The Great Beer State

Via Mlive: Bell's Brewery Inc.'s Two Hearted Ale named second best beer in the country, Founders ties at No. 3

As I have said before, if I could only have one beer forever it would be Two Hearted Ale though recently North Peak's Wanderer has come on as a strong second for me.

Traverse City Makes Bon Appetit's Top 5

Boulder won this year, but Traverse City is much smaller than all the other towns on the list and this shows that food-wise, it is a small but mighty town.

Via Y!: Bon Appétit Names America's Foodiest Towns 2010

More at BonAppetit: America's Foodiest Town 2010: Boulder, Colorado

"Your Stock Is Rising Number Two"

A homebrewers journal has made my favorite anytime beer, Bell's Two-Hearted Ale, their number two choice.

See MLive: Zymurgy readers poll: Bell's Two-Hearted Ale is the second best beer in the United States

"If Disney World had a Foodland, it might look a little like Traverse City"

Thank you Midwest Living, I think. Is that a compliment?

See: Best Midwest Food Towns: #2 Traverse City: an established food reputation

However, the population of Traverse City is around 14,000 - the region has 142,000 people. And Radish closed because no one wants to buy salad by the pound.

The article mentions that Traverse City is missing culinary diversity, and that is true, there are a preponderance of brew pubs, but with eateries such as Zakey and the Soul Hole opening I have hope that there will be a trend to more diverse cuisine.