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As the cool weather settles in around us, we reflect that with roasty beers and a hearty update to our menu. Here is the former. Drink up.
Allagash – Tripel 
A strong golden ale is marked by passion fruit and herbal notes in the aroma, with suggestions of banana and honey in the complex palate. 9% ABV
Two Brothers – Domaine Dupage 
A Americanized version of a French-style country ale that makes it’s mark. It’s dark amber is color is met with light toast with a small jab of hops – perfect with lunch. 5.9% ABV
Lagunitas – Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ 
Crispy wheat and pale malt flavors balance out the big hoppy finish. Not-quite-an-IPA, it’s still bound to please hop lovers while still approachable. 7.5% ABV
Left Hand – Stranger American
An American Pale Ale with floral hop aroma, sweet maltiness and a pinch of rye to give your palette a bit of spice. The ideal complement to any sandwich. 5% ABV
Left Hand – 400 Pound Monkey
This beer doesn’t man-handle the hops; it’s an English-style IPA not like the others. Earthy and herbal with a balance against a bready backbone. Nice. 7% ABV
Left Hand – Milk Stout
Dark, creamy, and ever so luscious. A neo-classic of what an American stout should be. Coffee-like roastyness, mellow in it’s lovely sweetness; great compliment to a chocolate cupcake or any meaty dish. 6% ABV
Smuttynose – Pumpkin Ale
Pumpkin, meet beer. Smuttynose adds their pumpkin into the mash and those always-fall pumpkin spices into a even-keeled lager. Reap fall’s rewards. 5% ABV
At fancy parties like weddings and nights out, as kids, we drank these mythical pinkish sodas named after a before-our-time child actor; a mix between some kind of deep red ooze and bubbly water and usually came garnished, which that made us feel like a grown up. They stuck in our minds, these kiddy-cocktail dreams, harking back to full dance floors, your brother’s birthday party at Medieval Times, and bowling ally lock-ins. Eventually it’s learned that the base of this soda-jerk style drink is grenadine. But it is when we pulled a sip from a drink made with 
grown up pop tart
grilled coffee cake
Our Stuffed French Toast gets layered with a mix between cheesecake and bread pudding, tossed on the griddle to make it all melty and impossible to resist. This warm cut of cream and seasonal delight gets placed between two large pieces of french toast challah bread, with it’s touch of sweetness, super soft and simply saturates itself with our house french toast dip. Then either grade A maple syrup or a changing seasonal topping skate their way across the top of the tiangle cut mound. For apple season, fresh sliced apples are artfully added – so luscious and perfect for those long dark mornings. When strawberries are popping up, it’s their time to shine in the stuffed french toast, added to every part we can, because who doesn’t love their springy flavor? Our Lemon version comes with tasty lemon curd, our preserved lemon, and to turn the lemon way up, the ever luxurious 
At a time when it seems both Bourbon and those cast away barrels all seem to be finding their way into things, from off-ended spirits to dark beers, we couldn’t ignore one purveyor of bourbon goodies any longer. A growing name in the consumer world, but tour de force in the culinary sphere – our chefs had been elbowing us to take a closer look. We’re pretty glad they did; 
Combining the passions of those manufacturers who create amazing products and a few bourbon barrels can almost never be a bad idea – but to toss in the shockingly laser like eye of those who make Blis products, it’s really something for the taste buds to behold. The fish sauce is great in a vinaigrette, sprinkled on a plate of noodles, or adding a touch of 
At the intersection of welding, steel, and artist stands a local artisan – where function, wall art, accents, seating, combine to from Riggo. We’re happy to welcome Riggs to our walls as our latest featured artist. His work from desks, tables, chairs, lamps, and lest we forget his great wall-art. 
We think he does a fantastic job bringing to life the cold metal giving it warmth in a way that only a talented hand could. Any color used his is pieces is brought either from small placements of wood or glass, but mostly the metal speaks for itself. From the complex to the simple there is something new to be shown by the metal, be it by shape or it’s edges or thickness or how reflective it is. 
In a city where it almost seems that our cup runneth over with luxurious coffee beans, from the “big” coffee folks down to the tiny places, all feeding our desire for more, better, and all the things you want or even don’t expect from coffee we are handed one more shot in the dark [roast]. It’s these things and exquisitely roasted beans culminate together in a coffee roaster that we love to bolster –