Local places I like
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CAT | Lincoln Shops/Food
Way back in March, Susan submitted a link to Groupon. I thought Susan was just some spammer commenting on blogs to sell this stuff, but after some emails it does not seem to be something like that. I heard some folks talking about it and decided to check it out. Groupon is a site you sign up for and they have a local deal where you actually purchase the coupon. It does seem strange, but the savings are usually 50% or more. You get an email, or can get an app for your phone as well. The daily email features a pretty in depth description of the local place and the deal. From the pictures of each place that are in each groupon it seems they go to the place and get a lot of information and pictures. I paid $7 for my groupon that was worth $15 at Two Twins cafe. They had sold 382 of them.
We showed up at 11 AM on Saturday and they were fairly busy. Our server got to us right away and I told her I had a hankering for biscuits and gravy, but wanted bacon as well. She put together an order and Theresa got a classic brekkie with bacon as well. They have some good bacon, but it seems to be oven baked and could of used a good blotting on the grease. The sausage gravy was spiced up a bit and was really good. I went with potatoes as my side and it was a skillet style mix of bacon, onions, and green peppers. We enjoyed that mix so much we actually made them for dinner Sunday, but used shallots instead of onions and red peppers instead of green. It was delicious. (pic below) While paying for the meal we took home a selection of stuff from the bakery. One of the twins had to inquire why I took a picture with a stuffed platypus. Theresa explained and the owner said she is familiar with my site. Said it was goofy 
Groupon seems pretty cool. I am always excited to see what the deal of the day will be. Today is a $10 groupon for $20 worth of food at Beacon hills.
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Where’s Perry 20 SOLVED Licorice International
Posted by beerorkid in Lincoln Shops/Food, Where's Perry
Had to pixelate this one a bit, but it should still be pretty easy.
Licorice international is located at 803 Q Street, Suite 300 down in the haymarket. They have everything and more related to licorice. It is pretty overwhelming actually. We like the Kookaburra Strawberry Twists and get them in 2 pound bags. They are really soft and filled with flavor.
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Bricktop tapping party: Modern Monks oak aged English pale ale this Friday
Posted by beerorkid in Lincoln Shops/Food, beer
Greetings Friends! Now that the 4th of July has passed I am grateful even more that I have Tupperware in my life. Call me silly, but I LOVE grabbing the “right” piece to use for a get-together, whether it be a fruit salad bowl or Vent N Serve for leftovers. This time of year I’m so excited for all the fresh produce at the Farmers Market that I can slip right into the perfect piece of FridgeSmart. Sometimes I get really creative – I used my Season Serve to transport hamburger buns – it was great! And using my Modular Mates to protect potato chips from all this Nebraska humidity is a must.
So if you’d like to build your “perfect” Tupperware collection – now is the time! Come THIS Saturday – I’m having an outdoor carport sale starting at 9a.m. until 3p.m. 4240 S. 40th (NE Corner of 40th & Pioneer) Please park on Clifford Drive.
I’d also like to mention now would be an amazing time to JOIN Tupperware – become a consultant – and earn a FREE I-PAD with qualifying sales. How cool is that? It’s been one of the best decisions that I’ve ever made! And that is with many thanks to you, my customers – my friends! Hope to see you Saturday!
Katy Ramos 314-7970
http://my2.tupperware.com/KatyRamos
KatyRamos@my2.tupperware.com
Katy is part of my family and I have been encouraging her to showcase products on BorK and am happy to post this party info. I love our vast collection of tupperware and am currently enjoying some fruit from a container.
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Monkey Wrench Cycles moving to 19th and Q
Posted by beerorkid in Lincoln Shops/Food, bikes, biking community
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finally broke down and put a rack on my commuter to transport little tupperwares filled with fruit
Posted by beerorkid in Lincoln Shops/Food, bikes
I am not one to accessorize my bikes. The less crap on it the better. Heck I even took off all the gears cept one. Problem is when I an transporting something I have to carry it or in a bag. It gets annoying. I am not sure why, but my hand gets tired when I put the bag over the grip and hold on to it when I ride. Been munching a lot of fruit and it makes a great brekkie. Eric at Monkey Wrench offered to use his ninja skills and mount the rack. he used some old bits lying around to make it uber tough. I tested it out with a twelveski of High Life on the way home and it was pretty awesome.
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Modern Monks at Misty’s Grand Opening Thursday 5-7 PM
Posted by beerorkid in Lincoln Shops/Food, beer
THIS THURSDAY JUNE 24TH FROM 5PM – 7PM AT MISTY’S DOWNTOWN
Everybody is invited to an open house at Misty’s Steakhouse and Brewery downtown for our brewery GRAND OPENING!!
Misty’s is proud to introduce our new Modern Monks Forbidden Ales.
Join us for:
* Six new BEERS including Kolsch, American Pale Ale, Orange Wheat, Altbier, English IPA, and Baltic Porter
* Complimentary Appetizers
* $5 Misty’s Modern Monks glass full of beer with $2 refills until 7PM. You keep the glass
* $10 Misty’s Modern Monks T-shirts all night
* Meet and greet our new Brew Masters Brother Dave, Josh, and Bob
See you Thursday 5PM-7PM at our GRAND OPENING!! No reservation needed.
Don’t forget every Monday $2 pint happy hour from 5-10PM
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Modern Monks teams up with Misty’s and the beer is great
Posted by beerorkid in Lincoln Shops/Food, beer
The brewery at Misty’s downtown is reborn and producing amazing beers. Modern Monks brewing has teamed up with Misty’s. I brewed in that brewery for 7 years and towards the end of my time there and after I was gone the quality of the beer was not that great. The Monks brought their brewing skills into the brewery and have done some major renovation of the equipment so they can produce quality brews.
Last night there were 4 generations of brewers standing around in awe of what has been done by the Monks moving in. The beer is tasting fantastic. They are bringing back monday night pints for $2.00 starting now. The Monks are still producing a few of the standard Misty’s beers and their own offerings. If you have had a bad experience with the beers at Misty’s in the past do not let that scare you away from their beers now, they are delicious.
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We are lucky to have so many good places here in lincoln to grab a fine burger. I had a BCB at Tam O Shanter Monday with curly fries and it was magnificent as usual. Lazlo’s and Misty’s both make really good burgers. Problem with those three is cost because you are waited on. You could always get togo I guess, but it is still pricey. Gotta give props to Runza as well. We are all pretty used to their burgers, but they are reasonably priced and high quality burgers.
It has been a grueling wait, but the day finally arrived. I was planning on stopping by for lunch, but had some banking issues. Theresa treated for dinner. I got a bacon burger with mushrooms, she got a little cheeseburger, and we split a small fry. While I was waiting 3 people brought their burgers back. Not sure about 1 guy, a girl had a pink burger in the center, and the other was mad about onions being on the fully loaded burger. The manager replaced all with a big smile and no complaints. Headed home with a heavy bag and we enjoyed it very much. We could not finish the fries and they were a bit soggy. I am sure they will get it down a bit better, but it was their first day.
The hype of 5 guys might be a bit over the top, but they do have a quality product and I am very glad they are here in our town.
