Laura and I have been following Chef Anthony Polito culinary exploits for a few years now through various restaurants and communities for a few years now. The community Chef Anthony currently calls home is Downtown Stuart and the name of his restaurant is still the aptly named B. Merry Gastro Pub. Nestled in the Old […]
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Savoring Sunday Brunch at Peg’s Cantina
The day after Hunahpu Day has always been a day of rest, reflection, and Peg’s Cantina. Located in Gulf Port, Peg’s Cantina is our Go-To for the aforementioned rest, relaxation, and really good really fresh gourmet Mexican food. If Laura and I lived closer to Tampa, we would definitely be regulars. Along with their deliciously […]
Remembering Hunahpu Day 2013
We don’t visit Tampa as much as we would like but there is one annual event we vow never to miss and that is Hunahpu Day at Cigar City Brewing. The actual day of Hunahpu Day varies a bit year to year depending on when Hunahpu is ready for bottling but one can usually figure […]
Celebrating the Grand Opening of Sailfish Brewing Company
On April 4th 2013, Fort Pierce, Florida welcomed with open arms Sailfish Brewing Company with verve, pep, and a whole lot of craft beer savorance because by 6pm, Sailfish Brewing Company had blown through their 2 week supply of craft beer brewed both for their Grand Opening and for the days following. If the welcoming […]
Florida Craft Beer Dinner @ Santa Lucia River Club in Ballantrae
Eating, sleeping, drinking, and living local is at the heart of every community and the people who call it home. For Laura and myself, home in a broad sense is Florida and so we always seek out craft beers brewed in our home state to help celebrate and encourage the craft beer boom we are […]
2nd Annual Florida Craft Brew & Wingfest
It’s never easy to choose between two great craft beer fests taking place on the same day, but for these Beer Ambassadors come Saturday February 23rd, the choice came naturally. Live Local. Support Local. This translates to Florida generally and Vero Beach specifically, so it was with pride and excitement that we attended […]
Savoring Field of Beers 2013
The beginning of a new year is a time of great celebration and anticipation as yet another 365 days of beertasticness begins to unravel. For the Beer Ambassadors, the start of 2013 presents immediate satiation in the form of Field of Beers, a VIP celebration of specially selected craft beers with small plates artfully crafted […]
The Best of 2012
I thought it was going to be a lot harder to create this list than it turned out to be. In fact, I found recalling all the truly memorable beers of 2012 to be rather easy. The difficult part was in fact narrowing the list down to a mere 29 craft/specialty beers (in no particular […]
Blue Point Brewery Beer Dinner @ B. Merry Gastro Pub
It was a humble gathering on a humble Sunday night at B. Merry Gastro Pub in Downtown Stuart at 5pm on the 9th of December 2012. After everyone was seated, Lauren Cifizzari introduced herself and proceeded to regale us with tantalizing tasting notes on the various Blue Point beers while amusing us with cheerful stories […]
Swamp Head Brewery Beer Dinner @ B. Merry Gastro Pub
In my on-again off-again hunt for a new hub, good friend and brilliant Chef on the rise Anthony Polito opened B. Merry Gastro Pub and thus a new adventure through beer dinner paradise has begun. My pocketbook might protest otherwise, but I don’t believe there can be too much of a good thing, that good […]
Cigar City Brewing Beer Brunch @ Corner Cafe & Brewery
What’s better than one beer event? Why two beer events, my dear burgundian, especially when they fall one right after the other. Our little local beer geek group gathered Saturday to share a plethora of tasty beers along with many tasty treats cooked up by my fellow beer geeks. Did I mention that we are […]
BEER Hunting ~ Miller’s Jensen Ale House
I don’t usually expect much from chain restaurants when in fact, I should expect as much from chain restaurants as I do mom & pop’s, gastro pubs, and any other culinary hot spot. The inspiration for this change of heart was our visit to Miller’s Jensen Ale House in Jensen, Florida on Friday, November 9th […]
Ommegang Beer Dinner @ B. Merry Gastro Pub
Belgium is synonymous with good beer and good food just as B. Merry Gastro Pub is synonymous with good beer and good food, so it was only fitting that on Wednesday September 19th 2012, Anthony and his merry family along with some help from Brown Distributing hosted the Ommegang Beer Dinner. There are a few […]
Widmer Brothers Brewing Beer Dinner @ Broken Barrel Tavern
Kevin Menard and the Broken Barrel Tavern family certainly are not new to the wonders of craft beer and craft food as evidenced by their 4th beer dinner featuring the long-standing craft beer panache of the Widmer Brothers out of Portland, Oregon. The Widmer Brothers started as humble home brewers in the late 1970s and […]
TCCBW ~ 5th Annual Treasure Coast Beer Fest
The first Treasure Coast Craft Beer Week kicked off on Sunday October 21st with the vaunted River of Beers and continued all the way through Saturday October 27th to conclude with the 5th Annual Treasure Coast Beer Fest. The idea for a beer fest germinated in 2006 when BeerWorks Charitable Foundation was formed and culminated […]
TCCBW ~ Brooklyn Brewery Bash @ Hurricane Grill & Wings of Vero Beach
Now past the halfway mark of the first ever Treasure Coast Craft Beer Week, I found myself ambassadorizing Brooklyn Brewery at the veritable Hurricane Grill & Wings of Vero Beach, FL. Arriving there around 5:30pm, I found Larry of JJ Taylor Distributing there helping Howard and staff get the kegs flowing into eager patron’s glasses. […]
TCCBW ~ B. Merry Gastro Pub Oktoberfest Beer*Mead*Wine Tasting
Anthony Polito and I go way back to times past and so when it came to decide where the Beer Ambassador was going to be on the 4th day of Treasure Coast Craft Beer Week, the answer was indubitably obvious: B. Merry Gastro Pub for their Oktoberfest Beer*Mead*Wine Tasting. And what a night it was […]
TCCBW ~ Cigar City Beer Dinner @ Kilted Mermaid
On our 3rd day of Treasure Coast Craft Beer Week brought to you by BeerWorks Charitable Foundation, your dear Beer Ambassador would like to present to you a most wonderful expose on the Cigar City Beer Dinner at Kilted Mermaid in Vero Beach, FL. But first, let’s get the nasty bits out of the way… […]
Brooklyn Brewery Beer Dinner @ Riverfront Chill & Grill
As the Beer Ambassador, my world revolves around the brewers, breweries, and the beers they love to create and the people who love to drink them. Endless hours of laborious love and frustration go into each brew in each bottle/can in each case on every truck that takes those lovely bottled/canned vessels of beery delights […]
Holy Mackerel Beer Dinner @ B. Merry Gastro Pub
After Anthony Polito and I went our separate service industry ways, I wondered every now and then where Anthony had gone. Hurricane Grill & Wings of Vero Beach has provided me with a welcoming workplace so I had no complaints, but what about Anthony? In the short time I savored his culinary prowess, my tastebuds […]
