Comment Archives: stories: Restaurants: Bites: Last 30 Days
Re: “Amerigo Wine Tasting Series: Still the Best Deal in Town”
Thanks for the kind words, Lesley!
- doug
Re: “Cookbook Review: Health on Your Plate (Plus a Giveaway)”
"You are what you eat." Completely agree! Really looking forward to checking this book out!
Re: “Cookbook Review: Health on Your Plate (Plus a Giveaway)”
I'll comment for chance at a free cookbook anytime :)
Re: “McDonald's on Broadway Finally Set to Rebuild and Reopen Later This Year”
Will it be rebuilt in its current location or built to the street as the regs require?
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
Ha, "roast beef w/debris" - thought it was an auto-spell-correct error. Found it's a typically charming Cajun colloquialism.
Do the restaurant owners on Kitchen Nightmares just *never* watch the show before Gordon and crew come to film? I'm always amazed they don't at least hose out the walk-ins!
If you like KN, watch the British version on Youtube, it's sooo much more entertaining! And believable!
Can't contribute much else except to admit although I have always wanted to try Chappy's, their prices kept me away. $30 entrees don't fly in Nashville. Even with a Groupon, $15 for crawfish etoufee is too much!
Lastly, I am going to suppress the urge to comment about "Starr" and her plastic surgery, because I am nice that way.
BTW, Anyone else notice there seems to be a review war going on with Bro's and other Cajun places on Urbanspoon and other review sites?
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
Actually, "Chappy's Po'Boys" might work if you made it a fast-casual place with NOLA sandwiches (and no gingham or barn wood). Start pumping out some decent shrimp, oyster, and roast beef w/debris on Leidenheimer bread and a good muffaleta? Works for me...
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
I love the original Chappy's and Ive been recently and I loved it. I dont see a Po Boys or Cracker Barrel type place working there at all. I cant believe they did that. I wonder what i cost him to put the restaurant back in shape.
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
Who needs an 'edit button' for the difference between wood and would? This thread is phenomenal. The show was phenomenal. I have never eaten at Chappy's, and still won't. I guess I'll never know the truth.
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
Watching it now, and regardless of anyone's opinion of the food, that walk-in was absolutely foul. Ridiculous.
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Best Milkshake in Town?”
I had a great shake at Bobby's downtown location.
Unrelated to shakes- Gifford's Bacon is the best bacon I've ever had. Ever.
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
LOL I saw that after I posted , no edit button :)
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
Chappy's is back to its original quality food.Thank heavens! We have eaten there many times since it opened. We even celebrated our fiftieth wedding anniversary there with a large group of family from all over the country. The food and service was spectacular. We and many of our guests have eaten at restaurants coast to coast and across the world. They know good food! I'm glad to look forward to going again soon. Bernie and Mary
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
"Howdy ya'll and welcome to Po'Folks!!"
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
"Barn would"..... I can't stop laughing.....
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
Wow, I must have gone on the one good night that he's had since he's been open based on all the other comments. I went about a year ago via a Groupon offer and had a really good meal. The butter thing, I didn't really get but our meal was really good. I honestly can't remember what I had but my wife had the bbq shrimp and loved it. We both commented on how good it was and were glad that we had tried it and promised to give it another try. We haven't yet but look forward to it.
I've also been at several caterred events at my daughter's school that he's done and they were all good, too.
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Best Milkshake in Town?”
The spiked shakes at Burger Republic are amazing, if you want a milkshake with a kick. The Vanilla Maple Bourbon is my favorite. My kids swear by the 'normal' shakes, especially the Maple Bacon and the White Chocolate Strawberry shakes.
We also like the shakes at The Pharmacy.
Re: “Aura World Fusion Cuisine: The Week's Dining Review”
I didn't get the feeling from the review that Carrington does either.
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
I guess if you're gonna go down you might as well go down swinging and slinging what you know. But honestly, he's lasted a lot longer than I ever figured he would, especially given the way he seems to hang his toque on that BUTTER. That's the oddest thing ever! And honestly, every time I've been it was the best thing they served. Certainly the best value...
Re: “Prominent TV Chef Maneet Chauhan Opening Her First Restaurant: A Gastropub in Nashville”
FWIW, my meager understanding of the etymology of 'gastropub' had to do with the epiphany someone running a pub in England had in the 80s-90s, to go beyond being the butt of all food jokes and actually serve food worth eating on its own and not just as a post-session beer soak. So there were pubs and then there were gastropubs, and the latter meant the fish & chips would cost about double what they charged in the former, but they probably weren't out of a freezer bag and the malt vinegar would be in a nice serving bottle and not the stock bottle still with its label, etc.. Then they got into sourcing "heirloom" varieties of local food (produce and meat), and off they went waiting for their turn in Kitchen Nightmares when they got too fancy or lost their way with rarebit that took all day to fix. Sadly, a lot of their pint prices went up with the food costs, it seemed. (Some of us still just want a fresh 'best bitter' option on the hand pull with clean lines and a nice selection of Walker's crisps for later.) But that was the gastropub's invention. What it means here seems to be whatever you want, but almost always that extra tick up in prices is a given.
Re: “The Fur Flies Tonight as Chappy Faces Off With Gordon Ramsay”
@Tommy -- Roast beef and debris po'boys are awesome! Perhaps the most famous is the Ferdi Special from Mother's in New Orleans, which adds ham to the roast beef, debris and gravy. Check it out if you're ever in New Orleans:
http://www.mothersrestaurant.net