Marin Dining

Iron Springs Pub brews up a winner

Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 2:09 PM PSTLeslie Harlib

When a brew pub is functioning at peak capacity, it’s a lot more than a restaurant — it becomes a community center, thanks to good home-brewed beers, large portions of hearty, inexpensive food, personal attention from the owners and an atmosphere that encourages people to adopt the place as a home away from home.

I found all these elements at Iron Springs Pub and Brewery. It celebrated its fifth anniversary in October and has become one of Fairfax’s most popular hangouts for all kinds of people: families, mountain bikers, musicians, you name it.

It’s easy to see why. First of all, Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a great article from the folks at Bottom’s Up about our food and beer pairings: click here.

LEADING BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF FIRST-EVER GREEN RESTAURANT CONTEST IN THE US

San Franciso, Calif., August 18, 2008 –Thimmakka, an award winning non-profit organization that has helped over hundred Bay Area restaurants become green, conducted the first ever contest to determine the most environmentally friendly restaurants in the Bay Area. The nomination period for the “Who’s the Greenest of Them All” contest was from April 22 to May 31, and winners were determined in early August. “San Francisco Bay Area is a hub of the green restaurant industry in the United States – it was the perfect place to have the first annual green restaurant contest.” says Executive Director for Thimmakka, Ritu Primlani, who started Thimmakka in 1998 and its Thimmakka Certified Green program in 2002.

There were over 40 entries from all over the Bay Area for this first contest, Read the rest of this entry »