An Introduction to Hooch and Nosh

Hooch and Nosh Free LogoHooch and Nosh is a lifestyle blog.  It’s the slightly more sophisticated sibling to my travel blog, beachbarbums.com.  While the blog will include some personal posts, most of the articles will be hospitality, travel and tourism related and will be used to help promote the region I call home.  They will be articles that couldn’t naturally fit into my Beach Bar Bums blog or columns for Ink Free News and Flavor 574 – articles on restaurants, bars, nightlife, people in “the biz” and anything else I stumble across during my local travels.

I love to explore and discover new places, even in my own community, and finding a place to tell the stories of those businesses and the people involved in them is why I decided to start this blog.  I’ve had the good fortune to be able to travel all over the world so I’ll share some of those stories on here but I’ve also grown to fall in love with my hometown and all the surrounding communities.  This blog will give me a chance to show them off and prove that Midwest living is a lot better than you thought.

You’ll also see some reposts of my stories that appear on other sites.  I want to use this blog not only to tell new stories but to archive my other ones so I can easily point to this site and tell someone “Here’s why I love living in the Midwest.”

The articles will be short, hopefully 500 words or less, in order to keep your attention and to limit myself.  I can get wordy and without a preset limit, well, I’ll just keep going on and on.

And yeah, I know the site and logo are primitive but I’m working on it.  Free is cheap and I like that.

300 words. BAM.

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Savor K-County: Jim Smith and a Life of Service

When it comes to a life of servitude, you will be hard pressed to find someone in Kosciusko County who exemplifies that more than Jim Smith. A law enforcement officer, army veteran and family man, Jim has served not only the county he calls home but the country he...

Savor K-County: Crestview Farms

Telling stories about Kosciusko County is the reason this website exists. When Crestview Farms reached out to me about their new program selling beef in bundles and individual cuts, I knew this was a story I wanted to tell. The people of this community make the towns...

Left Nut Brewing – The Right Choice for Beer in Gainesville, Georgia

I'm always looking for places to enjoy an adult beverage or two so when Left Nut Brewing popped up in our search results in Gainesville, Georgia for breweries, I was intrigued. I mean, let's get serious. Who isn't going to want to visit a spot with "Left Nut" in the...

Artista to Host Wine and Art Event May 30th

Artista, an art gallery located in the Village at Winona in Winona Lake, Indiana, will be hosting a "Wine and Art" event on Saturday, May 30th. The event, which will take place from 12-3, will include live music along with complimentary wine and cheese. Rachel...

Reopening Guide Released For Winona Lake’s Limitless Park

Limitless Park, a popular park located in Winona Lake and sitting on the shores of the lake with same name, released its reopening guide for the 2020 season. The guide follows the State of Indiana's "back on track" plan and along with adhering to the same social...

K-County and the ‘Rona – Restaurants Reopening for Dine-In

With May 11th being the official day restaurants in Kosciusko County could reopen, food establishments had the opportunity to switch back to offering dine-in options, albeit at 50% capacity. While many restaurants chose to continue curbside or delivery and keep their...

K-County and the ‘Rona – Mother’s Day Specials

Mother's Day falls a day before restaurants in Indiana can reopen for dine-in service so for those of you who were planning on taking out the mothers in your life, the timing couldn't be worse. Luckily, the amazing restaurants of Kosciusko County can still offer...

Bars and Restaurants Set for Partial Reopening on May 11th

Bars and restaurants set to reopen in Indiana on May 11th at 50% capacity

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Barbee Hotel Undergoes Extensive Renovation

The Barbee Hotel, established in 1897 and now a longtime fixture in the Kosciusko County dining scene as a restaurant, announced on their Facebook page that they were undergoing a renovation. Closed due to the current pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders, the...

Three Crowns Coffee To Close Downtown Location

In an announcement posted to their Facebook page, Three Crowns Coffee announced the closure of their downtown Warsaw location. With the closing of the store on Saturday, April 25th, the new location at 941 N. Detroit Street in Warsaw will be the only place to purchase...
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