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Tag Archives: cuisine
Hot Dog Stands and Shops With Clever Names
To celebrate National Hot Dog Day on Wednesday, July 18th, I thought I’d list the best names for hot dog stands and shops from across the country. Coney Islands are also included in this list. Please feel free to submit … Continue reading
Posted in branding, business, cities, Cuisine, culture, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, Food, food systems, food trucks, fun, geography, land use, placemaking, planning, third places, tourism, Travel
Tagged Coney Islands, cuisine, food, fun, hot dog stands, hot dogs, National Hot Dog Day
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Suburban food truck rodeo round-ups
While visiting San Antonio this past spring, several food trucks were lined up around portions of the main government square in the city’s central business district waiting for hungry diners to come bounding out of their office chutes at noon. … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, Biking, branding, business, cities, civics, civility, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Cuisine, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, Food, food systems, fun, infrastructure, land use, logistics, marketing, placemaking, planning, politics, Small business, third places, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged business, cities, cuisine, dining, entrepreneurship, food, food trucks, land use, planning, restaurants, rodeos, small business
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Ten planning lessons from the home of the Big House
Below is my list of ten planning lessons from many years of visiting Ann Arbor and having lived just outside this great city for five years back in the mid-1990s. Enjoy! Town and gown can successfully co-exist. College towns/cities are … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, branding, Cars, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, government, historic preservation, Housing, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, spatial design, sports, sprawl, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged ann Arbor, art, cities, colleges, cuisine, downtown, education, geography, land use, Michigan, planning, sprawl, the Big House, U of M, urban planning
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USA’s most exciting mid-sized cities
Below is a list created by the Movoto Real Estate Blog of its top ten most exciting mid- sized cities (120,000 to 210,000 people) in the United States: Providence, RI Charleston, SC Fort Collins, CO Eugene, OR Syracuse, NY New … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, art, beer, bicycling, Biking, branding, brewpubs, cities, coffee shops/cafes, colleges, commerce, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, geography, health, hiking, humanity, inclusiveness, marketing, movies, music, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, sustainability, theaters, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged activities, bicycling, cities, cuisine, culture, diversity, economy, entertainment, fun, geography, inclusiveness, movies, night life, planning, recreation, studies, theater
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“Bad” can be good
I recently made a short trip south to a newer craft brewer located in the Ingham County seat of Mason, Michigan. The Bad Brewing Company opened in mid-2012 in a handsome historic building just off Courthouse Square. I’ll be honest … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, advertising, architecture, art, branding, cities, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, marketing, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, Small business, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged Bad Brewing, beer, breweries, brewpubs, cities, cuisine, entrepreneurship, food, land use, Mason, Michigan, planning, small business, The Vault
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A transcendental trip to Oberon
The aura of Oberon has attained near-mythical proportions in its home state of Michigan and throughout the Great Lakes Region. To many (present company included), this seasonal craft beer brewed by Bell’s Brewery of Kalamazoo comes as close to a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, cities, civics, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, Small business, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, Trade, transit, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged beer, Bell's Brewery, breweries, brewing, cuisine, Kalamazoo, Oberon, placemaking, travel
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A trek to Eagle Monk Brewpub
Last Friday afternoon, my middle son and I decided to partake the food and craft beers at a newish brewpub in Greater Lansing called Eagle Monk. It is located on the west side of town along Mt. Hope Highway and just … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, branding, cities, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, pictures, placemaking, product design, revitalization, spatial design, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged beer, brewpubs, cities, cuisine, dining, Eagle Monk, food, fun, land use, placemaking, planning, restaurants, Third places
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Something’s brewing out there
Below, are the five states with the most new brewery openings in 2012 as determined by the Brewers Association. I would have guessed we added more than this in Michigan last year, but still nice for us to be in the … Continue reading
Posted in commerce, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, geography, placemaking, planning, third places, tourism, Travel
Tagged beer, breweries, brewpubs, commerce, craft beer, cuisine, dining, placemaking
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Are brewpubs becoming too standardized?
In a word, yes. I have visited several dozen brewpubs in seven states and am beginning to tire of the same old, same old format of restored historic building, wood floors, big screen TVs, brick walls, lots of noise, standard … Continue reading →