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A Nightcap at Smoke’s Poutinerie

June 25th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

I like my poutine with gravy and curds.

A few more beers into the night and not yet having satisfied my craving for poutine in Toronto, my drunken munchies search became a quest for poutine.  The quest ended when we discovered Smoke’s Poutinerie in the Queens West area.  This place was a chain, but still had the look of a greasy hole-in-the-wall style poutine joint.  Their menu had a few different variations of that delicious treat, even one including bacon, but we decided that the traditional was the way to go.  We got a large for 8 loonies and waited about 30 seconds for them to toss the fries, curds and gravy into a box for eating. 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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