How It All Began



A little about the Brew and Chew Guys. From left to right: Gray was an FBI Agent who now enjoys keeping an old Cape Cod cottage in good repair.  Jim was in the food services industry and now volunteers his time with the Knights of Columbus.  Ken was a veterinarian and has the best self-landscaped yard in our town.  Charlie was in engineering professional services and is an avid home brewer

The ladies in the back row were the inspiration for BridgeToBeer!  All of us have been friends and neighbors for over three decades.

For quite some time the girls met in the early evening to play bridge, leaving us on occasion to fend for ourselves for dinner. We dined creatively on leftovers, pizza, maybe a beer, coke or a coffee.

Before we realized what had happened, we were all retired, and evening bridge became lunchtime bridge.  Our brigade of PB&J sandwiches began!

It was then that we had our eureka moment....Why don't we meet up for lunch while the girls are playing cards.  And so it began!! 

After our first few lunches where we shared our thoughts amongst ourselves regarding the food, the beer and the establishment itself, we randomly thought others would enjoy hearing from four retired guys like us.  Charlie mentioned that he could build a blog for us and every month we could add a post summarizing the establishment we had just visited.  We all agreed and soon thereafter  www.bridgetobeer.com was born.

Our requirements for the establishments we visited were simply that their menus needed to have a great or specialized selection of reasonably priced foods and offer craft beers that pair well with their food offerings.


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