‘AOC’


Haute Food at AOC

March 11th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Say cheese!

For the birthday of a special someone in my life, we headed to little French restaurant called AOC.  You may be wondering what AOC stands for, and so did we.  Apparently it is not some made-up acronym, but actually is the French version of the FDA, which makes it far more pretentious and Frenchier.  We had a reservation and were seated immediately, as I would expect from the French.  Our waitress, who had an indistinguishable accent that most certainly was not French, brought us our menus so we could figure out some foodstuffs. Continue Reading»


Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State.  No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries.  While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery.  The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

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