Comment Archives: Stories: Restaurants: Last 30 Days
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
City House, Flyte (just had the an incredible mid-week meal there last night), F Scotts, the taco truck at the BP Gas Station on Nolensville Rd for the Al Pastor taco with everything on it, 400 Degrees for the best 100 degrees hot chicken (always fresh, never frozen, and prepared to order).
Yeah, what rules Jack! Here are my more Top 5:
Amd Silly Goose (if I can get in), Mas Taco for fried avocado taco), Ginger for lard nar me krob, Jeni's ice cream (yes ice cream can be a meal), Cafe Fundemental for Sunday Brunch, Chinatown for the braised pork belly with chinese pickles, Fido's food is always a good stand by, Sunset Grill delivers a good hot meal when we want it, Shabu Shabu house for the only shabu shabu experience in Nashville, King Market (for groceries, cafe and jewelry), and Mesob for some really kick-a$$ Ethiopian.
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
Silly Goose, City House, Margot, Table 3, Holland House,
My husbands: Silly Goose, Watermark, Mad Platter, City House, 360 Bistro
Casual Eateries: Tavern, Hattie B's, Pharmacy, Local Taco, Bobbie's Dairy Dip
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
No order: City House, Yellow Porch, Lockland Table, Margot, Rolf and Daughters.
I have had amazing meals at each of those places that I still remember like they happened yesterday.
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
Yellow Porch, Smiling Elephant, Las Americas, Rosepepper, Arnold's - best roast beef EVER.
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
Rolf and Daughters, City House, mas tacos, Marche, Catbird Seat
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
Well darn, should be "Rolfe AND Catbird". You knew what I meant. ^^
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
Cafe Fundamental (doesn't get enough credit for being phenomenal), F Scotts, Merchants (Bistro downstairs), M and Macke & Kates tied as one, and Germantown Cafe
Waiting quite impatiently to go to: SILO, Lockeland, and Rolfe Catbird.
Re: “Hungry for Sourdough: How-to and When-to?”
Oddly enough, I'm actually heading to Kentucky this weekend and on my list of things to bring back with me is a chunk of my grandmother's sourdough starter. I've never attempted it myself, but that bread is what dreams are made of. One morning a few weeks ago I awoke with a mad craving for it, so I decided it's time for me to take on the task. Wish me luck!
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
In Order: 1. City House (still the best in town), 2. Rolf & Daughter, 3. Etch, 4. Husk, 5. Margot
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
also on an open thread note: I asked on twitter but got no real response, is there anywhere to get a good lunch in Lebanon?
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
City House, Rolf and Daughters, Catbird Seat, Husk, Lockeland Table
I have not been to etch, Blvd, Silo, or several other new places
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
The five I currently go to the most - A Matter of Taste, Edley's, Rumors, Porta Via and Las Americas.
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
In no particular order: Brown's Diner, Silo, Bound'ry (based solely on the lobster pizza), Blvd & Husk (dined there this past week and it was phenomenal)
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
My five, but not in any particular order: Silo, Lockeland Table, etch, Germantown Cafe, F. Scott's. Germantown Cafe is in my list because of consistency and more reasonable price. I love the others but have, at times, felt prices were extreme for what I get.
Re: “A Big Week for the Peg Leg Porker”
Congrats to Carey on the performance in Memphis and the new Porker Restaurant!
Note to Chris Chamberlin: Memphis is on the Mississippi River not the Tennessee River!
Buy a Map!
Re: “Hungry for Sourdough: How-to and When-to?”
n addition to S L's comment on sourdough starters in middle TN, I can say that we've had great luck in adapting our starter to the Nashville environment. Our starter came from rural France 18 years ago and our biggest concern was the change in temp and humidity. The starter adapted quite well and was and is very lively. We had slight changes in flavor (became a little more sour) but overall it really tasted very similar to the Mother Starter. I've found that there are literally dozens of ways to bring out many flavors in the sourdough culture. Most of this revolves around feeding schedules, types of flour used for feeding, and changing up the time and temp schedule on fermentation of the starter. The finished doughs with starter incorporated can also be manipulated in the same manner. I have since moved a chunk of this starter to Los Angeles and it went through some subtle changes here as well. Definitely more sour, but not quite as active. The world of sourdough starter cultures is truly fascinating.
Terry from Provence Breads
Re: “Despite remodeling and a revamped menu, it's the same old O'Charley's”
Fair enough Steve. Do not disagree with anything you wrote...It just caught me off guard.
Re: “Sean Brock brings his celebrated Husk brand to Nashville”
I went to Husk this past Sunday night and I wasn't impressed. I went with a large group and we got almost every appetizer on the menu and over half of the nights featured entree items. It was Ok but that's about all I can say. They are trying to hard to be fine dining restaurant and seem to have forgotten that they intended to be a southern dining experience. I have no plans to return anytime soon. It is expensive (I knew it would be before I went) but if I am going to pay that sort of price I would much rather go to Kayne Prime. If you are looking for the southern staples then you need to look else where. The final and most disappointing part of all were the small portion sizes. After having an app, entree, and some desert I was still kind of hungry. So been there done that, not impressed.
Re: “This Week's Dining Column: The New, Revamped O'Charley's”
They do at least as an innocuous grilled chicken - fruit - candied pecan - bleu cheese salad as anyone else in town. Best of a limited set of choices at many Interstate exits when in transit.
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
My top 5: Husk, Rolf & Daughters, Café Fundamental, Tavern, and Smiling Elephant. All so yummy.
For lunch in Lebanon, if you don't want big chains, it's slim pickings. I'd say either Sunset (meat and three, really good broasted chicken) or Painturo's Pizza. Los Compadres or Jalisco's Mexican are both popular, although pretty standard Middle TN Mexican. Snow White Drive-In used to be really good, but I haven't been in a long time, and there are new owners so I can't say either way now. A lot of people really like the Chop House too, but it's overpriced for what it is, in my opinion.