{"id":33,"date":"2008-04-20T14:02:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-20T14:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2008-07-15T16:26:15","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T16:26:15","slug":"local-wines-at-front-royal-applebees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/20\/local-wines-at-front-royal-applebees\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Wines at Front Royal Applebee&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On a recent visit to wineries along Route 66 in Virginia, we stopped for a late lunch at Applebee\u2019s in Front Royal. This is a new-style Applebee\u2019s, recently opened, and immediately one notices that it is open, bright and airy. Gone are the walls that divide areas. The restaurant was clean and modern looking. Glass cases displayed local artifacts, drawing attention to the neighborhood bar and grill branding of the Applebee\u2019s chain. However, we were pleasantly surprised one display case that included bottles of local Virginia wines. Not only were Virginia wines on display, but also one can purchase Virginia wines by the glass or bottle. This is a different experience from other Applebee\u2019s restaurants and many other chain restaurants that only offer a standard list of wines. It is great to see that Applebee\u2019s in Front Royal is taking the \u201cneighborhood\u201d concept to heart by promoting local wines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We mentioned our experience at a winery we visited and the first word uttered by the owners was, \u201cWe\u2019re going to Applebee\u2019s.\u201d Perhaps other restaurants should model after the Front Royal Applebee\u2019s and offer wines from their local wineries.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Local Wines at Front Royal Applebee's\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=27\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a recent visit to wineries along Route 66 in Virginia, we stopped for a late lunch at Applebee\u2019s in Front Royal. This is a new-style Applebee\u2019s, recently opened, and immediately one notices that it is open, bright and airy. Gone are the walls that divide areas. The restaurant was clean and modern looking. Glass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[3758,10,46,93,157],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","tag-restaurants","tag-applebees","tag-local-wines","tag-virginia","tag-wineriestasting-rooms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}