Cheap wine and beer

I've experienced a reason resurgence of my love for cheap alcohol. Below is a brief lists of my favorite boxed wines and grocery store beers. Ahh, the joys of living in Utah.

Franzia
The winner is the Franzia Delicious Red--it tastes like wine, it comes in a box. The next best is the boxed Merlot, it's a little heavier than I like, but a decent wine. Their whites are also very nice, just be sure to keep it chilled. Of course, the best part is the price tag. It costs about $12 for five liters.

Vella
In my experiences of sampling boxed wine the Vella wines are too sweet and fruity. It's not really a problem if you've alread had three glasses of Franiza, but not the best first glass. Of the two Vellas I've tried, I like the White Zinfandel more than the Merlot.

Please, please remember wine is completely subjective. Just like any food what makes it good is wether or not you like it.

Now on to my favorite alcoholic beverage, beer.

Corona
Oh yeah, the Mexicans know how to brew it. Plus I can buy a six pack at the store. So a Mexican night of tacos and Corona is always easy to do. I love it with a little bit of salt and lime. This is a nice light beer that tastes like Mexico. Every time I drink one, I remember spring break. It's great!

Blue Moon
I've tried three versions of the Blue Moon beers and I have to say the original is the best. The fall flavor was a little too bitter for my tastes as is the new spring flavor (Honey Moon). Blue Moon is best with a nice slice of orange squeezed in. My biggest complaint about this beer is that it always makes me feel bloated. But it is yummy!

Coors Light
No, just no. The same goes for Bud. Ewww.

What's your cheap alcoholic beverage of choice?

Maxwell's

On Wednesday, I went to Maxwell's with a couple of women from the office I'm interning at. We were there for a "tweetup" (Twitter speak for meet up). The group was interesting since it was mostly people I didn't know. Plus, Christy and I were the youngest people there by about 10 years.
We met Peter from HARO. He's a really outgoing guy and was quite a character.

On to the food part, right? We had the Fat Kid and cheese pizza. The Fat Kid was very yummy. It has goat cheese, basil and tomatoe. They serve a thin crust pizza. According to the people from the East Coast, it was pretty authentic New York pizza. It was very yummy.

The cheese pizza was good to, just not as yummy as the Fat Kid. I definitely will go back, but only if someone else is paying. It's in Park City and like all the town it has the vibe of overpriced, white guy trying a little too hard to be cool.

I went through the red door

My mom took me out to dinner last night. She suggested we go somewhere on my list of places to check out, but of course, I know my mother so I had to choose a place that serves fish and chips. The place was MacCool's Public House in Foothill.

It took us forever to get there because I got lost, but once we made it I was happy to see their inviting red door. We were seated immediately in the bar area. The place seemed pretty slow for a Friday night at 9 p.m.

Our waitress took our drink orders very quickly, but then took forever to come back for our dinner order. I know I was starving so everything felt like it was taking ten times longer than it was. But I had to give her the stare down to come ask me what I wanted while she restocked the bar five feet away from me.

The kitchen was kind enough to let my mom substitute the "Finn Skins" for her chips on her fish and chips order. Again, I felt like our food was really slow getting to us. I was starving and the wait with my mother felt forever long.

Plus, I had enough time to finish a Coke. Do you know how long that is for me? Even at my thirstiest it takes me ten minutes to down a soda. I was starving, I needed food immediately. I was past the point of cranky five-year-old-ness.

And then TA-DA! The bus boy showed up with two heaping plates full of warm, Delicious food. I dug right into the "Finn Skins." The dish is made up of deep-fried sliced potatoes topped with sour cream, bacon, cheese and onions. They were delicious! My mom and I both agreed that the potatoes were the best part of the entire meal.

As I said, my mom ordered the fish and chips. Her fish was battered and fried cod. It was kind of mushy and the fish didn't seem as fresh as it should be. The tartar sauce was good. In the end the fish was nothing special, but nothing awful either. Just food.

I ordered the citrus chicken served with salad and toast. The citrus chicken had been marinated for a bit too long so the skins were a little overpowering. My mom really didn't like the lemon flavor. Now you know, I love lemon, but this chicken had too much seasoning.

The salad turned out to be mixed greens with Caesar dressing. A really yummy Caesar dressing. The salad was my favorite part of my plate.

The toast was plain bread toasted on the oven. It was pretty good bread, but bread without butter is a travesty. I know their an Irish pub, but do they have to act like it's a famine and not give me butter?

I left MacCool's with a resolution: to come back later with my friends and order appetizers and beer.

What's your St. Pat's Day hang out?

A photo is worth...

How many words?


Well, in case you were wondering that's a falafel sandwich.


You can pick up for $5.95 at the super cool and wonderfully cheap O'Falafel on the corner of 800 East and 2100 South.

The word on the street is the Turkish coffee is incredibly strong, thick and bitter. So if your like me and like coffee with your cream and sugar, it's a food adventure to take carefully. For more about O'Falafel you can read my previous review here.