Nov
24

The Lord Hobo Lives…

Andy on November 24th, 2009

After many months of negotiations, bankruptcy proceedings, gut renovations, and fights with the local licensing commission, the Lord Hobo finally opened to the public last Wednesday. Initial reviews were positive, with some inevitable sniping on various restaurant (*cough Yelp*) and local sites. We stopped by last night for dinner and a few drinks and to [...]

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Nov
9

Is Lord Hobo Open?…The Website.

Andy on November 9th, 2009

So anticipated and long-awaited is the opening of the Lord Hobo beer bar in Cambridge that someone has put together a bit of a spoof website playing upon the delays. Surfing on over to, IsLordHoboOpen.com and you’ll get the answer that many diners and beer lovers around Boston and Cambridge have been asking for about [...]

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Oct
30

But Who Will Think Of The Innocent Pumpkins…

Andy on October 30th, 2009

Fall is a fantastic season if you enjoy change, beautiful scenery, and crisp outdoor happenings. Fall is a terrible season if you happen to be a gourd… Somewhere around mid-Autumn, the Great Pumpkin Slaughter begins. And perhaps ground zero for the decimation of innocent pumpkins is the Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The brewers [...]

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Oct
11

A Passion for Beer: Suzanne Schalow and Kate Baker…

Andy on October 11th, 2009

While beer bars such as the Toronado, Brickskeller, and The Publick House captivate beer geeks and the media, hundreds of lesser known publicans endeavor everyday to spread the gospel of better beer to their customers. In the Boston-area, beer lovers need look no further than the Cambridge Common for such an underappreciated beer bar, where [...]

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Jul
30

A Silver Lining In The Obama, Gates, Crowley Beer Debacle…

Andy on July 30th, 2009

With all of the punditry out there, I didn’t think it at all necessary to weigh in on the controversy brewing over the President’s decision to have beers with the participants in Gatesgate, as it’s being called here in the People’s Republic. Craft brewers from Harpoon to Sierra Nevada have been angling since the beery [...]

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Anheuser-Busch, Barack Obama, Blue Moon Belgian White, Cambridge, Coors, Faux Craft Beer, InBev, MillerCoors, Politics, Politics and Beer 1 Comment »