Newcastle Bar Encourages Drinking With Breathalyzer

The Attic, a bar in Newcastle, England, is encouraging its patrons to get too drunk to drive home. Every customer can take a breathalyzer test before they leave the bar, and get refunded their tab if they are...

University of Winnipeg bans bottled water sales

The University of Winnipeg has become the first in Canada to ban the sale of bottled water on their campus, after a student vote was 3:1 in favour. The annual sales were about 35,000 bottles, and while this will...

Tests Find Bisphenol A in Majority of Soft Drinks

A new study conducted by Health Canada has linked the highly controversial estrogen-mimicking chemical BPA to 96% of soft drinks, showing up in quantities below regulatory limits, but worrisome to some.  A...

Be a Hipster With Pineau Des Charentes, Menu for Hope 3rd Prize

No it is not a spelling error, I did not mean to write Pinot, be it Grigio or Noir. Don't call Pineau des Charentes the poor cousin of Cognac though it is definitely a lesser known quantity. My 3rd Prize for Menu for Hope 5 is a set of 2 bottles of Pineau des Charentes (one...

Londoner Brew Pub Going Strong In Bangkok, Thailand

The Londoner Brew Pub in Bangkok is a microbrewery that serves lots of different food, including pub grub, and has plenty of sports on its numerous television sets.This  large, almost cavernous, downstairs...

Log Cabin Pub Has A World Record and More Bangkok, Thailand

The Log Cabin on Soi Thonglor is one of those places that you have to see to believe and not just because it's in the Guinness Book Of World Records. It's in there, by the way, because it's the largest log...

Koi Is A Cool Place For Food And Drinks In Bangkok, Thailand

Koi Restaurant, on Sukhumvit Soi 20, has been in Bangkok for only a couple of years now but it has firmly established itself as a landmark of fine dining. Basically, it's Japanese food with a twist, the twist...

Dubliner Is A Comfortable Pub In Bangkok, Thailand

The Irish-owned and managed Dubliner on Sukhumvit Road, fixed right on the cusp of Washington Square in Bangkok is a classic Irish pub on three levels with pool and a small bar in the rafters, a library-feel on...

Flava Has Quality AND Low Prices In Bangkok, Thailand

In the highly stylized dining room of Flava, located in the Dream Hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 15 in Bangkok, one can tend to forget that one is there for fine food and not to be part of a scene that could be described...

Chequers Pub Has Homey Atmosphere In Bangkok, Thailand

It seems hard to believe that it was 10 years ago that Chequers Pub opened up on Sukhumvit Soi 4 but it’s true. I remember walking by the first week that it opened and wondering if there would be enough business...

Cafe At The Park Balances Quantity And Quality In Bangkok, Thailand

The Century Park Hotel's Cafe At The Park offers the type of buffet that is currently engaged in a balancing act. You'll find a good selection of Thai and international cuisine, a fine cooked-to-order selection...

773 Lounge- The Oldest New Game in Town - Brooklyn, NY

More and more, young artists and musicians are fleeing their overpriced, underserved neighborhoods for the land of big houses, front yards and clean, peaceful streets. No, they’re not moving to the suburbs —...

Things that make you go hmmmmmm

source face book Roger Nairhttp://www.facebook.com/album.php?profile&id=172002040#/note.php?note_id=58560513064&id=619938191&index=0  November 15, 2008 at 1:34pm This is not written by me I just...

Drink, cook, eat is more like it, Tastings NYC

Since Tastings NYC goes under the banner of Cook, Eat Drink, I was surprised by the paucity of actual food to sample. Coming from the Chocolate Show I was eager to find some solid offerings. Even more so after I realized that an array of fine wines, beers and even Cognac was...

Drinking alcohol shrinks the brain

Drinking alcohol shrinks the brain People who enjoy more than two glasses of wine a day are at greater risk of suffering memory problems in old age than non drinkers, a new study shows. Muslims do not drink alcohol. Thank Allah for Prophet Muhammad who saved...

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