What’s the Origin of the Phrase “Dive Bar”?

By Ted Wright

 Roxanne Webber published a cool answer to this question on Chow today. Turns out that the “dive” in “dive bar” comes from where the entrance to the bar was located. When kitchens turned from wood fire to gas or coal the huge kitchens with their massive wood fired ovens were “downsized” creating large spaces under […]


Flying Dog Wins Gold!

By Ted Wright

Congratulations to Fizz client Flying Dog Brewing for their gold medal at this year’s Great American Beer Festival. Flying Dog won with their Marzen style brew called Dogtoberfest (‘natch). Enjoy a Flying Dog today. It is one of our beers of choice for us here at Fizz as well as with galactically groovy people everywhere.