- The Great Beaver County Donut Throwdown My last few articles have been on the healthy side (Fellowship Foods, Sproutz…) so I figure we could all use a little palate cleanser with a donut throwdown! The mission that I have chosen to accept is to find Beaver County’s best donut. I went into this mission comparing only three donut shops, because those […]
- Five Beaver County Burgers Worthy of Your Hard Earned Money Corey spent the past few months traveling all over Beaver County in search of the absolute best burgers our community has to offer. After a great deal of internal debate, he finally settled on his favorite five burgers from Beaver County!
- The Best Places to Take an Out of Towner to Eat in Beaver County This article was originally published on December 3, 2014. Whether we’re talking about friends or family who have never been to Beaver County or ones that moved away and are coming back to visit, the best activity to do with those fresh within our borders is to take them out to eat. We’re not talking […]
- The Top Five Specialty Pizzas at Wooley Bully’s in New Brighton To this day, one of the absolute best things about starting Your Beaver County was that someone (I don’t even remember who) told me about a little place in New Brighton called Wooley Bully’s. Since our first visit about this time last year, Mrs. YBC and I have been absolutely hooked on their amazing specialty […]
- The Great Beaver County Chili Throwdown Another delicious challenge accepted by the Beaverhausen family: to find the most delicious chili in the county! With both the temps and the leaves falling, it is the perfect time for a warm bowl of tomatoey, beefy, beany goodness. The Mister loves it on football Sundays. I love it any day. And I have found, […]
- J.W. Hall’s: Great Hospitality in Hopewell Countless stores and eateries have come and gone from the Hopewell Shopping Center, but J.W. Hall’s Steak and Seafood Inn has been a mainstay for more than 30 years. In my opinion, two simple words explain their success: lobster kettle. These sweet, bite-size pieces of langostino lobster are precisely the reason that I ended up […]
- 6 Pumpkin Beers That Are Worth Your Time This Year Good Gourd Almighty. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s pumpkin season! Every year around this time, we are overrun by a society filled with fits of pumpkin-flavored rage. As the panic sets in, I welcome with open arms, my wife’s homemade pumpkin pie (I hope you’re reading), and the arrival of noteworthy pumpkin beer. There […]
- National Pizza Month: 31 Days of Beaver County Pizza Here we are in October. My favorite month of the year! The cooler temps lead to comfort food and red wine.. hand knits and fuzzy slippers. The kiddos are finally back into the school routine and have all adjusted to the early bedtime/early wake up (hopefully). This month we have quite a few reasons to […]
- Soup-Herb Sproutz (That New Healthy Place in Beaver) You know what Beaver was missing? A spot to grab a quick bite to eat that is on the healthier side. You know what Beaver has now? That very thing! After much anticipation (and maybe a little peeking through the papered windows), Soup-Herb Sproutz finally opened. Many of my Facebook friends checked in there but […]
- Beaver Bagel Co. & Battaglia’s Deli: A Saturday Lunch Made in Heaven Around 15 years ago, I had a bagel in New Jersey. Doesn’t seem like a big deal…but it sure was the best thing I have ever eaten. It was an everything bagel and it was topped with salami, muenster cheese, onion and mustard. Granted I was 5 months pregnant at the time, but I have […]
- The Low-Down on Cinco de Mayo: Olé! Time to bust out your sombreros, Beaver County! It’s Cinco de Mayo! Typically, the Mister and I like to go out, have a few cervezas and enjoy the day. Since I’m pregnant, this year we are nixing the cerveza and heading straight for the feast at home. Baby loves that hot sauce! But, YBC wants […]
- Beaver County Fish Fry at the Croatian Center It’s officially that time of the year. Winter has started to bury its ugly face, baseball home openers are right around the corner, and most importantly, Beaver County fish fry season is upon us. The Lenten Fish Fry I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but in Beaver County and the surrounding Pittsburgh area, […]
- Drive-In Dining Toss-Up: Hank’s vs Jerry’s Curb Service My mother always used to say that seeing a robin was the first sign of spring. While I think that a lot of people have heard that over the years and it does make sense, I’ve always had a slightly better system for determining when spring was finally here: Hank’s opens. After a long winter […]
- The Wooden Angel: More Than Just Special Occasions The Wooden Angel in Beaver is one of the most popular restaurants in Beaver County. It’s been that way for longer than I’ve been alive. Beaver County residents know the Wooden Angel as THE place for celebrating special occasions. Their incredible wine selection and fantastic private rooms are also well known throughout our community. This […]
- The Backdoor Tavern: A True Craft Beer Haven Back when craft beer was just known as “good beer,” the Backdoor Tavern in Fallston was serving some of the best beer around. When I first started getting into craft beer over what’s usually served on dollar bottle night, this was the first craft beer bar I visited. Fast forward to today, and The Backdoor […]
