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
Capricorn [ i ] Aries Brasserie 
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Wie viele andere Sternerestaurants hat auch Capricorn i Aries einen einfacheren und etwas preiswerteren Ableger aufgemacht, der unter der Bezeichnung "Brasserie" läuft und auf der gegenüberliegenden Strassenseite liegt. Dieses gepflegte Restaurant "Brasserie" zu nennen, ist natürlich eine starke Untertreibung. Das Restaurant hat nichts von einem Brauhaus an sich. Das Intérieur ist sehr geschmackvoll eingerichtet und verbreitet eher die Atmosphäre eines diner aux chandelles. Allenfalls die Präsentation der Speisekarte und die auf derselben Seite mit abgedruckte Weinliste deuten an, dass man sich nicht in einem Sternerestaurant befindet. Die Küche ist hingegen in der Lage, mit derjenigen des Mutterhauses zu konkurrieren. Man erhält eingangs eine sehr feine amuse gueule, die Gänsestopfleber war sehr gut gewürzt, mein Rinderfilet war bei niedriger Hitze längere Zeit gekocht und war einerseits rot geblieben, andererseits aber sehr zart geworden. Die "Schokoladenträne" war eine Komposition aus verschiedenen Schokoladensorten (teilweise in die Form einer Träne gegossen), die geschmacklich sehr gut gelungen und optisch interessant präsentiert war. Ein gelungener Abend!
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