The beer that made Milwaukee famous is making a comeback in the Salt City

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que opens a tasty upstairs outlet that’s perfect for private parties and music gigs

By Tom Kahley

The Black Olive adds a touch of the Mediterranean to Armory Square

By Lorraine Smorol

Gays, comics and Salt City flashbacks collide in Rarely Done’s 

Poor Superman

By James MacKillop

How we prepare our meals can be as harmful to the planet as what we eat

By Vivian Chartreuse

Food packaged in tubes mean less waste and more taste

By Elizabeth Wimer

These days, toothpaste is not the only tube you’ll find on grocery store shelves. Cylinders are sneaking in with the spices and canoodling with the canned goods, proving to be a cost-effective and easy way to keep some of your favorite ingredients on hand.

Quality dining returns to Camillus, via the Italian-American fare from Siena By Lorraine Smorol

Restaurant Weekat Turning Stone

St. Patrick’s Day celebrations include more than beer. . . reallyIt may be the most party-hearty day of the year, in part because everyone who wants to be, is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Having the largest per-capita St. Patrick’s Parade in all of America doesn’t hurt us, even though the weather can be a challenge. That never seems to dissuade the drunks from hitting South Salina Street, and then slobber with their shillelaghs at downtown pubs afterward. And parade day rarely falls on March 17, providing two opportunities to get down and get Celtic. Here are some opportunities for you to bring in the green, and they don’t all involve tinted beer.

Traveling musicians are adding the homey Burritt’s Café in Weedsport to their itineraries

by Kevin Corbett

On Feb. 28 Isreal Hagan, Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Music Award-winning rhythm’n’blues vocalist, shot down the Thruway to Exit 40 to play a charming room in a historic building on the main drag of the Cayuga County village of Weedsport. Burritt’s Café, 8914 N. Seneca St., has staked its claim as a Central New York live music hotspot and many Syracuse-based musicians find the drive rewarding.