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A Big Week for Gourmet Underground

Mixologist extraordinaire and Gourmet Underground member, Dave Kwiatkowski, graces the cover of this week’s Metro Times. Look inside and you’ll find a brief portrait of the man who will bring the first new-era classic cocktail bar to Detroit.

Member David Armin-Parcells’ downtown wine shop, Motor City Wine, also gets the Metro Times treatment. If you have even the slightest inclination to drink something other than the bulk wine that fills the majority of shelf space at grocery stores, places like Motor City Wine are where you want to shop.

A few weeks ago, we assaulted eight Detroit beer bars and brewpubs in eleven hours. Follow Michael Jackman’s account of The Great Beer Tour of 2010.

If you’re into classic cocktails and historic booze, check out these short pieces on martinis and rye whiskey by yours truly.

Plus, Michael Jackman takes a look at a few other folks making waves in and around town. He talks to Joseph Allerton, sommelier at Roast, watches mead being bottled at B. Nektar meadery, and chats with Rifino Valentine, of Valentine Vodka, as he builds out his new Ferndale micro distillery.

Needless to say, there’s a lot happening, and even that little paper out east grants Gourmet Underground a brief mention in their latest piece on the tireless Phil Cooley and the revolutionary success of Slows Bar BQ.

All of this, along with the great new website we launched on Monday, has made for one hell of a week. The response to Gourmet Underground has been amazing and we want to thank everyone involved. Started through a humble email server less than six months ago, GUDetroit is now over 130 members strong and grows daily. In the coming weeks we will be launching an online forum that will keep the conversation, and the subsequent offline gatherings, flowing. See you there.

Posted on 2010.10.22 by Todd Abrams at 9:32 am
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