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We Could Sure Go For A Gyro

Posted in Frederick, Frederick Food, Frederick Originals by swithers (on Thu, May 16, 2013) | Comment

It’s baaaaaack! The Saints Peter and Paul Greek Festival kicks off today and good thing too, cause we’re hungry! The Festival will be open daily from 11 am – 8 pm through Sunday and good thing too, we’re gonna need to make multiple trips to make sure we get to eat a little bit of
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Cigar and Whisky Night 2013

Posted in Frederick, Frederick Originals by swithers (on Thu, May 9, 2013) | Comment

First, huge kudos to The National Museum of Civil War Medicine for creating such a fantastic event! Second, thank you to the museum for inviting me along for the fun. After checking in and receiving our cigars, my date and I bee-lined for the first table slingin’ drinks. Catoctin Creek Distillery was mixing up a
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Lagunitas Beer Dinner at JoJo’s Tap House

Posted in Frederick, Frederick Food by swithers (on Thu, May 2, 2013) | Comment

The beer may not have been local but the food certainly was, born from the palette and creativity of Chef Kevin Barnette. The truth is we were drawn to this event by the beer. Lagunitas is one of Sarah’s favorite craft breweries. She is happy to report she will be returning for future beer dinners
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Dining at the Catoctin Affair

Posted in Frederick Food by swithers (on Thu, Apr 25, 2013) | Comment

The Taste Frederick Fam had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 2013 Catoctin Affair a few weekends ago. We were very proud to be represented among the silent auction items, but let’s be honest we were most excited to taste our way through the event. We were eating for a good cause after all. Please
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Salted Pork, Hardtack, and Tasting History

Posted in Frederick, Frederick Originals, History, Hometown Tourism by swithers (on Mon, Apr 1, 2013) | Comment

Last week Sarah had the opportunity to sit in on a presentation by National Museum of Civil War Medicine volunteer docent Frank Parsons. While the presentation was technically geared towards the middle school group who was enjoying a field trip to the museum, the adults in the room were just as entertained (if not more
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First Taste: Philly Rabe’s

Posted in Frederick Food by swithers (on Thu, Feb 28, 2013) | Comment

Have you heard of the new late night food option on Market Street? The new sandwich shop, Philly Rabe’s, is open late night (2 am) Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The new eatery is also open from 11:30 am – 7 pm Monday, Wednesdays and Sundays for those of us who can’t seem to make
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Local Beer & Classic Films

Posted in Frederick, Frederick Originals, Got It Downtown by swithers (on Mon, Feb 25, 2013) | Comment

Tomorrow is the last Wednesday of the month, which means … it’s time for February’s Flying Dog Happy Hour and Classic Film viewing! Ferris Bueller is taking a day off tomorrow at the Weinberg Center. Happy hour starts at 6:30pm and the movie starts at 7:30pm. We went to see Back to the Future back
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First Taste: Madrones

Posted in Frederick Food by swithers (on Fri, Feb 22, 2013) | Comment

Madrones is the newest addition to the Clemson Corner Shopping Center (across from Wegmans). (Not for long though, as Evolution Burger is set to open next door soon.) My fiancé and I just happened to be in the area and in need of lunch one recent  Sunday and were intrigued. We were meeting some friends at
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Frederick Restaurant Week Sneak Peek

Posted in Dining Deals, Frederick, Frederick Food, Hometown Tourism by swithers (on Wed, Feb 20, 2013) | Comment

Our tour guide Duane got the chance to do a little early tasting of some of the restaurants that will be participating in this year’s Frederick Restaurant Week. It was actually a meal at Firestone’s Culinary Tavern during the inaugural Frederick Restaurant Week that inspired me (Sarah) to start blogging about Frederick’s food scene in
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Happy New Year!

Posted in Frederick by swithers (on Mon, Jan 7, 2013) | Comment

What the title of this post says, “Happy New Year.” We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. We might not be running tours right now (we think it best not to try and tempt the Winter weather) we’re gearing up for the start of our next season in just a little over a month
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