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
Em Krützche 
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Nice setting in historic building.
I arrived in Cologne a weary traveller and decided to try somewhere special for my first night. Looking at my guide book I decided upon Em Krutzche because it sounded so lovely, and a classic, traditional place to eat even if slightly more upmarket than other places. I do not eat starch so when I order food I ask for it without potatoes. I have done this in many restaurants in my travels and it has never been a problem. When I asked the Em Krutzche waiter if I could have a little salad instead of the potatoes with my herring he exclaimed "No!" and was quite put out. He went on to explain "potatoes cost 2 euros, salad costs 6 euros, you CANNOT have salad". And with that he walked off without taking my order. I was absolutely shocked - why, I thought, could I not have a little salad and no potatoes? Did I have to go elsewhere to eat now? As I was considering this he came back, after about 10 minutes, and still angry said "OK - I have decided you can have a little salad with your meal". I was hungry and tired - I decided to stay and eat. The food was OK if not very filling and the salad fine. When I had finished service was slow, so I relaxed and waited until the waiter approached before asking to see the desert menu. "No!" exclaimed the waiter "You cannot have desert! The kitchen just closed." I said to him that I was dining there, had finished my main course, was waiting for him to come over and wanted to complete my meal with a desert. He refused. I explained that it is courtesy to ask a customer if they would like to place an order before closing the kitchen, but he would not budge - he did begrudgingly take an order for coffee. The final stage of this awful meal was the most shocking. I had received for my bill and laid my credit card on the table waiting for them to take my payment. An older man, I presumed the owner came over, and I wondered if he was going to apologise for the terrible service. He said "You! Go! Finish! Finish!". I was once again shocked - I WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO TAKE MY PAYMENT! How could I go any sooner. And why had they wasted the energy to be rude to me once again rather than taking my money? This was by a huge distance my worst dining experience in Cologne, and actually may be the worst restaurant I have been to in the world. And I've travelled pretty widely...