{"id":143712815,"date":"2009-07-22T08:13:35","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T08:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=143712815"},"modified":"2009-07-22T08:13:35","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T08:13:35","slug":"of-bikes-bars-and-beers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=143712815","title":{"rendered":"Of Bikes, Bars and Beers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Sean Patrick Farrell &#8211; New York Times<br \/>\nJuly is a month of cycling bliss. The weather is perfect for long rides and, for much of the month, the world\u2019s best riders battle for the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.<br \/>\nJuly is also a big month for beer; good beer, to be exact. This month, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg officially proclaimed July to be Good Beer Month in New York City. Approved good beer bars will get a Good Beer Seal.<br \/>\nAs a part of the month of good beer cheer, bar owners are encouraging patrons to Bike to the Bars, where they can enjoy artisanal beers, in moderation, of course.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re not saying go to 10 bars and get drunk,\u201d said Jimmy Carbone, owner of the bar Jimmy\u2019s 43, in the East Village, and one of the masterminds behind the Good Beer Seal and the Bike to the Bars ideas.<br \/>\nJimmy\u2019s 43, and many of the other Brooklyn- and Manhattan-based Good Beer Sealed bars \u2014 seriously, no good beer in Queens, the Bronx or Staten Island? \u2014 serve local craft beers and harder-to-find European specialty brews, which are meant to be savored.<br \/>\n\u201cEuropeans get it,\u201d Mr. Carbone said. \u201cAfter a good bike ride or a run, people have a beer somewhere.\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/21\/of-bikes-bars-and-beers\/?hp\">https:\/\/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/21\/of-bikes-bars-and-beers\/?hp<\/a>oldId.20090722081335789<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sean Patrick Farrell &#8211; New York Times July is a month of cycling bliss. The weather is perfect for long rides and, for much of the month, the world\u2019s best riders battle for the yellow jersey in the Tour de France. July is also a big month for beer; good beer, to be exact. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=143712815\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Of Bikes, Bars and Beers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143712815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143712815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143712815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143712815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143712815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143712815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143712815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}