Good Beer News

Hurry if you want a taste of Thunder Canyon Brewery’s newest batch of bourbon-barrel-aged Warhead Stout: They currently make only two barrels at a time, and the first one was tapped last Friday, July 2. General manager Jason Schneider said the creamy, high-alcohol beer is aged for six months before serving, and it will soon be available on a regular basis. Thunder Canyon Brewery is located at the Foothills Mall (7401 N. La Cholla Blvd.).

Bad Beer News

A number of bars and restaurants that promised to donate money for kegs of beer brewed to raise money for the charity Caridad de Porres took the brew and never shelled out the money. Burt Nehmer, president of the board of directors for the organization, said the run of Father Joe’s Penitential Ale brewed by Barrio Brewing Company was expected to raise $100,000, but ended up raising only $14,000. The charity serves hundreds of thousands of meals to the hungry each year.

Amrutha Cuisine

Amrutha Cuisine, an Indian restaurant at 2510 E. Grant Road, recently redecorated with Christmas lights and colorful tapestries, and the result is charming. The small restaurant specializes in cuisine from various regions of India, and features an affordable lunch buffet.Lunch hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Dinner hours: 5:30 to 9 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and 5:30 to 8 p.m., Sunday; www.amruthacuisine.com.

Street Feast

The Community Food Bank Youth Farm Project teams up with Café 54, the Food Conspiracy Co-op and the Fourth Avenue Merchants Association for a dinner from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, July 15. Organizers say the gourmet meal will boast the finest of local ingredients; presentations about food systems and justice will also be included. Tickets are $25, available at Antigone Books (411 N. Fourth Ave.). The event takes place on Seventh Street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues. Call 820-4513 for more information.

Tour and Picnic

Slow Food Tucson holds a tour and picnic at Sleeping Frog Farms at 5 p.m., Sunday, July 18. Guests will be treated to a tour of the small-scale organic farm and a picnic-style meal featuring dishes made from produce grown there. $15 for members; $20 for nonmembers. Reservations are required by Wednesday, July 14. Visit www.slowfoodtucson.org for more information.

This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2010.

6 replies on “Noshing Around”

  1. I’d appreciate knowing what bars/restaurants did not give the required money back to charity. Without that information, there’s not much use to reporting it here. I would not frequent an establishment that essentially stole from a nonprofit, and if others felt similarly the increased pressure might be what it takes to get them to return the funds.

  2. DLW: I am not the author of the article, nor have I spoken to Caridad de Porres here, but … wouldn’t it be in the best interest of businesses who didn’t pay Caridad de Porres to pay up, now that this news is out there? Maybe that’s why they’ve come forward with this newsworthy tidbit. I want to know who skipped out, too … and I hope Caridad de Porres will come through with a list a bit down the line here.

  3. You’re right, that make sense. My kneejerk instinct was just to want to know so I could avoid them, but you’re reasoning is a lot more well thought-out than mine 🙂

  4. I hope DLW is right and that a lot of the closed wallets will open up and pay what was promised. I definitely agree that I’d avoid the places that didn’t pay up if I knew which ones they were.

  5. “A number of bars and restaurants that promised to donate money for kegs of beer brewed to raise money for the charity Caridad de Porres took the brew and never shelled out the money.” So they stole the beer? I don’t get this at all. Yes I’d like to know who they are but first I’d like to know why the cops weren’t called.

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