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By: Kyle MacNeill

Kyle is a pop culture writer with fond memories of Frankie & Benny’s

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  • The return of absinthe: What I learned on a green fairy bender

    The Magazine

    Absinthe is back on the menu. We sent Kyle MacNeill on a pub crawl of the best places to drink the green fairy to see if it lives up to its fearsome reputation It’s five o’clock somewhere! By that, I mean that’s the literal time where I am, although for a second I’m not sure where [...]

    An Absintini at The Absinthe Parlour, a spin on the martini made using absinthe
  • Plane weird: How the airport broke my spirit

    Life&Style

    I’m not a nervous flyer in the usual sense. Being in a tin can at an altitude of 35,000 feet (that’s half the height of Gary Barlow’s son, for reference) doesn’t really get me rattled. The rational side of me kicks in. You’re more likely to be hit by a car, or die from a [...]

  • Frankie & Benny’s: Why this failing chain still holds a place in my heart

    childhood restaurants

    Frankie & Benny's may be crap but my childhood self remains sitting in one of those booths, smile stained red

    Kyle MacNeill (left) in Frankie & Benny's some time in the 2000s

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