Saturday, February 2, 2013
Here's the Week in Review, Jan. 28 to Feb. 1.
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- Erin Faulk
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Saturday, February 2
Busy week? No downtime? Missed the news? Don't sweat it. Here's a list of this week's top stories from Dormont-Brookline Patch, so you can catch up on the goods. This week on Dormont-Brookline Patch: Historical Society Collecting ‘Dormont Memories’ Who is Hiring in Dormont and Brookline This Week? History Professor Helps Make Mexi Casa a Craft Beer Hotspot How Can You Help Brookline Businesses? Ideas Welcome at Upcoming Meeting Combing Through Craigslist: Unique Stuff for Sale in Dormont-Brookline Facebook Page is Connection to Brookline History Got your own news to share? Add your organization's events to our Event Calendar. Share your wedding, baby or graduation news in our Announcements section and, while you're at it, upload your …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Ali Wyrostek has worked to bring some new and unique brands into the Dormont restaurant that are tough to find elsewhere.
By day, she’s a history professor at Westmoreland County Community College. By night, Ali Wyrostek is crafting Dormont’s Mexi Casa into a hot spot for specialty beers, local brews and rare brands. “I would have meetings with [representatives] from brewing companies and they would ask where the craft beer places are around Dormont and Mt. Lebanon,” Wyrostek said. “We thought, there really aren’t that many. We could make a name here.” Wyrostek has enjoyed craft beer from the start. She earned both her bachelors and masters degrees from Slippery Rock University, and said she never settled for the cheap stuff in a college town that boasted microbreweries close to campus. She’s worked for Mexi Casa on-and-off for eight years, and took over …
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Mt. Lebanon event will offer samples of craft beer from local breweries
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- Mike Jones
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Tickets are still available for Mt. Lebanon’s second annual Brew Fest. The event on Sept. 17 runs from 4 to 7 p.m. in Clearview Common along Washington Road in uptown Mt. Lebanon. Proceeds from the Brew Fest will benefit the new Mt. Lebanon Veterans Memorial that is being built in the township. This year’s event will include craft beers from several local breweries. There will also be live music from Uptown Rhythm and Brass. Raffle tickets will be sold with the main prizes including a ski trip to Steamboat Spring in Colorado, jewelry and a gas grill. Dan Gigler, who is on the Veterans Memorial committee, said the event is a good chance for people to enjoy the evening and sample different beers from local breweries. “It’s a really nice, …
erika
1:07 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Great to hear! Mad Mex, whether technically a "chain" or not, feels like a chain to me. Although I do think it is ok, I would love to try the local Mexi-Casa and will make sure to do so in the near future. more ›