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Standard Studio
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Standard Apartment, 1 Bedroom
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Premier Room
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Club Room, 1 King Bed
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In the heart of new Dubai next to the impressive Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall
Right next to Dubai Mall
This Dubai property is situated next to the Dubai Mall and located near Souk al Bahar and Burj Khalifa as well as the Dubai Fountain.Additional nearby points of interests include DIFC and Sheikh Zayed Road.
Spa and fitness
Recreational facilities at The Address Downtown Dubai include an outdoor swimming pool, a health club, a spa tub, and a sauna. Other amenities include a full-service health spa and a poolside bar.
Modern Luxurious Rooms
Guestrooms feature iPod docking stations, LCD TVs, air conditioning and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms come with separate bathtubs and showers and bathrobes. Wireless Internet is available free of chargeInformation missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Renovations & Closures
- The hotel will be renovating from 1 October 2013 to 15 May 2014 (completion date subject to change). The following areas are affected:
Renovation work will only be conducted during business hours. Every effort will be made to minimize noise and disturbance.
- Bar/lounge
- Exterior
- Swimming pool
- One of the dining venues
The Address Downtown Dubai
- Overview
The Address Downtown Dubai offers various world-class restaurants, bars and lounges. The property provides 24-hour room service. The full-service spa features at this 5.0-star property massage and treatment rooms and beauty services. In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool and a children's pool, The Address Downtown Dubai provides a health club, a spa tub, a sauna, and a steam room. Business-related amenities at this 5.0-star property include a business center and meeting facilities, a ballroom, and exhibit space. This 5.0-star Dubai property provides an airport shuttle (surcharge). The Address Downtown Dubai also offers fitness facility, and free wireless Internet access. Onsite parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Audiovisual equipment
- Babysitting or childcare
- Ballroom(s)
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Beauty services
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Concierge desk
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Currency exchange
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Event catering
- Exhibit space
- Full-service health spa
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Health club
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Total number of rooms - 196
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Express check-in
- Designated smoking areas
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Massage - spa treatment room(s)
- Medical assistance available
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Free parking
- Free valet parking
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Room service (24 hours)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 5382
- Sauna
- Security guard
- Shopping on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Swimming pool - children's
- Swimming pool - outdoor seasonal
- Business services
- Tour assistance
- Wedding services
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Creche (nursery)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Children's club
- Secure parking
- Free guest parking during stay
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 500
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 3
- Year Built 2008
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Garden
- Spa services on site
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Free parking, Free guest parking during stay, Secure parking, Free valet parking
- In the room
- Premium TV channels
- Video-game console
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Direct-dial phone
- Complimentary bottled water
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Pay movies
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Soundproofed rooms
- In-room massage available
- Slippers
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Iron/ironing board
- iPod docking station
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free movie channels
- Eat and drink
For lovers of Chinese cuisine, we present the upbeat and sophisticated Hukama. Enjoy pre-dinner drinks at the bar to the moods of Asian lounge music. Experience the astounding views of the Burj Khalifa from the outdoor terrace and savour our refreshing tea-based cocktails and mocktails.
When comes time to dine, the chefs take you on a culinary adventure, delicately blending contemporary cooking trends while respecting the preparation styles of provincial China - offering a menu that is deliciously unique.
Fazaris is a restaurant with a difference. The cosmopolitan blend of Asian, Indian, Arabic and Mediterranean cuisines places the restaurant among Dubai's highly regarded choices for any meal.
Enjoy superb cuisine in the main dining area or in the outdoor terrace looking towards Burj Khalifa, where clean lines and an array of colourful design features combine into an unforgettable dining venue.
For breakfast, take your pick of the nutritious oven-fresh breads and country loaves; pastries; tropical fruits and juices; homemade organic compotes and cereals; cooked breakfasts and waffles. During lunch and dinner, interact with the creative chefs as they prepare your choice of dishes in the show kitchens. The selection is endless.
- Play
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Helicopter/airplane tours nearby
- Playground nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Racquetball/squash nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Swimming on site
- Bowling alley nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Spa
The Spa at The Address Downtown Dubai, is a world apart from the day to-day bustle of modern life. You'll find yourself in a tranquil haven of contemporary luxury, where modern techniques go hand in hand with ancient wisdom and the finest natural ingredients.
Discover a peaceful place of supreme relaxation and rejuvenation, with an array of European and Asian wellbeing practices and world-class, signature treatments. Revive both body and mind with the healing powers of plants, flowers and aromatic oils. Immerse yourself in our soothing steam-rooms and luxurious showers. All this, at the very heart of cosmopolitan Downtown Dubai.
Our holistic approach is truly regenerative – leaving you with a sense of serenity and vibrancy, long after your time with us has come to an end.
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- In-room accessibility
The Fine Print for The Address Downtown Dubai
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
A tourism fee is imposed by the city and collected at the property. The fee is AED 20 for the first bedroom per night, and increases by AED 20 per night for each additional bedroom. For further details, please contact the property using the information contained in your confirmation email.
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
- You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Rollaway bed fee: AED 150 per night
- We Should Mention
One child 4 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work.


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For students with a little more determination and a tad pudgier wallet, off-campus dining is a common adventure—and it is certainly a good one. There are plenty of options near UCLA's campus in Westwood. For lunch, healthy and cheap sandwiches can be found at Corner Bakery Café, Damon and Pythias, or Socko's. Subs around here are filling and often named after Bruin greats, such as John Wooden, Bill Walton, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. For an after-class treat, try In-N-Out Burger or a little cup of topping-sprinkled heaven at Yogurtland. Dinner is always delicious at BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse or one of Westwood's seemingly endless sushi options.
If you want to venture farther from campus, the area surrounding Westwood is home to scores of taste-bud playgrounds, from alley dives to Sunset bars owned by Ashton Kutcher. Just like its people, Los Angeles's food scene is diverse and amazing, so while at UCLA, make sure to take advantage of the plethora of food options around you. It will be an educational and culinary experience that your stomach will surely thank you for!
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In addition to its grantmaking, the Foundation makes program-related investments (PRIs), which are low-cost loans and equity investments provided at below-market rates to support charitable activity. Most of the Foundation's PRIs are used to support specialized intermediaries known as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), and to support Window of Opportunity, a $150 million grant and PRI initiative designed to help preserve affordable rental housing across the country.
In addition to our regular grants, the MacArthur Foundation makes program-related investments, or "PRIs." PRIs are a hybrid: like grants, they fund charitable purposes; like an investment or loan, they must be repaid and provide a financial return through interest or appreciation. We use PRIs to help nonprofits, government and businesses attract the investment capital they need to achieve important social goals, like building affordable housing, creating jobs and providing high-quality child care in low-income communities. Specifically, by providing funds at a below-market rate of return and accepting higher levels of risk, foundations can use PRIs to leverage funds from ordinary investors who might otherwise be deterred by short-term market conditions, a lack of relevant data or experience, high transaction costs, or limited financial return.
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Jewett told The Sentinel, "Statistically, the congressional parties are more ideologically polarized than they have been since the Reconstruction Era of the 1870s. Previous to that, Congress was even more volatile and dysfunctional during the 1850s because of profound disagreements over slavery. There were a number of physical altercations in Congress including the brutal beating of one senator with a cane, a brawl that broke out among dozens of members, a few members who pulled out their pistols, and several challenges to duel with guns or Bowie knives. It took a Civil War to iron out those differences.
"The climate in Congress almost certainly will change. Hopefully it will change sooner rather than later and without the necessity of another Civil War! Over time the public will change, membership will change and issues will change. After the deep divisions of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, polarization between the political parties in Congress declined for decades, and between 1930 and 1990, Republican and Democratic lawmakers were much closer than they are today, compromising on liberal legislation in the 1960s and conservative legislation in the 1980s."
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Looking forward, The Living Planet holds a vision for the future that includes a larger aquarium for the people of Utah. The new Aquarium, located in Draper at 12033 S. Lone Peak Parkway, will be an iconic and unique building, encompassing over 136,000 square feet. It will provide a new and exciting activity in which the whole family can participate throughout the entire year. In addition to pure entertainment, it will offer educational programs, field trips, and hands-on learning that would not otherwise be accessible to Utah's children.
The first floor of the new Aquarium will feature marine, freshwater, and rain forest exhibit galleries, a 400 seat banquet hall, café and gift shop. The Discover Utah Gallery will exhibit freshwater aquatic species, amphibians and mammals indigenous to Utah. The North American River Otter Exhibit will be the premiere attraction showcasing these lively animals in both an indoor and outdoor environment.
The Ocean Explorer Gallery will host a myriad of marine species such as octopus, stingrays, seahorses and other deep sea creatures. The highlight feature of this gallery will be the 300,000 gallon shark tank with a 40-foot walk-through tunnel.
The Journey To South America Gallery will be a vibrant exhibition of rainforest species and will include Amazon river giants, free-flight tropical birds, Caiman, giant Anaconda, Electric Eels, poison arrow frogs and dozens of other exotic Amazon species.
The Penguin Encounter will feature up to 50 birds and may include several penguin species. The Penguin Encounter will be the centerpiece of the Bottom of the World exhibits which include the Deep Sea Gallery and the interactive undersea submersible.
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School Farms Network
There are now more than 100 School Farms in the UK. FCFCG helped set up and now co-ordinates the School Farms Network.
The network offers support and assistance to school farms, co-ordinates meetings and facilitates the exchange of ideas and information, including peer teacher support. In addition, an e-newsletter is regularly despatched to members to keep them up to date.
News Update
Nominate a school farm for the Animal Hero Awards
The Daily Mirror is seeking nominations for the Public Sector category of its newly launched Animal Hero awards, sponsored by the RSPCA. The Public Sector Contribution of the Year award will go to a local authority, school, health board or community project that has made an outstanding contribution to improve animal welfare in their area. This could include school farms or city farms. For more information go to our news page.
Growing Education - School Farms Conference
Took place on July 5-6, 2013 at Phoenix High School, Shepherds Bush, London W12 ORQ. The conference was aimed at policymakers, Head Teachers and heads of departments, plus existing and would-be practitioners, representatives of the farming and voluntary sector agencies. The many varied workshops included: fundraising, healthy eating, growing in small spaces, beekeeping and the value of school farms. A conference report will be available here in due course.
Media Coverage grows for School Farms
There has been a springtime bloom of media coverage of school farming. Not only has the BBC produced an online article which is available to view on the BBC website, and there is an audio file of BBC radio's Farming Today featuring school farms, also on the BBC website. also two articles in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, one featuring Phoenix High School in London and the other about the influence of TV chefs on school farming. And Smallholder Magazine created a massive spread devoted to school farms in its April edition.
100th School Farms Officially Launched on 12 March, 2013
Bebington High School Farm in Wirral, Merseyside, became the 100th school farm in the UK when it officially launched in March. This was a remarkable land mark and the tip of the iceberg as the School Farms Network are aware of more than 100 schools (primary, secondary, special needs and Pupil Referall Units) actively exploring the rearing of livestock, so expect to hear of new school farms starting in 2013. For more details Bebington 100th School Farm Release.
School Farms: At The Heart Of Outstanding Schools
This new publication from the School Farms Network is aimed primarily at head teachers and education policy makers to highlight the wide range of benefits and positive effects on learning that school farms can bring to a school, its teachers and students, and the local community. You can find the document here
School Farms Research Document
A new research document called The Living Classroom - School Farms in the UK: A mapping document is now available to download here: School Farms Research Survey
How the School Farms Network was developed
From a low point in 2006, when there were only 66 school farms, the UK now has 100 school farms (the 100th officially launches in March 2013) and a number of schools actively engaged in starting a new one. They are situated throughout the UK but with particular concentration in South East England and the West Midlands. Developing a formal support structure for them has been an objective for some time, and an initial meeting of school farm practitioners was convened in 2004 at Oathall Community College in Haywards Health, West Sussex, to look at the ways in which this could be taken forward.
HRH The Prince of Wales sent a letter of support for the event and emerging network, in which he said: "I could not be more pleased to be supporting this conference to promote school farms and gardens as centres of excellence and to serve as a resource to enrich and enhance the curriculum". The Prince has a particular interest in the education of children about farming and growing and has himself visited several school farms in the past.
As a result of this drive, the School Farms Network (SFN) was set up in 2004. Created jointly by the then Department for Education and Skills (now Department for Education) and the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens. The School Farms Network offers support and assistance to school farms, co-ordinates meetings, produces materials and CPD and facilitates networking.
FCFCG is responsible for co-ordinating the School Farms Network. It offers advice to existing farms and those wishing to start a new school farm (teachers, assistants and parents), including finding a mentor and signposting to specialists.
Network meetings
These meetings are an excellent opportunity for school farm staff and volunteers to swap ideas, gain inspiration from the work of their colleagues and discuss how to stimulate understanding and support for school farms.
SFN publications and information
Booklet: An eight-page leaflet giving details about the work and benefits of school farms has been created by FCFCG and Growing Schools. Called School Farms: a vital resource, the leaflet gives a general background to school farms and highlights the role of the School Farms Network and FCFCG's support.
It also demonstrates the benefits of school farms and contains several case studies of school farms throughout the UK. Anyone interested may receive multiple copies of the leaflet. There is a PDF version available to download below:
E-newsletter: Contains up-to-date information from Network meetings, news stories, information about resources, courses and articles created by school farm practitioners themselves. Please contact Ian if you wish to be added to the mailing list.
Free resource for teachers and schools: A resource was published in July 2007 titled Get Your Hands Dirty to help schools work through the issues involved in developing horticulture and food growing, or considering raising livesctock, in their school grounds. It is free and available via the Growing School website
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Charlie Olive, from West Somerset Community College, has been chair of SFN since July 2009. Howard Wood is an FCFCG Fieldworker when he isn't busy running Oathall School Farm and teaching.
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Many a nights I cried, and called your name out loud
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Eating Disorders and Sin
Do you recall that friend of mine, the one who I had the unmitigated joy of informing her that her daughter has an eating disorder? She recently commented in a group on Facebook that another friend of hers told her that the daughter's eating disorder is a sin problem. If I had a quarter for every time I had wrestled with that thought or told something very similar I would be really wealthy. I think calling this or any other mental illness a sin like that is an abusive oversimplification. Is it really how God wants us to live? No. But I think there is a lot more going on in a human brain that we possibly know about that to dismiss something so horrific as an eating disorder as a sin to simply 'stop and get over it' is a sin.
Let me mention here that 1) I believe God can give and enable complete recovery over an eating disorder, which doesn't mean that it won't be part of a suffers life. It just doesn't have to consume it. 2) The Bible truly does have the answer to every hardship. With that in mind, I'd like to share an article I've recently read on the question of Eating Disorders and sin.
Question: "What does the Bible say about eating disorders (e.g., anorexia, bulimia)?"
Answer: Eating disorders can be a difficult topic to discuss. Sufferers and their families often experience great shame, and the disorders are not easily treated. Sadly, eating disorders are not uncommon in Western culture. Psychologists and other professionals now recognize three distinct eating disorders, as well as disordered eating, which does not fit into one of the three categories.
Anorexia nervosa is a disorder in which a person will not maintain a normal weight (85 percent or less of the weight that would be considered normal for a person of the same age and height), is fearful of weight gain, and has a distorted image of his or her body (often believing he or she is fat or not admitting the seriousness of his or her low body weight). People with anorexia nervosa maintain their low body weights either through restricting food or, at times, through developing bingeing/purging behavior. Bulimia nervosa is characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating (eating more than would be considered normal in a particular amount of time and doing so with a sense of lack of control) and recurrent purging (through vomiting, laxative use, or even excessive exercise). Self-evaluation for people with bulimia nervosa depends on body shape and weight more so than for others, though most people with bulimia nervosa are within a normal weight range (perhaps a little below or above normal weight). Binge eating disorder has been newly classified. It is essentially a disorder in which a person engages in binge eating without compensatory or purging behaviors. Compulsive overeating or food addiction is not specifically classified as an eating disorder, though it certainly is disordered eating and often includes obsessive thoughts about food. (Some people consider gluttony an eating disorder, but for the purposes of this article, we will not address it. Please see our article on gluttony.)
Polls report differing numbers, but at least 1 out of every 10 women will have experienced an eating disorder at some time in her life, and some polls suggest that as many as 1 out of 4 will. Eating disorders do not only affect women, either: approximately 10 percent of those with an eating disorder are men.
Eating disorders have many reported causes: stress, anxiety, inability to express emotions productively, control, personality traits (obsessive compulsive, perfectionistic), media, and unhealthy relationships. However, eating disorders seem to have at the root an over-emphasis on self. Generally, people with eating disorders have a negative (or at least extremely low) view of self. This self-hatred, demand for self to be perfect by one's own willpower, or sense that one must and can control his own environment can be very destructive to the health and well-being of an individual, not only to the body but to the spirit as well. It also can have profound effects on the sufferer's family.
For the Christian, eating disordered behavior is contrary to God's ways. First Corinthians 6:19-20 tells us, "Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body" (NLT). Add to this passage such verses as Romans 14:7-8, "For we are not our own masters when we live or when we die. While we live, we live to please the Lord. And when we die, we go to be with the Lord. So in life and in death, we belong to the Lord" (NLT). If our bodies belong to the Lord, then He is the master of them, and the way we treat them either honors or dishonors God. Eating disordered behavior does not fall into line with Scripture. The thoughts behind eating disordered behavior also do not fall into line with Scripture. The Bible reassures us of God's great love for us, which results in self-acceptance and an out flowing of love to others (1 John 4:16-19; John 13:34-35). The Bible speaks to God's sovereignty and control; a person who develops an eating disorder in order to gain control needs to give his or her trust to God and learn to rest in His capable hands.
Eating disorders are not physically, psychologically, or spiritually healthy. They result from a fallen world and a hurt human being. It is incumbent upon a Christian suffering from an eating disorder—and his/her family as well—to seek as much medical, psychological, and spiritual help as necessary to treat the problem. The journey to health and wholeness may be long, but Jesus has set Christians free (Galatians 5:1). The Holy Spirit has the power to break the bondage of eating disorders. If we are His in Christ, He makes that power available to us (Romans 8:9-11; Ephesians 3:20-21).


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Great find – Sakura Sushi has been one of my best finds since moving to Salt Lake City. The location is great and the seating on the deck is wonderful in the summer, the staff is so friendly, they have a great membership card deal, and I really enjoy the food. My boyfriend and I had to stop going on the weekends because it is was a little too busy and the wait is longer, but we still love it.
Verging on a dive, but without awesome dive-y food. – Everyone at this small, cozy, almost-dive is cordial and smiling. However, they could use some extra help, I think. With only one server working this Saturday night, my party and I waited about 15 minutes to have our oders taken and much longer to receive our food. The food itself was pretty average, as far as Japanese food in SLC goes. I suppose that when I walk into a place that is a dive or almost a dive, I expect something more authentic than what I found; something with a bit of charm. The food was palatable and the miso soup and salad were indeed very good, but there was nothing special about Sakura in the least. If you are in the mood for Japanese food for a lunch break, try it. A romantic evening or a gourmet meal?? Not a chance.
Overall Excellent Sushi Place – The food is great here. The service is great here. The ambience is perfect. What more could you want. The sushi is awesome and is a great deal. Their prices are great. Highly recommend the spider roll--my alltime favorite. The salad dressing is so good. I could go and just eat that. And for all you non-sushi eaters there are teriyaki and tempura kind of dishes to choose from, which are good. Also, don't forget to finish out your meal with the amazing green tea ice cream they sell!
Fresh sushi and other Japanese specialties served in a comfortable, inviting caf?. – The Scene
As you walk in, you're greeted by the friendly sushi chef. Banners with Japanese designs hang from the walls, and festive lanterns dangle from the ceiling, softening the light. Business people and ski bums sit shoulder to shoulder at the bar savoring the morsels that the chefs place in front of them.
The Food
Entrée choices include the usual teriyaki dishes along with lightly battered, golden tempura and rice and noodle bowls. Each is served with miso soup, salad and rice. The fresh, artfully presented sushi takes the spotlight, however. You can make a meal out of one of the sushi lunches--choose from a number of rolls, nigiri or sashimi served with soup and salad. If you prefer cooked fish, there are tempura rolls as well as a selection of vegetarian rolls.
Not the best sushi – I went to this restaurant for the first time last weekend and we only ordered the spicy tuna and a california roll. The tuna was mushy and tasted horrible. The california roll did not taste fresh. I won't be back.
Moved away – I am sorry that both Sakura and I moved further apart. That means I am further away from a good restaurant where I have never had a bad meal. The fish is always tasty although more than once I have run the place out of Albacore. Yummm!
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4.25/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
On tap at Alpine in April 2013.
Pours out a lighter color for something so stong, deep burnt orange, thin 1/10" head on the top of it. Aroma was warming booze, hops, caramel, the real sticky kind, toffee.
Taste is similar to regular Old Guardian, its hoppy, but it also has a huge malt base and lots of citrus qualities to the taste. You're breathing some heavy alcohol breath while consuming (and after). Carbonation is lively, especially for a barleywine. I still can't get over how sticky icky this is.
Never in a million years would I have believed this beer was 17% abv. Hides it immensely well in the mouthfeel.
Good in small doses, but I can't see me drinking a bomber or pint of this to myself.
Serving type: on-tap
07-26-2013 16:28:19 | More by Beerandraiderfan
3.68/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Is Raul part of NASA? Because, LIFTOFF!
As this bad boi checks in at 17%, Raul gets fruity notes on the nose and a donkey kick right in the nuts with the taste. It's very smooth, but you know that you are drinking some "Apocalypse Now" type of shit. Like the name says, "good," but not slap yo mama "great."
Glad I tried it, but woo doggy!
Serving type: on-tap
04-22-2013 07:55:40 | More by RaulMondesi
4.63/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
On Tap
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A dark, burnt orange in color. Thin, slightly creamy, off-white head. Looks a touch thick and viscous, but that is not surprising for the style and the known ABV. Leaves the glass spotted and oily.
A very hoppy American barleywine. Lots of pungent and toasted citrus zest in the aroma. Sweet tangerine caramel and syrup erupt. There's a bit of a pine and resin character as well. A touch of an alcohol presence. Quite stunning, really.
The flavor is similar to the aroma. This is a candied citrus (zest) monster, along with citrus syrup/caramel and an alcohol warmth, though not nearly as much as I'd expect from a 17% ABV. I truly can't believe the alcohol was that high, but Shawn (of Alpine) certainly didn't deny it. A big, beautiful, aromatic, yet ultimately, and most importantly, incredibly delicious, high ABV barleywine. Hoppy, sweet, aggressive, yet drinkable.
Full in body for the style, slightly sticky. Coating. Excellent.
Fantastic. This is as good as non barrel-aged barleywines can get, but this tastes like it was made for a barrel. It's going to be great!
Serving type: on-tap
04-18-2013 15:53:03 | More by ehammond1
4.45/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2013 batch on tap at the brew pub, poured into tulip glass
A: Brown-apricot in color, small wispy head leaves a fair amount of patchy lacing around the glass.
S: Citrusy, crisp hop essence and honey'd biscuits. Really biscuity and boozy.
T/M: The hop bite noticed in the nose steps up first, but is quickly answered by a huge malt-backbone. Lots of warming booze reveals noted is sweet honey and earthy, floral tea. Doesn't finish as long as you'd think, and its relatively dry at the end.
Barleywines aren't always my favorite style, but the hop-edge in this example adds a lot of drinkability. For the ABV it's pretty amazing.
Serving type: on-tap
04-07-2013 04:25:18 | More by rand
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4.24/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the brewpub. Tulip glass.
A: Pours a clear caramel gold/burnt orange with a generous few cm of fine, off-white head. Very good retention and sloppy lacing.
S: Alpine-y citrus and apricot hoppiness coats straight-up light caramel.
T: An intense, almost burnt caramel/toffee character, nice hoppiness (citrus, apricot, floral, stone fruit) reminds you this is a cousin to an Alpine IPA. The fruit notes are nice and interesting. Very mild, grippy bitterness on the finish which is overwhelmed by the moderate residual sugar.
M: Soft, light carbonation. Mouth coating, sticky, full body. Superb. A little alcohol shows through, but I would peg this at like 10% (not 17%) if I had to. Superb body.
O: Rich, well executed in the style, with interesting complexity.. The hops in the nose works really well, but the taste is not quite there with the burnt note.
Serving type: on-tap
03-04-2013 06:00:28 | More by pmarlowe
New York
4.08/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Draught, Toronado. Body is medium amber. Aroma is moderately hoppy (apricot, resin), moderately malty (cookie), with notes of sherry, wood, alcohol. Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium to full body, velvety texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic. A little disjointed/unfocused in the aroma, but rich and balanced well. Doesn't seem like 17%.
Serving type: on-tap
07-18-2011 03:30:43 | More by BlackWednesday
3.8/5 rDev -12%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
On Tap at Alpine Beer Company
A: This is a gorgeous, clear, orange. Looks bright and fruity.
S: Like a barleywine should. The sweet, berry-like hoppiness is really powerful. Just a hint of alcohol gets through.
T: Bright, with that beautiful flavor you only get from beers with the combination of this much malt and hops. A little sweeter than some (eg. Old Guardian), but still within an appropriate balance.
M: Just a hint of alcohol, medium bodied.
D: Very drinkable.
Serving type: on-tap
12-31-2010 23:55:41 | More by MatthewPatthew
New York
4.38/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On-tap at O'Brien's
a - deep copper color with burgundy, minimal head with little retention or lacing, I guess to be expected from a 17% brew
s - big brown sugar and caramel aroma, some boozy bourbon notes present, light orange marmalade, some smokiness
t - orange citrus, caramel and brown sugar up front, more caramel with a light citrus bitterness on the midpalate, light bitterness, almost tannic, on the finish, but the predominant flavors are once again brown sugar and caramel, light oak and smoky flavors as well
m - full-bodied with light carbonation, semi-sweet finish with strong alcohol warming on the palate, the mouthfeel really works with this beer
d - surprisingly drinkable for the abv, the sweetness is restrained enough to keep it from being cloying, the alcohol is certainly noticeable but not overwhelming
Really great barleywine and a wonderful addition to the Alpine lineup. These guys have really emerged as a preeminent craft brewery.
Serving type: on-tap
07-02-2010 01:49:09 | More by WeisGuy
4.5/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Dark orange with a small off white head. The nose is of caramel, toffee, and candied citrus, mostly grapefruit and orange. The flavor is moderately sweet toffee and caramel with that same candied grapefruit I detect in the nose. Alcohol is present but nicely integrated. The finish is sweet with lingering citrus and booze. The mouthfeel is full, sticky, and creamy and carbonation is low. With Good as a base beer, it's no wonder that Great is just that. Among the best American Barleywines I've tried. Delicious.
Serving type: on-tap
06-12-2010 18:57:18 | More by HopHead84
4.47/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On cask at Hamilton's on Boxing Day!
Pours a deep cloudy red with no lace. Vigerous swirling leads to nothing. Perfectly fine for a cask ale.
Smells of candied popcorn, walnuts, and a sweet pungent malt character. The toffee notes one would get off Great (the barrel aged version) are present, but it's clear the barrel really brings that out a bit more. The toffee has a nice subdued characteristic that doesn't immediatley jump out at you.
Tastes fucking beautiful! This is the best barleywine I've had next to Stonewall. It's got a beautiful toffee caramel and after a few minutes of swallowing a delicious caramel popcorn comes out!!
I really wish Alpine had bottled this so that people could do side by sides, but oh well.
Serving type: cask
12-27-2009 01:05:21 | More by radshoesbro
4.38/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On cask at Hamiltons on Christmas Eve
Appears brown/amber and clear when held to light. A single finger white head remains atop my glass.
Heavy malt on the nose. More notes of molasses and candied sugars. Taste is sweet, but finishes slightly bitter. Just the right amount of "boozy". Rich and velvet smooth on the mouthfeel.
Glad to have had the opportunity to try this one. Great presentation on cask.
Serving type: cask
12-25-2009 06:04:48 | More by d0ggnate
4.43/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
On tap @ the San Diego Strong Ale Fest.
Poured a medium to dark, hazy golden color with an averaged sized head. Aromas and tastes of brown sugar, malts, and fruits. Some caramel. Sweet. Wow, 17% - I wouldn't have guessed that at all. This was my last tasting on Day 1 and picked a very good beer to close it with!
Serving type: on-tap
11-11-2008 02:35:39 | More by hopdog
4.53/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Sampled at the Pizza Port Strong Ale Fest this past weekend. It was part of the VIP beers and it was just called Alpine Good Barleywine. Can't find anything on their website about it.
Pours a deep and dark amber with a slight head. A little on the murky side. Carbonation seems slight but present.
The nose is what sold me on this beer. I've never smelled a beer like this. The closest way I can describe it is it smells like when you walk into a jamba juice. Just a mixture of fresh blended fruit. Strange I know but it was uncanny. I doubt any real fruit was used it the BW, but god does it smell like it. Big citrus bouquet, plenty of great continental hops no doubt. But the smell, it's mesmerizing. Think I smelled this beer longer than I drank it, and at 17% there is no doubt I took my time.
Taste was not a let down. The strong fruit nose didn't transcend to the taste. Pick up on some of the grapefruit from the hops. A nice taste of vanilla and brown sugar. A hint of chocolate and caramel. You would think that there would be a major alcohol burn with this one if it really is 17%, but it's very mellow. Secondary to the other taste. I can only imagine it was aged for quite a while (cask, barrel?).
We kept talking about if we had a favorite beer from the Strong Ale fest, I kept coming back to this one. I'm very glad it was the second beer I had so I could fully enjoy. I wish I would have know the ABV before I put down two or three of these monsters though. Nevertheless, in a day of amazing beer this one really stood out. I would kill for some more.
Serving type: on-tap
12-05-2006 16:49:46 | More by Callenak
Good from Alpine Beer Company
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Earlier this year, on my regional Barbwire TV special entitled "Suing for Schools," I gave a brief synopsis of how to fix Nevada's broken governmental and educational systems. Here it is for the erudition and derision of lobbyists and lawmakers alike.
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1. Unwind the 1981 Tax Shift (aka the Tax Shaft), which reduced property taxes and made us dependent on unstable sales taxes, three of every four dollars of which are paid by Nevadans.
2. Immediately close loopholes allowing the mining industry to pay at a far lower tax rate than an average non-union dishwasher. Long term: Change the mining tax from the zilch of today to a system similar to the way we tax casinos — on their gross revenue.
3. Get state lawmakers to do what they promised and failed to do last year: close many of the corporate welfare tax exemptions in the state law such as the sales tax exemption for NASCAR teams at Las Vegas International Raceway. Remember casino mogul Steve Wynn's tax subsidy of his megabucks personal art collection?
4. Eliminate STAR Bonds, which have put the City of Sparks in serious financial jeopardy thanks to the underperforming Sparks Marina/Scheels development.
5. Raise the tax on our largest, most profitable casinos, which, with minor exceptions, continue to enjoy the lowest taxes in the world. For more information go to www.joeneal.org.
6. Stop spending room tax and property tax money on casino promotion through convention authorities and downtown redevelopment agencies. The room tax was imposed in 1955 to support local projects but has long since been skimmed by the gambling industry to promote with tax money what private enterprise should do for itself.
7. Tax profitable businesses that pay nothing or next to it, such as Wal-Mart and the Hyatt Place hotel at the Reno airport.
8. Keep in mind that Nevada can be successfully sued to raise taxes because of illegally underfunding education. On July 15, 2008, then-university Chancellor Jim Rogers published legal research noting that 27 other jurisdictions have lost in court. I am working to make the latter lawsuit happen. Perhaps only with such a legal gun to its head will lawmakers do more than continue their chronic habit of putting band-aids on machine gun wounds.
My only predictions of the past several years, which have yet to come true, are the bankruptcies of Sparks and Reno. I have stated that Sparks will go down first because Reno has a better cash flow. Nothing has caused me to change my mind, although I fervently hope that I will be proved wrong. As long as both cities believe in wholesale welfare giveaways to profitable corporations that don't need taxpayer help, I stand by my statements. Because of City Hall allowing bandit developers access to the public treasury, Sparks doesn't have enough police officers. Sparks citizens administered an election day spanking, rejecting a regressive and shameful sales tax increase in the name of police protection.
As I noted last l week, former Tribune reporter and columnist Dennis Myers produced the best commentary on wacko church lady Sharron Angle and her madcap senate campaign. Myers objectively researched and analyzed Angle, concluding she did not have the capacity to serve in high office. His Reno News & Review cover article "First Amendment vs. First Commandment" went viral on the web and was excerpted by countless newspapers and websites, which allowed the Barbwire into the postmortem analysis.
According to its website, last Sunday's column was picked up by the religion section of the Daily Oklahoman, the newspaper of the capital city of Soonerland. I surmise it happened because nobody else followed up on the impact Myers' work had in galvanizing the southern Nevada Mormon community to work for the re-election of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Reid has often been criticized by church traditionalists, but when they learned what Angle's Reno pastor said about their religion, they got really pissed off. I was reliably informed that Myers' piece set the church afire for Reid, resulting in the Sparks Tribune making it to Great Plains where football is a religion and churches run follytix.
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Sights on CITES: Getting Started
Here's a second CITES video dispatch from today, this time from Max Bello, a campaigner from our Chile office. (Read the rest of the dispatches here.)
Sights on CITES: En Route
This is the first in a series of posts from CITES. Read the rest of the dispatches here.
CITES is now in session in Doha, Qatar. Our team will be there for the next 10 days pushing for further trade restrictions on corals, sharks and the Atlantic bluefin tuna. They sent us this video dispatch of campaign director Dave Allison from the airport en route. Stay tuned for more!
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Happy Friday!
As we speak, an Oceana team is headed to the CITES conference in Doha, Qatar, which begins tomorrow. We will be bringing you updates from the conference as we push for trade restrictions for bluefin tuna, corals and sharks.
CITES wasn't the only thing on the ocean radar this week, though. Check out the rest of this week's stories:
…Scientists have found that oxygen-starved pockets of the ocean, known as dead zones, can contribute to climate change. The increased amount of nitrous oxide produced in low-oxygen waters can elevate concentrations in the atmosphere, exacerbating the impacts of global warming and contributing to holes in the ozone layer.
… OK, this one's a little gross -- but also really cool. Forensic researchers recently dropped several dead pigs into an ocean dead zone off Vancouver Island to gain insight into how fast cadavers in an ocean can disappear thanks to scavengers. Marine researchers took advantage of the study to do their own by using an underwater camera to see what kinds of animals fed on the disintegrating dead pigs -- and how long they could tolerate low-oxygen zones. While crabs, shrimp and starfish normally stay at shallower depths (where there's more oxygen), the scavengers pushed their limits for the pig pickin'. Who knew swine could be such a boon for ocean science?
Whale Wednesday: Sushi Sting
On this hump day, a few cetaceous stories for your perusal:
As you've probably heard, the team behind Sunday's Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" exposed Santa Monica sushi restaurant The Hump for serving illegal whale meat. The possession or sale of marine mammals -- in this case, the endangered sei whale -- is a violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and can lead to a year in prison and a fine of $20,000.
And on the brighter side, the BBC has a remarkable slideshow of images showing a sperm whale surface feeding off the coast of New Zealand. Surface feeding is uncommon for sperm whales, who usually hunt many meters below the sea's surface -- this individual must have been pretty hungry.
The Scanner: Bluefin Win Edition
Happy Friday, ocean lovers! Lots of juicy ocean news to review this week.
And don't forget, you can get pithy ocean updates all week long by following us on Twitter and Facebook. Without further ado:
...The big ocean story of this week was a positive one: the U.S. backed the bluefin tuna trade ban at the upcoming CITES meeting. The Washington Post published a great slideshow of bluefin photos and the New York Times ran an editorial urging the U.S. to convince the EU and others to follow their lead.
...Chile's fishing industry, which produces 4 percent of the world's annual catch of seafood, was hit hard by the recent earthquake. Meanwhile, the country's salmon farms, which are located hundreds of miles south of the quake's epicenter, suffered minimal damage, but have been affected by the slowdown in transportation.
...Turns out the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has a cousin in the Atlantic, hundreds of miles off the North American coast, roughly in the latitudes between Cuba and Virginia. Researchers from Woods Hole found more than 520,000 bits of trash per square mile in some areas.
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U.S Backs Bluefin Trade Ban
Some great news for the imperiled bluefin tuna: Today the U.S. announced that it supports a total ban on the international trade of the tigers of the sea, which could make a big difference in the two weeks leading up to the CITES meeting in Doha.
Thanks to all of you who have taken action leading up to CITES. Now let's hope the European Union follows suit.
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A Chance for Bluefin
Things could be looking up for the tigers of the sea.
Next month, 175 nations will meet in Doha, Qatar to discuss whether bluefin tuna will join the likes of pandas and elephants as endangered species under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
While France has joined Monaco in declaring its support for the ban, Spain's position remains in doubt.
Spain currently holds the EU presidency and the dubious honor of catching much of the Mediterranean's bluefin tuna. Yesterday, Oceana held an event along with Greenpeace, MarViva, Pew, WWF and Ecologistas en Acción urging Spain to support the ban.
Kofi Annan, Michael Douglas and Colin Firth, among many other public personalities, have signed on in support of the listing.
Oceana will be in Doha in March voicing our support for bluefin. Here's hoping -- and stay tuned.
Wha? Wednesday: Bluefin for Sale
As you know, Wednesdays are normally devoted to blogging about the latest whale news. But I've redubbed today's post in honor of yesterday's news about a certain sleek giant of the sea who continues to fetch exorbitant auction prices as it heads toward extinction. It makes you go, "Wha?"
Yesterday, a 513-pound bluefin tuna sold for $177,000 -- the most since 2001 -- in an auction at Tokyo's famous fish market.
Ironically, the sale took place amid a decline in Japanese tuna consumption due to the nation's worst recession since World War II.
So as Tokyo's fish market representatives fret over how to keep c
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Happy Friday, everyone! Hopefully by now you've had a chance to fully digest your Thanksgiving leftovers, because I've got some ocean goodies for you to devour:
This week in ocean news,
...Wired Science pondered why blue whales' voices are growing deeper and deeper. Hypotheses revolve around increased noise pollution and the physics of sounds in increasingly warmer waters. Barry White Whale, anyone?
...For the first time, scientists were able to use DNA tools to trace the geographic origin of scalloped hammerhead shark fins in a Hong Kong fish market to their original location thousands of miles away. NPR ran a story about the DNA tool's potential to monitor endangered species trafficking several months ago.
...The Washington Post reported on the international efforts required to stop the overfishing of important marine species such as bluefin tuna and sharks. The article quotes Oceana's Courtney Sakai: "Shark fins are today's ivory tusks," Sakai said. "Like elephants, the world is realizing that sharks are more valuable alive than dead."
...Yesterday, after years of work by Oceana, federal regulations protecting 200,000 square miles of U.S. Arctic waters from industrial fishing went into effect.
...Conservation groups pled with the Obama Administration to protect the Okinawa dugong and other endangered wildlife -- including three species of sea turtle -- by cancelling plans to expand a U.S. military base near Henoko in Okinawa, Japan. There are only around 50 Okinawa dugong remaining in the world.
...Deep Sea News conducted an interesting thought experiment on why the largest animals in the sea, whales, aren't even larger.
Bluefin Tuna: A Worthy Opponent in Decline
I'm a little disappointed in this New York Times story about Dave Lamoureux, a fisherman who battles bluefin tuna from his unmotorized sea kayak. On the one hand, it reinforces the mythos around bluefin, that they are majestic creatures worthy of being considered alongside terrestrial predators like tigers or lions. On the other hand, it presents the fish as just a critter to be caught because someone can. Much like big game hunting in Africa fell out of favor as the giant cats and elephants became endangered, bluefin tuna fishing should also be pursued only with the understanding that these are critically endangered animals.
It's disappointing since Andrew Revkin has done a terrific job chronicling the massive overfishing of bluefin tuna in the very same newspaper. The population of bluefin that Lamoureux pursues from his kayak is among the most devastasted in the world, already reduced to less than 20 percent of their historic levels, and there are already strict rules in place to keep the fish from disappearing entirely.
Given that the story is floating near the top of the NYT's most-emailed list right now, I see this as a missed opportunity to both celebrate the bluefin's impressive power, fight and speed as well as warn about losing it to overfishing.
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