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Eating Meaty at Paul Martin’s

January 12th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

There is nothing short about this rib.

If you’re getting tired of food truck writing, well, you are in luck.  Today unvegan is jumping back into the brick and mortar world with a visit to Paul Martin’s American Bistro.  Paul Martin’s is exactly the kind of restaurant a lot of Americans are looking for in the new decade.  A creation of restaurateur Paul Fleming and Brian Bennett, it isn’t too expensive, but is definitely upscale.  Perhaps more important than that is its supposed dedication to serving organic, sustainable and local foods.  It’s a great concept that I can get behind, but pretty ineffective unless the food is good.  Using my heightened unvegan senses, I checked them out for lunch to see if organic, local and sustainable translates into a good meal.

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Beer Me Some Bell’s Oberon

Look like summer to you?

It’s really not summer until you’ve had some Oberon.  Sure, the weather may be warm, the grass may be green and the county may be forcing you to water your lawn only on odd-numbered days, but in truth, none of this matters until you get some Oberon in you.  Now, you may be wondering, “What is Oberon?”  If you turn to Wikipedia (the source of all knowledge), you will be lead to believe that Oberon is the king of the fairies.  But this is just hogwash.  In fact, Oberon is more likely to be a king of beers.  No, not the king of beers…some brewery in St. Louis has that copyrighted.

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