Mike Morris

Doing a beer run while home over Christmas, we didn't deliberately set up a smoked-porter battle. But when we got home from the store, we realized we had one of those varieties from both Great Divide of Denver and Stone of California, and thought we 'd pit them against each...

City health inspectors finished the year on a somewhat light note, slapping a few moderate offenders and a clump of lesser foes. At Big A Food Mart (903 El Dorado Blvd.), a December 22 routine inspection found 13 violations, including plumbing and paperwork troubles and some equipment that was not...

Listening to Wait, Wait ...Don't Tell Me on NPR a few weeks ago, a caller from Cleveland was challenged to come up with something positive about his city. After a long silence that drew plenty of laughs, he said, "Great Lakes beer." The Cleveland-based brewery is definitely one of many...

Santa opened a can of bureaucratic whoop-ass on several eateries last week, and we bring them to you now on Health Department Roundup: New King Palace Chinese Restaurant (18315 Tomball Pkwy.) racked up 20 violations after a complaint forced a December 21 inspection. That visit found food not being stored...

Putting up a post this week on Christmas beers surely strikes several of you as last-minute, but are you really done with your shopping? Yeah, we didn't think so. We recently loaded up for the season with several six-packs that caught our eye at Central Market, including Hibernation Ale from...