COFFEE BEANS & BEINGS / QUICKIE COSTA RICA COFFEE TOUR

Penny Caravan blog insists one of the best coffee house views in the world can be seen from Emilio's Cafe in the heart of the Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

Penny Caravan is a travel blog by a young globe trotting couple.  Here's what they discovered drinking coffee from one end of Costa Rica to the other:

Source:
http://pennycaravan.com/where-to-get-the-best-cup-of-coffee-in-costa-rica/

Would you like a volcano with your coffee?  There's one real close to this La Fortuna, Costa Rica roastery

Not to miss while in San Jose, Costa Rica is Taza Amarilla coffee stand at the Fiera Verde farmer's market on Saturdays

Emilio's Cafe is one of several eclectic coffee spots in Manuel Antonio National Park

THE BREWSPAPER / No. 1 SAN DIEGO BEER RESTAURANT

GUEST BLOG / By Mike Shess, Publisher, West Coaster craft beer website and print magazine.

Once a year, usually in the Fall, as in 2016, West Coaster craft beer website and print magazine publishes the results of its Readers’ Poll.  Publisher Mike Shess and Editor Ryan Lamb ask readers to vote for their favorites among the following categories:

         Best San Diego Beer

         Best San Diego Brewery

         Best Brewmaster

         Best Brew Pub

         Best Homebrewer

         Best Tasting Room

         Best New Beer Spot

         Best Beer Bar

         BEST BEER RESTAURANT

         Best San Diego IPA

         Best Beer Region within San Diego County

         Best Beer Festival

         Best Bottleshop

         Best Beer Selection

         Most Underrated Brewery

For the next few weeks, PillartoPost.org daily online magazine in its weekly The Brewspaper column will profile on “Best of” from West Coaster’s annual poll. 

This week Part 8:

BEST BEER RESTAURANT

Urge American Gastropub/Rancho Bernardo

Whether you are at the original Rancho Bernardo location or the Oceanside brewpub, the Urge American Gastropub crew is serious about good beer. Our readers agree, voting Urge the Best Beer Restaurant in San Diego two years in a row. Whichever arm of the Urge Empire you visit, there’s going to be a monster draft list and decadent-bordering-on-outrageous food. The Oceanside location’s in-house brewery, Mason Ale Works, just started canning, and Urge Common House, a 21,000 square foot site, is coming to San Marcos in 2017.