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Hurricane Grill & Wings Today Opens New Location in Miami, Florida

Miami, FL (Vocus) August 17, 2010

Hurricane Grill & Wings, known for its savory chicken wings and fresh cooked-to-order menu items, including signature entr?e salads, Angus burgers, and expansive seafood selections, today opens its newest location in Miami, Florida. Located in The Shops at Midtown Miami, which is nestled in the fashion district of Midtown Miami (3201 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida 33127), this marks the second Hurricane Grill & Wings restaurant in the Miami, Florida area.

I have a passion for great food and superior guest service, and I want to share that passion with the community where I grew up and love living in, said Bowen Abitbol, Franchisee, Owner and Operator of the new Hurricane Grill & Wings. Midtown Miami is an up and coming evolving neighborhood with many young professionals. It is an outstanding area with a lot to offer and a great location for Hurricane Grill & Wings.

Hurricane Grill & Wings in Midtown Miami embodies the ambiance of a relaxing, island-themed get-away complete with an award-winning menu. Guests can dine inside the 2,600 square foot restaurant, which seats 100, or on the expansive outdoor patio, which seats 70. The Midtown Miami location offers menu items 2GO, so pick up food for the crew by placing an order over the phone (305-576-7133).

In celebration of the restaurant opening, the Midtown Miami Hurricane Grill & Wings is hosting a Beach-Themed Block Party on Thursday, August 26, 2010 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at its new location (The Shops at Midtown Miami, 3201 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida 33127).

Partnering with the Humane Society of Greater Miami, Hurricane Grill & Wings will present a donation check for $ 2,000 to the local organization during the event. The Beach-Themed Block Party is free and will be jam-packed with island fun, including live music, a beach-theme (complete with a lifeguard), buffet, jumbo chicken wing eating contest, kiddie play area, raffle prizes and giveaways.

Hurricane Grill & Wings in Midtown Miami, Florida, is open Sunday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to midnight. The new location can be reached by calling (305) 576-7133.

In upcoming weeks, Hurricane Grill & Wings in Midtown Miami plans to introduce a variety of special offers, including Fiesta Flavors, which incorporates delicious new menu items, such as the Monterey Quesadillas and Mahi Fish Tacos, as well as Island Entrees, which features extended entr?e selections, such as Glazed Pork Chops, Iron Skillet Salmon and Teriyaki Salmon Caesar Salad. For details, visit the Hurricane Grill & Wings website, http://www.HurricaneWings.com.

About Hurricane Grill & Wings

Hurricane Grill & Wings, whose trademark is Live with Flavor, is known for its uniquely savory chicken wings, offered in five categories with a choice of over 30 signature sauces. Menu items are cooked fresh to order with high quality ingredients and no trans fats. Other menu options include delicious salad creations, unique selections of seafood, such as Grilled Mahi-Mahi and Iron Skillet Salmon glazed with one of Hurricane Grill & Wings signature sauces, Certified Angus Burgers, and a full lineup of micro-brew beer and wine. Hurricane Grill & Wings has won several awards and honors nationally, including being named to Entrepreneur Magazines Hot 100 List (the fastest-growing businesses in America); Restaurant Business magazines Future 50 (a listing of the fastest growing chains with annual sales between $ 25 and $ 50 million); Franchise Times magazines Fast 55 (fastest growing franchises); and top honors at the National Buffalo Wing Festival, winning the 2009 Chairmans Award, serving more than 28,000 wings in two days.

The original Hurricane Grill & Wings opened in Fort Pierce, Florida, in 1995. To date, there are 33 locations across the country, including Arizona, Florida, Ohio and New York, with additional restaurants planned nationwide.

For more information, such as locations, menu items and franchise information, visit http://www.HurricaneWings.com.

Note to Editors: For more information, photography, artwork and interviews, contact Jean Golden at

(612) 385-2324 or Jean (at) GoldenPublicity (dot) com.

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Monterey Boutique Hotel, Bernardus Lodge Announces Spa Package

Carmel, CA (PRWEB) January 17, 2012

Monterey boutique hotel, Bernardus Lodge, the finest winery and luxury hotel in Carmel Valley, is currently featuring a special pet and owner spa deal called the Bernardus SPaws Package. The deal features a two-night stay in exclusive accommodations at the boutique hotel and is valid from Jan. 1 to May 12.

We invite guests to leave their worries behind and savor the gracious intimacy of a resort with Epicurean flair, Sue Dreyer of Bernardus Lodge said.

The package includes a two-night stay in plush rooms, with daily breakfast for two adults and a selection of activities for the couple to enjoy. Guests will receive a champagne welcome reception at the concierge desk of the Carmel Plaza Shopping Center and a coupon book to shop with, as well as a packed lunch for two provided by Montereys resort hotel, Bernardus Lodge. Meanwhile, pets are treated to a two-hour doggie massage and bath at the Signature Paws pet spa in Carmel.

The following day, the couple may relax with an in-room, 50-minute massage, followed by afternoon tea with petit fours for the adults and doggie treats for the pet. A departure gift of handcrafted doggie cookies will also be given.

The couple may enjoy a number of amenities from their deluxe guest room and within the resort, as well. The room comes furnished with a fireplace; fresh-cut flowers; a two-person, deep-soak bathtub; iPod-docking stations; a king-size featherbed, dressed in fine Italian linens; and flat-screen televisions.

Guests may also partake in the complimentary wine grotto, a 24-hour fitness room and two VIP tasting passes at the Bernardus Winery tasting room in Carmel Valley Village. Guests will also have access to the resorts world-class spa, two tennis courts, croquet lawn, bocce court and outdoor heated swimming pool. Pets will be provided with a dog bed, two bowls, additional all-natural treats and a doggie waste-disposal kit.

Other activities the couple may explore include wine tasting, golf, hiking and horseback riding on 4,400 acres of mountain trails, and a drive to Carmel-by-the-Sea, located just minutes from the resort hotel.

The package is available for as low as $ 1,355, for all days of the week, depending on vacancy (includes pet-cleaning fee).

For more information about the package or Bernardus Lodge, call 888-648-9463, view the hotel on the web at http://www.bernardus.com or visit 415 Carmel Valley Road in Carmel Valley.

About Bernardus Lodge

Monterey luxury hotel, Bernardus Lodge offers 57 luxurious guest rooms in nine adobe-village style buildings along a terraced hillside in Carmel Valley, the sunny side of Carmel. Inspired by Bernardus Pon, creator of the Bernardus Winery and Vineyard, the lodge combines exceptional Epicurean experiences, presided over with gracious hospitality by celebrated chef Cal Stamenov. The Lodge is 120 miles south of San Francisco, 330 miles north of Los Angeles and a 20-minute drive from the Monterey Peninsula.

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Crazy Cat Lady Turns Social Media Conversations into Real-Life Road Trips for Beer

Clermont, FL (PRWEB) September 28, 2010

Road Trips for Beer introduces today a guest post from craft-beer blogger Amie Mizell, an IT professional and social media whiz who chronicles some real-life road trips for beer that started as casual conversations on social media sites.

“l’ve known Amie for several months now. In fact, we first met on Twitter,” said Gerard Walen, editor of Road Trips for Beer. “I’ve met her in person at several events, and have followed along online as she chronicled her craft-beer experiences, eventually becoming a homebrewer and now a craft-beer blogger at CrazyCatLadyBeer.com. I’m excited to have her write about her experiences for our site.”

Mizell writes about taking Road Trips for Beer in her home state of Florida, and to Philadelphia and the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. All of these trips were conceived and planned via Tweets, emails and Facebook posts. In all cases, Mizell writes, she cemented real-life friendships that began on social media sites.

“A year ago, I was one of those people who pooh-poohed Twitter and used Facebook sparingly. Little did I know what I was missing,” she said. “Twitter brings people together, both in a metaphorical sense and a physical one.”

Amie Mizell works in IT during the day and dreams about beer at night. An avid homebrewer and craft beer geek, she spends many evenings brewing beer, drinking beer, or writing about beer. When not working for the University of Florida or serving beer at Gainesville watering hole Stubbies & Steins, Amie writes for her own blog, Crazy Cat Lady Beer http://crazycatladybeer.com/, travels for beer, and enjoys time with her three cats. She is also a contributing writer for Ladies of Craft Beer. She hopes to one day attend brewing school and eventually work in the craft beer industry.

Road Trips for Beer is an online travel magazine dedicated to traveling and the enjoyment of beer. The magazine features information on destinations, itineraries, reviews, beer festivals and brewpubs. You can follow Road Trips for Beer on Twitter and Facebook.

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Tickets Now on Sale for the Second Annual Miami Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival in Downtown Miami

Miami, FL (PRWEB) January 18, 2012

Miami fastest growing food and wine festival is back! The Second Annual Miami Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival presented by the Continental Group will be held on March 24 and March 25 from noon to 10:00 p.m. at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive.

The event, which benefits the Kristi House, will feature over 50 local restaurants. From the timeless to the trendy, the Miami Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival promises something for every foodies palate. Restaurants include Perricones Marketplace & Caf?, Chophouse Miami, Garcias Seafood Grill and Fish Market, Edge Steak & Bar at Four Seasons, SCALINA Ristorante, El Gran Inka, Altamare, Taverna Opa, Whole Foods, Lucky Clover Irish Pub, and Oceanaire Seafood Room. For those with a taste for more, the event will also include the One World VIP Tent sponsored by Macys with delectable food samplings representative of countries around the world.

From fabulous food to tasty beverages, the Second Annual Miami Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival will also feature a wine tasting and beer crafters tent sponsored by Dolores Lolita and Gordon Biersch. When guests arent indulging their appetite, they will be treated to an array of activities including an exotic car show, an art expo, a heath and fitness area, and a free kids zone. Dade Heritage Trust will also be providing festivalgoers with tours of the historic Jackson building across the street from the event.

You wont want to miss this years Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival, says Cynthia Bettner, festival producer and director. The community has really come together to put on a superb two-day event that is symbolic of both the unity and evolution of the Brickell neighborhood. We are making our mark on Miami.

Tickets for the event are now on sale. General admission to the event is $ 5. Food tickets are sold inside the event with each restaurant offering dishes that average between $ 1 and $ 8 per item. VIP tickets are available for $ 100 for a single-day ticket or $ 175 for a two-day ticket. VIP tickets include entrance to the One World VIP Tent, the Wine Tasting and Beer Crafters Tent, plus food tickets to use throughout the event (10 tickets for single-day VIP pass and 20 tickets for two-day VIP pass). Tickets for the Wine Tasting and Beer Crafters Tent are also available for $ 35 per day.

For more information on the event and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.tasteofbrickell.com.

About the Miami Taste of Brickell

The Miami Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival presented by The Continental Group will be held on March 24 and 25, 2012 in the heart of Brickell at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive. Launched in March 2011 by Cynthia Bettner in partnership with Brickells finest restaurants and the Brickell Homeowners Association, the Miami Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival benefits the Kristi House. In its sophomore year, the festival has significantly grown from 15 local high-end restaurants to over 50 committed to participate. To purchase tickets or for more information about the Miami Taste of Brickell Food and Wine Festival please call 786.355.4800 or visit http://www.tasteofbrickell.com.

About the Kristi House, Inc.

Kristi House, Inc. (Kristi House) is a Florida nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation founded by local child advocates in March 1994 as a Task Force to fill the unmet, critical need in Miami-Dade County for specialized services for children who are victims of sexual abuse. The mission of Kristi House is to provide a healing environment for all child victims of sexual abuse and their families, regardless of income, through prevention, treatment and coordination of services with our community partners. Please visit http://www.kristihouse.org for more information on Kristi House.

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Snooth.com Launches New Facebook Integration to Make Wine Tasting More Social

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 20, 2012

Snooth Media, home of Snooth.com the worlds largest wine site, is launching a new social wine tasting experience integrated with Facebook that makes it easier for people to discover new wines and wine reviews online with their friends. This new Facebook integration allows people to tell their friends that they are tasting a specific wine from Snooth.com, and add their Snooth activity directly to their Facebook Timeline.

With this new feature, people are able to share activity with their friends that goes beyond just Liking. Starting today, people can enhance their Facebook Timelines with the Snooth app, and update their friends with the new wines that they taste in real time. Wines tasted can then be viewed by friends in a persons timeline and in the ticker on Facebook. People can also display aggregations of wines tasted in the timeline, including top picks or most recent wine reviews over time.

Through Facebook Platform, people can share the experience of tasting and reviewing wine, making their online experience more personal and relevant.

We’re excited to launch this new Facebook integration as it makes it really easy for our users to share their favorite wines with their friends and also archive those same wines using Timeline, says Rich Tomko, CEO, Snooth Media.

Snooths role as a launch partner with Facebooks new platform was announced in September at f8, the companys annual developer conference.

Learn more about Snooth at http://www.snooth.com or on Facebook at facebook.com/snooth.

About Snooth Media:

Snooth Media produces epicurean lifestyle properties that combine innovative technology, strong social elements and quality editorial content. With a reach of more than 6 million monthly visitors, Snooth Media includes Snooth.com (http://www.snooth.com), the worlds largest wine information site; The Spirit (http://www.thespir.it), a comprehensive cocktail destination; Whats Cookin (http://www.whatscook.in), a site dedicated to culinary findings and tips; and the Snooth Media Connection, which includes the reach of its distributed content platform. Snooth Media is headquartered in New York City.

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Ellicottville Brewing Company Set to Wake up the Village With Energetic Line-up of Fall Fest Performers

Ellicottville, NY (PRWEB) September 29, 2010

Southern rock will be alive and well at the Ellicottville Brewing Company (http://www.ellicottvillebrewing.com) this fall as Jimmie Van Zant (brother of both Ronnie and Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd fame) headlines EBC Live! Waking up the Village, a powerhouse event created by EBC owner/operator Peter Kreinheder to coincide with the ever popular Fall Festival in Ellicottville.

We wanted to do something uniquely different this year by creating an all day concert experience, says Kreinheder. Ellicottville Brewing Company is more than a microbrewery; were a destination restaurant and we want people to know that they can come out and enjoy not just great beer and food, but great music. Its all about creating a unique experience.

The all-day event kicks off with country singer Jackson Rohm http://www.jacksonrohm.com whose 15-year career as a professional recording artist includes singing the national anthem at Wrigley Field prior to the start of a Chicago Cubs baseball game.

Rohm is followed by Beatle Magic (http://www.beatlemagic.com) at 3:30 p.m. considered by many to be the finest Beatles tribute bands in North America. The group, which has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada, puts on an impressive three-hour show which painstakingly recreates the aura and sound of the Fab Four through numerous phases of The Beatles’ phenomenal career.

Rohm returns to the stage at 7 p.m. to open for headliner Jimmie Van Zant ((http://www.jimmievanzant.net) at 9 p.m. and closing out the show is a late night after party featuring the Horseshoe Lounge Playboys. Concerts are free from 1 to 6 p.m., with tickets available for $ 35 at the door ($ 25 pre-sale price) from 6 p.m. onward.

Just to give you an idea of the depth of the bands that will be appearing some of them appear at other concerts as the headliner, notes Kreinheder.

He adds that were providing wristbands so people can come and go throughout the day. So whether you enjoy the energy of southern rock, the softer styling of bluegrass and country, or the classic sound of the Beatles, EBC Live! Waking up the Village promises to be a unique experience you wont want to miss.

TICKET INFORMATION:

Admission to this unique event will be limited to 1,200 tickets, including just 75 tickets for the VIP area. Pre-event tickets are available at a discounted price of $ 25 and can be purchased at http://www.ellicottvillebrewing.com or by calling 716-699-ALES. Tickets will also be available at the door for $ 35. An age restriction of 21 or older applies after 6 p.m. VIP tickets are $ 100 each and include preferred seating, a chance to meet the performers, a private bar and EBC catered food. All attendees can also take advantage of the Desperados Barbeque which will have concessions set up inside the brewery and there will be other food and craft beer tents onsite, featuring EBC (including its signature Oktoberfest fall brew) as well as Southern Tier Brewing.

ABOUT EBC

Now in its 15th year of operation, Ellicottville Brewing Company is inspired by the great microbreweries of Vail and the west coast, adding its own woodsy Victorian charm with its old mill setting and large, turn-of-the century solid walnut and granite bar. Not content to be viewed as just a ‘brew pub’, EBC strives to be a great restaurant with an equally great selection of beer brewed on premise, recently installing a new tap system that brings the total number of micro-brewed beers served at any time to 15. In addition to its Ellicottville restaurant, EBC opened a second restaurant in Fredonia, New York. EBC bottled beer is currently available in 15 different states across the country.

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Liberty Quarry Opponents SOSHills and Riverside County Board of Supervisors to Meet 9 AM, February 14th to Decide Fate of Liberty Quarry Project in Temecula, California

Temecula, CA (PRWEB) February 08, 2012

Liberty Quarry project in Temecula, California is due for a final showdown between Granite Construction and concerned citizens (Save Our Southwest Hills) including various organizations and medical doctors opposing the Liberty Quarry project because of environmental issues it could have on the area. The scheduled meeting is set for 9am, Tuesday, February 14th at the Riverside County Administration Center, 4080 Lemon St., Riverside. Citizens interested in the issues are urged to attend and arrive early.

Among the issues citizens are fighting for include environmental (air and water pollution), raping of the land (414 acres), the loss of County property tax revenue which could approach one million dollars due to home devaluation and lost home sales and traffic conditions from the 1,600 gravel trucks daily.

Matt Rahn, who oversees a San Diego State University ecological reserve adjacent to the quarry site in a previous meeting criticized the 8,500-page environmental study cited by Granite’s Johnson by saying it lacked “scientific rigor and legitimacy.” Rahn said the project provides “a playbook for how to kill a mountain.”

Among a few of the organizations opposing the Liberty Quarry project are The Pechanga Band of Luise?o Indians, Temecula City Council, grassroots citizens’ network, two San Diego County planning groups and environmental organizations.

The Planning Commission held six hearings and listened to nearly 52 hours of public comments before voting 4-1 last August to deny the quarry a surface mining permit and related approvals.

For additional information interested parties can go to:

Save Our Southwest Hills

The Press-Enterprise Newspaper

The Californian Newspaper

Temecula Patch Newspaper

About Save Our Southwest Hills

Save Our Southwest Hills is a group of concerned citizens and homeowners along with various organizations in Southwest Riverside County, Rainbow and Fallbrook, California.

Save Our Southwest Hills has been fighting this project for nearly 7 years. The rocky, western hills that border Temecula, Rainbow and Fallbrook are threatened by a MEGA mine of gigantic proportions (1 mile wide, 1000 deep) that will pollute the now pristine, clean air that blows daily thru from the coast through the mountains into our communities. It will also add 1600 double trailer gravel truck trips daily onto our roadways, destroy a 4500 acre ecological reserve owned by SDSU for nearly 50 years, sever the last wildlife corridor in Southern California and pollute the Santa Margarita River, water source to Camp Pendleton, put the Temecula wine country at risk from dust on new growth, reduce property values, threaten tourism in the Temecula Valley, destroy the sacred land of the Pechanga band of Luiseno Indiansto name a few.

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Forza Coffee Company Coming to Circa Green Lake

Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) January 18, 2012

Forza Coffee Company is opening a new cafe in Green Lake this Saturday, January 21st at 8:14am.

The new store is part of what FORZA calls the next generation of coffee shops. It will feature a much wider variety of food offerings, a full compliment of local beer and wine on tap, and a regular schedule of live music events each weekend.

The food is prepared on-site using local products. FORZA has partnered with many Seattle-area companies to provide a wide assortment of vegan, gluten-free, and organic menu items for those with restricted diets.

The Green Lake store, which is located at 6900 East Green Lake Way N, aims to extend that close-knit feeling already evident in the Green Lake area with late-night events, including live music, wine tasting, and many other community-based activities.

Store owners Murray and Debbie Macdonald are passionate about the community and its active lifestyle. They call the shop an extension of their home.

This is the third store in the Seattle metro area for FORZA and they hope to have at least 3 more open in 2012. Expansion to the Eastside is also earmarked in 2012.

For more information on FORZA or the Green Lake store, visit them on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/ForzaCoffee

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