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Re: “With M., the family behind Mack & Kate's goes uptown in Cummins Station”
Lose the televisions.
Re: “With M., the family behind Mack & Kate's goes uptown in Cummins Station”
I normally am in agreement with Carrington, but I really enjoyed M. and have actually been back twice since my original visit. While I have only been at night, I found the service to be excellent, the food very good with a good variety and priced fairly, and was very surprised at a very classy atmosphere. Loved the gray cushioned chairs instead of the wooden chairs at many of our newer places. I easily put M. with Silo, Rolf and Daughters and Lockeland Table.
Re: “With M., the family behind Mack & Kate's goes uptown in Cummins Station”
Carrington, how was the bread?
Re: “At Sunflower Cafe, Laura Yazdian and Gabrielle Mittelstaedt showcase a surprising bounty of vegetarian delights”
Sunflower is an excellent restaurant! Don't skip over it like some folks I know do when they hear it's all veg. This place totally rocks! Thanks for opening! You'll be seeing me there!
Re: “At his East Nashville brasserie, Café Fundamental, Chef Jamie Watson melds French technique with Southern flavor”
And Barbara ... I've said it on Bites before, and I'll say it again: Nashville restaurants tend to fall down when it comes to service. I don't know why that is, but I'd say that much of the time, the front of the house doesn't measure up to the quality of the food that's being put out. It's not about friendliness, but just about getting the service RIGHT.
Re: “At his East Nashville brasserie, Café Fundamental, Chef Jamie Watson melds French technique with Southern flavor”
Thanks Jack, that's good to know. The review was written as if there was only one return visit on the second round, so to me that wouldn't be enough to know if things had improved overall since the opening round, or if the better experience this time was a fluke.
Re: “At his East Nashville brasserie, Café Fundamental, Chef Jamie Watson melds French technique with Southern flavor”
I've had service trouble every time here (four times so far), which is killing me because I really really like the food. It's always little things, like when three people order something with frites, we get one tiny ramekin of catsup and it takes two requests to get two more (this happened on three different occasions). Same with water, if one person asks, everyone should get it. Stuff like that, three trips for the server every time one thing gets asked for. Missing silverware. Oh and they really need to vent that place better; it's impossible to not need to wash your hair when you get home because of the cooking smoke.
But the food really is delicious, not a single complaint about that.
Re: “A list of Nashville restaurants open on Thanksgiving”
Given that it is now January, why is this article still on the front page of the web version?
Re: “At Sushi Train in Lions Head, a reinvented Chef Yang's is on the right track”
Let's hope the team re-worked the kitchen too. Chef Yang's consistently failed their health department inspections over the years for some very egregious and safe eating violations. Not exactly a confidence boost when it comes to sushi especially, even crappy sushi making its way around and around on a conveyer belt. I would avoid this place like the plague.
Re: “At his East Nashville brasserie, Café Fundamental, Chef Jamie Watson melds French technique with Southern flavor”
@TL:
She did go four times, which I think is sufficient to provide a balanced review. Time and budget constraints rarely allow for more than four visits. But I understand your concern in regard to gauging just how much it's improved. So I'll throw in my two cents.
I'm a big fan of the place. I've had mostly positive experiences. On one our two early visits, service was uneven. I've probably been 10 times between brunch/lunch/and dinner. The pastries are top notch, some of the best around. Love brunch, and have really enjoyed lunch and dinner too. I wish at dinner they had a few less expensive options — if they did, I'd eat dinner more often there. I don't mind spending $20 or $30 on a great entree at dinner (and all of my dinners have been good there), but my budget doesn't allow that on a regular basis. But if they offered their steak frites or a burger or sandwich in the $10 to $15 range, like the stuff on their lunch/brunch menu, I'd eat dinner there more frequently.
Re: “At his East Nashville brasserie, Café Fundamental, Chef Jamie Watson melds French technique with Southern flavor”
I'm curious -- is this review based on only one recent return visit? In other words, is it now consistent across visits, or have there not been enough return experiences to know if it's still uneven?
Re: “At Sushi Train in Lions Head, a reinvented Chef Yang's is on the right track”
Sushi Train,Is Absolutely Finger-Lick'in Good!Mmm,Mmm,Mmm!@!#$
Re: “At Sushi Train in Lions Head, a reinvented Chef Yang's is on the right track”
This place is awful. Hands down awful. Sushi looks old and sad. Cooked food was terrible. Don't get the fried rice. It was brown mush. I went on the recommendation from this article. What a waste of time, money, a super expensive renovation, and my taste buds.
Re: “At Etch, Deb Paquette makes an encore culinary performance”
Great food and service, had the duck duck and both dishes were excellent. I would only say that the quality of bread with the butter dish was Wonder, which made us wonder...
Re: “At Etch, Deb Paquette makes an encore culinary performance”
Mrs. Foodie and I went last night amid all the rain and cold. The decor is very modern as one would expect. Service was prompt but, the food took some time and I would expect that. The food is delicious and rather heavy. Portions are well more than I could eat of this rich fare. I had the short ribs while Mrs. Foodie had the pork tenderloin. Both were exceptionally well prepared. We will return.
One side note: It seems that the new rage is the "elevation of southern classics" and multiple restaurants are capitalizing on this in Nashville and I fear that there are simply too many takes on this style that all seem the same on delivery, high in the "richness" qualities that makes for a very heavy meal.
Re: “Our intrepid correspondent goes in search of the perfect hangover brunch”
Woah, Templar...if you're such a hater, why bother commenting? Nuvo is still considered Sylvan Park, as is most everything found between Morrow/Charlotte/54th and Charlotte & 42nd, Sylvan Heights is 40th-37th or so. There's no geographic error in their reporting. Surely there are more efficient uses for your angsty energy.
Re: “Our intrepid correspondent goes in search of the perfect hangover brunch”
Nuvo Burrito on Charlotte (which is NEAR the "Sylvan Park" neighborhood, not in it, as is the case with the new ML Rose; I suppose such trendite drivel is to be expected from the so-called journalists employed by this rag) is also offering a New Year's Day brunch menu; the food will undoubtedly be wonderful but let's hope they cool it with the weird euro-trash videos that day.
Re: “Our intrepid correspondent goes in search of the perfect hangover brunch”
I thought I would go authentic and order the menudo once as well. When I ordered it, the waitress gave me a weird look and for good reason.
Re: “At Sushi Train in Lions Head, a reinvented Chef Yang's is on the right track”
I thought the restuarant was cute, and my udon was pretty tasty, but the sushi itself was...meh, really, not to mention the tons and tons of $4 selections chugging around, but almost nothing at any other price.
Oh, and the service started out entirely too intrusive, but by the time our entrees arrived, it seemed as if nobody worked there any more. When it takes me longer to pay for my meal than it did to eat it, I tend to get a little cranky.
Re: “At last, Nashville gets Lucky Bamboo — dim sum that's authentic, delicious and just plain fun”
If you are ever in Alanta..Do try Oriental Pearl seafood Restaurant. (5399 New peachtree Rd, Chamblee ,GA 30341 770-986-9866) dim sum end at 2pm I think. I go there at least 2 time (dimsum lunch, dinner) when I am in town. there are other restaurant there too and a market in the back. I've tried so many dim sum and this is the only one I love. Use to like Chicago Chinatown but they had stop pushing their cart and you would just order off their menu(what fun is that)lol. not to mention their menu isn't as good as they were 10yrs ago.