Great Lost Bear

feeling skeptical
as the northern version of
spicy is, well, not

Local 188

we share many things
(train rides, stained mugs, pickles, dreams)
but brunch is sacred

Coffee By Design

which trembles louder?
locally roasted beans or
a sleepy-eyed love?

Otto Pizza

oily ambrosia,
a besotted slice for three;
we took the long way

Duck Fat

the things that move us;
holy trinity of spud,
fowl grease and fungus

Novare Res

the universe casts
unanswerable questions
like, "mustaches? here?"

Beals Ice Cream

freshly churned dairy
casting a glow not unlike
stolen barn kisses

Bintliff's American Cafe

lust, feasting upon
the morning after; pink flesh
goads, succumbs, endures