This weekend, drink some new brews while you march to old standards:
— Want to be, or drink, Like Mike? For those who enjoy craft beer sampling of new brews, consider the MKE Tap Takeover at Stone Tap on Friday, March 4. (It actually stands for the Milwaukee Brewing Company, that being the city of the archrivals of Michael Jordan). Things get going at 4 p.m., then there is a meet and greet at 8 p.m.
— They’re again marching through western Wisconsin to get to Twin Cities tournament action, where the Badgers will try to be Like Mike. The University of Wisconsin band that will spur them on will also stop at the Village Inn in North Hudson on Saturday at around 10 a.m.
— They are new, having been around since the New Year; that being the American not the Mexican version of the changeover to 2016. Ellie’s on Main has settled on a menu format, and its all things Mexican, with the addition of 24 ounce brews of that style for $3.50. The logo for Dos Equis is all over the sign that’s announcing the relatively new food and drink emphasis.
— On the Seventh, you can be in Seventh Heaven for yet another beer sampling. Tickets go on sale March 7 for the cave beer fest of Historic Casanova Liquors, which will take place April 30. The opposite side of that sign says that there are job openings for beer nerds and wine dorks. I guess those would be the people who will serve you in the cave.
— On the first Friday of each month, such as March 4, Soulful Tryst will literally be in the house at Maverick’s Corner Saloon on downtown River Falls offering its grooves. Their self-described genre is house, tech house, deep house and bassline house.