The Road to Aspen: Colorado Field Notes

Aspen, Colorado Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes The last time I stood in Aspen, it was 1995. Thirty years is long enough for a mountain town to change its whole personality, and long enough for me to want to see if it still had...

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Haleiwa Joe’s Field Notes

Haleiwa Joe's, Kaneohe HI Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes There is a certain kind of restaurant that earns its place on your mental map permanently. Not because of a perfectly executed Instagram moment, but because the setting...

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Bender’s Tavern Field Notes

Bender's Tavern - Canton, Ohio Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes There are restaurants you visit once and forget by the time you get home. Then there are places like Bender's Tavern in Canton, Ohio — where the host greets you at...

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Haleiwa Joe's Haiku Garden Kaneohe

Haleiwa Joe’s Field Notes

Haleiwa Joe's, Kaneohe HI Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes There is a certain kind of restaurant that earns its place on your mental map permanently. Not...

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Bender’s Tavern Field Notes

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Bender's Tavern - Canton, Ohio Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes There are restaurants you visit once and forget by the time you get home. Then there are places...

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New Orleans, Louisiana Field Notes

New Orleans, Louisiana Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes New Orleans does not ease you in. You step off the plane and the city makes its case immediately — the...

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The Kentucky Bourbon Trail

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The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes My worlds aligned when I had the opportunity to help promote an upcoming Bourbon & Barbecue event...

Front Royal Brewing Company

Front Royal, Virginia Field Notes

Front Royal, Virginia Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes So the day after my evening in Flint Hill, Virginia, I started heading back to Ohio. I did a quick...

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Flint Hill, Virginia Field Notes

Flint Hill, Virginia Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes The opportunity for a quick road trip to Flint Hill, Virginia presented itself and I jumped all over it....

Siesta Key Oyster Bar

Siesta Key Field Notes

Siesta Key, Florida Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes A great beach, oyster bar, and craft beer pizza joint, um yes, this is our spot. Siesta Key Beach in...

Kona Brewing

Honolulu, Hawaii Field Notes

Honolulu, Hawaii Brewtrip Michael Fraser Publisher/Contributor Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes It's funny, the first time I noticed Kona Brewing, it was at a local gas station beer cave in Ohio....