Starbucks.

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UPDATE: A petition supporting area food trucks appears

July 11th, 2012 · Comments Off · Business, food, Online

Food Truck. Courtesy of Operation New Birmingham

There are a lot of things on people’s minds in Birmingham, AL right now. There have had a lot of online petitions being shared as well. The latest example available is one being circulated seeking support for the city’s growing food truck scene as well as why it happened today.

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Oskar Blues comes “home” to Alabama next month

June 20th, 2012 · Comments Off · Business, food

Oskar Blues Brewery Logo

Craft beer fans in Birmingham, AL are considering the stealth Twitter announcement on June 19 about the arrival of Oskar Blues next month in the northern 2/3 of the state as a homecoming. It’s also an opportunity to expose more people to the joys of canned craft beer.

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Bettola’s Lewis involved in new Aspen concept restaurant

June 20th, 2012 · Comments Off · food, Travelogue

chefs-club interior. courtesy of their website

The executive chef of Birmingham’s Bettola restaurant, James Lewis, is one of four past winners of Food & Wine’s New Chef award tasked with helping the magazine open a new concept restaurant in Aspen, CO this month.

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What’s next for Free the Hops?

June 2nd, 2012 · Comments Off · food

As Free the Hops celebrates another successful legislative session, people are starting to wonder about the organization’s future. We got a chance to catch up with the organization’s past president, Stuart Carter, during this year’s Magic City Brewfest.

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New name. Still teaching. Still growing.

May 14th, 2012 · Comments Off · food, Health

JVTF "entrance" from 7th Ave. N.

The nationally acclaimed sustainable food non-profit now known as Jones Valley Teaching Farm made its name change official via an email sent to those on its mailing list and a change to its website on May 11. The focus on education means more news is coming soon.

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Fifth time a charm for Hastings in New York

May 8th, 2012 · Comments Off · food

Chris Hastings. Kent Miller/James Beard Foundation

Chris Hastings is having a year to top all years in 2012. First, he defeats Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America in an episode that aired back in February. Now he gets to add the title “James Beard Foundation Award winner” to the resume. Not too shabby at all…

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Saw’s opens second location in Avondale

March 22nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · 35222, food

Inside Saws Avondale

Saw’s BBQ opened its second location in metro Birmingham on Wednesday, March 21 in Birmingham’s Avondale commercial district. It’s one of many recent additions to the neighborhood with at least one more announcement coming later this month – thanks to the folks at Avondale Brewing Company.

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