Don't you just hate it when you travel somewhere on business....and, when you get there, you find there's a #CraftBeer Week scheduled? That's what attendees to this week's NRA Show in Chicago are finding. We know, we know....it's tough duty. But, hey...somebody has to do it. Seriously, Chicago Craft Beer Week is an effort to promote the great brewers, breweries, brewpubs, craft beer serving bars and the beer loving community in the greater Chicago area. Brought to you by the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, Chicago Craft Beer Week 2013 last for eleven days - May 16-26th and will be held at venues all over the Chicago area. From beer dinners to tap takeovers, from Lincoln Park to Bridgeport, we hope to help you find out just how great Chicago Craft Beer really is. to check out the list of scheduled events and venues, go here:http://chibeerweek.com/schedule/ |
Holy Craft! It's in all the papers!
| And, for those attending the NRA Show at McCormick Convention Center, this would also be a great time to check out the great beer glass selections from people like Libbey, Cardinal Glass, Oneida/Anchor Hocking, Steelite, Luigi Bormioli from Bauscher USA, and Duralex. We know you realize the importance of having the right glass to give your guests the best beer experience possible. But, in case you need a little refresher course, here's a great - and short - video from CraftBeer.comA week that lasts eleven days! Love it!Cheers.
 Duralex presents UNIE, glassware designed to create a memorable presentation for beer tastings at the bar or the table. Made in France of tempered glass, these glasses raise the bar in beer tastings -- offering clarity and durability for years. An artisanal crafted beer should be presented in a scratch-free, ultra-clear drinking glass. UNIE from Duralex offers this enduring transparency, revealing the complexity and beauty of a sensational beer.
 Duralex glassware, the mainstay of bistros and taverns in Europe, withstands the rigors of constant use. Duralex owes its birth to the industrial patent for molded, tempered glass, developed in 1939 in the La Chapelle Saint-Mesmin factory. This industrial process gives glassware perfect transparency and lasting clarity, and makes it practically unbreakable. The tempered glasses are equally suitable for cold or hot drinks, conveniently stackable, impact and chip resistant, microwave-proof and dishwasher-safe. Duralex is the only glass manufacturing company that manufacturers all of its products in France. To view more Duralex products, go here: http://food-service.duralexusa.com/
TabletopJournal realizes that the dates for the Emile Henry USA warehouse sales are not for a few weeks, but be sure and mark you calender as this is going to be a great place to find those amazing holiday gifts at great prices! Plus, you will be doing something to help fight breast cancer in the lcoal Delaware area.
So mark you calender: Friday, Dec 7th - Sunday, Dec 9th |  October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. | This sale is just another great example of how the hospitality tabletop community shares and supports various worthwhile causes. Emile Henry USA's announced Warehouse Sale set for early December. Supporting the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, the Annual Warehouse Sale is scheduled for Friday, December 7th thru Sunday, December 9th....just in time for the holidays. DBCC is the beneficiary of the Emile Henry Pink Products Line featuring the Pink Pie Plate. Emile Henry will donate 10% off all pink products sold at the Warehouse Sale. The sale offers up to 80% off retail prices on top cookware, ovenware, bakeware & tableware brands like Emile Henry, Rosle, Mauviel, Lekue and Duralex. The sale will feature overstock merchandise, factory seconds, replacement lids and discontinued products. So....go ahead and mark the date on your calender.
The sale will be at the Emile Henry USA's warehouse location:
Emile Henry Warehouse, 802 Centerpoint Blvd., New Castle, Delaware
The sale dates and hours are:
Friday, December 7: 4 pm to 8 pm
Saturday, December 8: 8 am to 4 pm
Sunday, December 9: 10 am to 3 pm
The latest example of how the tabletop community shares and supports various worthwhile causes is Emile Henry USA's announced Warehouse Sale set for early December. Supporting the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, the Annual Warehouse Sale is scheduled for Friday, December 7th thru Sunday, December 9th....just in time for the holidays. DBCC is the beneficiary of the Emile Henry Pink Products Line featuring the Pink Pie Plate. Emile Henry will donate 10% off all pink products sold at the Warehouse Sale. The sale offers up to 80% off retail prices on top cookware, ovenware, bakeware & tableware brands like Emile Henry, Rosle, Mauviel, Lekue and Duralex. The sale will feature overstock merchandise, factory seconds, replacement lids and discontinued products. The sale will be at the Emile Henry USA's warehouse location:
Emile Henry Warehouse, 802 Centerpoint Blvd., New Castle, Delaware
The sale dates and hours are:
Friday, December 7: 4 pm to 8 pm
Saturday, December 8: 8 am to 4 pm
Sunday, December 9: 10 am to 3 pm
While PICARDIE might be Duralex's best known design, the product range is wide and includes glassware, bowls, and serving pieces.
For many of us, Duralex is a magical name which tells a story of childhood with the little inlaid numbers found at the bottom of the tumblers we all played with during lunchtime in the cafeteria. But it is also much more… Duralex owes its birth to the Saint-Gobain group and the industrial patent for moulded, tempered glass, developed in 1936 in the La Chapelle Saint-Mesmin factory. This industrial process gives the tumbler a perfect transparency and lasting clarity, and makes it practically unbreakable. Since its creation, the expertise and know-how of its collaborators have given the brand its international renown with its unbreakable tumblers whose pure, simple style is never outdated. | Technical Definition
The tempering operation consists of a brutal cooling by ventilation of cold air over the two faces of the glass product, which has been brought beforehand to a temperature of 1292°F. This treatment creates in the glass a force which improves most of its physical properties: resistance to mechanical stress (bending, shocks and impacts) and to thermal shocks.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES:
the product is 2.5 times more resistant than a fired product of equal thickness.
THERMAL:
tempered glass can resist a thermal shock of 266°F, while classical glass breaks from a thermal shock of about 104°F. Tempered glass conserves the optical and acoustic properties of each basic product. After being tempered, the glass can no longer be recut or reshaped. Slight deformations may be observed after tempering which are inherent in the manufacturing process. |
Duralex glassware is as strong as it is beautiful.
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LYS glass dinnerware is an example of another "hidden gem" in the Duralex line of products for foodservice.
So, the next time you think of Duralex, don't just think of it as a "pretty face" or simple specialty glassware....it can stand up with the big boys of glassware just fine, thank you.
Comment préférez-vous votre français?
Now....your French comes in deux colors! Picardie from Duralex. You really don't want your French bistro to have non-French glassware do you? See the entire line of Duralex glassware by going here: http://food-service.duralexusa.com/
You weren't really trying to have an authentic French bistro with glassware that wasn't French....were you? Be authentic. Use the real thing. Get in touch with these folks from Duralex. Yes. it has all the thermal properties. Yes, it will hold up in foodservice use. And, yes...it's stocked here in the U.S.A. Your customers will know the difference.
Duralex's Picardie glassware is an icon of the French bistro tabletop.
Go here to see the entire line of products from Duralex USA....stocked in Delaware: http://food-service.duralexusa.com/
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