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  • For abstemious souls who wanted a nonalcoholic but still tavernlike drink, there was always “health beer,” a spring tonic concocted from pine chips, pine bark, hemlock, roasted corn, dried apple skin, sassafras root, and bran mixed with hops and malt.

    Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

  • For abstemious souls who wanted a nonalcoholic but still tavernlike drink, there was always “health beer,” a spring tonic concocted from pine chips, pine bark, hemlock, roasted corn, dried apple skin, sassafras root, and bran mixed with hops and malt.

    Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

  • The formerly barn-size space is now divided by curving, wood-rimmed banquettes into smaller, more intimate dining sections, and a granite-topped, brasserie-style bar has been installed to promote a casual, tavernlike feel.

    unknown title 0xcee07ac 2009

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