07/01/2011
Rock and roll icon, Kiss, opening a café in Las Vegas
Rockers, Kiss, have decided to expand their growing franchise empire even more by breaking way into Sin City with a rockin’ coffeehouse.
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The LasVegas Sun reports that the Kiss Coffeehouse is gaged to open the following yearin Las Vegas and pledges to share the same theatrics as the band itself. Thenew café will surely be based on Kiss’ first outlet inMyrtle Beach, South Carolina. Here, the band installed themed props throughoutthe café including genuine guitars and 20-foot (6 meter) tall smoking platformboots. Thedeveloper of the Kiss Coffeehouse states that the Las Vegas location is thenext step in the franchise’s expansion to other locals such as Hollywood, NewYork, and Orlando. The currentlocation at Myrtle Beach offers the usual coffeehouse favourites includinglattes, cappuccinos, teas, and also the “Frozen Rockuccino” for $6. In the meantime, another group of rock and roll icons have announced their own invasion ofthe beverage world with a new wine selection. TheAustralian rockers, AC/DC, are collaborating with fellow Aussie and winery,Warburn Estate to create multiple bottles that take the names of some of theband’s most famous songs such as the “You Shook Me All Night Long” Muscat andthe “Highway to Hell” Cabernet Sauvignon. Kiss and AC/DC are not the only iconic rock groupswho have decided to transform their names into franchise brands during theirperiods of post fame. The Rolling Stones and the Beatles both created smallempires around the world: The Stones having gained instant recognition fortheir tongue symbol and the boys of Liverpool having sold memorabilia rangingfrom alarm clocks to bags, fridge magnets to mugs
The Las Vegas Sun reports that the Kiss Coffeehouse is gaged to open the following year in Las Vegas and pledges to share the same theatrics as the band itself. The new café will surely be based on Kiss’ first outlet in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Here, the band installed themed props throughout the café including genuine guitars and 20-foot (6 meter) tall smoking platform boots.
The developer of the Kiss Coffeehouse states that the Las Vegas location is the next step in the franchise’s expansion to other locals such as Hollywood, New York, and Orlando.
The current location at Myrtle Beach offers the usual coffeehouse favourites including lattes, cappuccinos, teas, and also the “Frozen Rockuccino” for $6.
In the mean time, another group of rock and roll icons have announced their own invasion of the beverage world with a new wine selection.
The Australian rockers, AC/DC, are collaborating with fellow Aussie and winery, Warburn Estate to create multiple bottles that take the names of some of the band’s most famous songs such as the “You Shook Me All Night Long” Muscat and the “Highway to Hell” Cabernet Sauvignon.
Kiss and AC/DC are not the only iconic rock groups who have decided to transform their names into franchise brands during their periods of post fame. The Rolling Stones and the Beatles both created small empires around the world: The Stones having gained instant recognition for their tongue symbol and the boys of Liverpool having sold memorabilia ranging from alarm clocks to bags, fridge magnets to mugs
Hinds Head 
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I can see why they’ve won Michelin pub of the year award. The food is brilliant British soul food, the service is attentive and the interior is just what you’d expect. We visited the Fat Duck, Waterside Inn and the Fat Duck in the same weekend. I’d say all three are at the top of their game, but offer a completely different experience. The Fat Duck is all about evoking all your senses and sparking your imagination; the Waterside Inn is about classical French flavours combined with extremely fresh produce; and the Hinds Head is about British soul food. During our lunch we had the Chicken Liver Parfait (10/10), Hash of Snails (8/10), Lemon/Goats curd/Pear/Walnut salad (9/10) for starters. For mains we opted for the Pork with Crackling (8/10) and the Rib Eye with triple cooked chips (9/10). For desserts we opted for the legendary Quacking Pudding (10/10, yes it is that good!) and the Chocolate Orange tart with Thyme Ice Cream (9/10). I vastly prefer the Hinds Head over Dinner in the Mandarin Oriental (Heston’s restaurant in London) A few facts for you to consider about the Hinds Head: - They start to serve cocktails starting from next week (second week April 2012) -Lovely , cosy interior -Great dishes -A lot of parking space -Come 30-45 mins early so that you can explore the beautiful village of Bray and have a drink beforehand...it’s worth it
Minor quibbles: -It was a sunny day and we were seated by the window. After a while the sun started burning in our skins and the blinds didn't fully go down.