Relaunch Sampler · Muestra de relanzamiento

Read it, print it, fold it

This is not a news edition. It is a working sample of the layout, with original evergreen content, so readers and advertisers can see what a Cerveza News is. Nothing here is a current local report, event or listing, and no business has paid for any box.

Printing tips

Use the button above or your browser’s print command. The sampler prints as two pages, front and back. Choose Letter or A4, leave the scale at 100%, and turn off headers and footers. Fold the printed sheet in half to see the idea. Puzzle answers stay hidden unless you open them before printing.

Cerveza News · Relaunch Sampler · FrontSample only, not a current issue

Relaunch Sampler

Cerveza News mascot: a bottle cap in a press hat, taking notes with a pencil.

A sheet you can read before the food arrives

Most local information lives in places that move fast and forget: group chats, social feeds, a flyer taped up for a week. A folded sheet on the table does something different. It sits there. It is the same size every time. It waits while you wait.

That is the idea behind Cerveza News: short, useful, local pieces; a puzzle; and a handful of ad boxes from businesses nearby, in the same spot each time so you know where to look. English and Spanish share the page because the people at the table often speak both.

In this sampler

Pocket guide: the table, in two languages
Table puzzle: Foam Check
Be in the next one

Front · upper panel · sample content

Pocket guide: the table, in two languages

Ordering is easier when both sides have a few words in common. Here are eleven phrases for sitting down to eat or drink in Mexico: Spanish on the left, English on the right.

Eleven useful restaurant phrases in Spanish and English
Español	English
Una mesa para dos, por favor.	A table for two, please.
¿Qué me recomienda?	What do you recommend?
Para llevar	To go
Sin hielo, por favor	No ice, please
Sin picante	Not spicy
Soy alérgico(a) a…	I’m allergic to…
¿Tiene opciones sin gluten?	Do you have gluten-free options?
¿Aceptan tarjeta?	Do you take cards?
¿Ya incluye la propina?	Is the tip already included?
La cuenta, por favor	The check, please
¡Muy rico!	Delicious!

Tipping at sit-down restaurants is customary. If you are not sure whether service is already on the check, just ask.

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Front · lower panel · sample content

Cerveza News · Relaunch Sampler · BackSample only, not a current issue

Cartoon beer mug with a face, pointing one finger up.

Table puzzle: Foam Check

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and each 2×2 box holds the numbers 1 to 4 exactly once. This puzzle was invented for the sampler and has nothing to do with real local events.

Foam Check · 4×4 number grid
1	2	blank	4
blank	4	1	blank
blank	1	4	blank
4	blank	blank	1

Show the answer

Row 1: 1 2 3 4
Row 2: 3 4 1 2
Row 3: 2 1 4 3
Row 4: 4 3 2 1

A riddle for the table

What gets wetter the more it dries?

Show the answer

A towel.

Back · upper panel · sample content

Be in the next one

The relaunch is still being built, and there is room in it for neighbors.

Advertise. Put a labelled box on the page. See the formats and request builder.
Send an event or a tip. Details get checked before anything is printed. Use the contact page.
Help us read both languages. Bilingual readers who can proof English and Spanish are welcome to write.

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Write to luke@1730.ca.

Back · lower panel · sample content

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