BALTIMORE famous bar for happy hour--the hopping Wine Market WINE BAR RESTAURANT (with parking!)--THE WINE MARKET was the venue for a very special ARTESA wine luncheon. Aficionado, Al Spoler of WYPR's Cellar notes, Lee Murray of MD/DC Beverage Journal were special table guests of famed & most-attractive, NAPA VALLEY, CA Mark Beringer, WINEMAKER and Tim Shippey-Brand Director- of ARTESA VINEYARDS & WINERY. What a treat! We tasted 2 chardonnays-found the 2007 Carneros refreshing and approachable-paired with a chilled asparagus and smoked chanterelle mushroom soup.
Facebook vanity facebook.com usernames are live: We're http://www.facebook.com/CITYPEEKpatti: So, it’s official now, In a wild frenzy to grab their custom vanity URL’s, Facebook users created over 200,000 custom user names in the first 3 minutes of Saturday morning (and yup, I was one them too). After 15 minutes, Facebook reported over 500,000 new user names. Submitted by foodie Sat, 06/13/2009 - 11:56am.
alizee at the Inn at the Colonnade has had some great changes. If you have been there, go again for a re-introduction, if you haven't go! This is new executive chef at alizée & FREE VALET parking-YES FREE PARKING!! The new Executive Chef, Thomas Watts, with 13 years of culinary expertise, the recipient of numerous culinary awards and brings a pantry full of exciting new ideas. alizée owner Richard NAING is delighted to welcome him and the alizée family which serves up some of the newest, finest "fushi".
From Downtown Partnership: The Good and the Bad: Baltimore Downtown Stakeholder:We have just learned that, as of this afternoon, the clothing retailer Syms has purchased Filene's Basement and plans to keep the Downtown Baltimore store at Lockwood Place open. We couldn't be more pleased at this turn of events. We worked very hard to show the value of this Downtown location and want to thank Mayor Dixon for leading the charge, as well as the Baltimore Development Corporation, the employees of Downtown's Filene's Basement, and the Lockwood Place development team of A&R Development Corpor
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s proposal to open wine “boutiques” within gourmet food shops is facing a backlash from Center City restaurant owners. Restaurateurs fear the LCB is going to get into the food business, forcing restaurants to compete against the entity that regulates them and enforces actions against them. (more frim the Philadelphia Business Journal)
“It’s a regulation issue; it raises a lot of conflict issues,” said Jonathan Myerow, an owner of Tria, which has two Center City locations.
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