The Road, Episode 12: Norman Couser's Country Kitchen [Eating Our Way Down Nolensville Pike]

Welcome to The Road, my column in which I'm going to attempt — key word: attempt — to eat at every non-chain restaurant on Nolensville Pike between I-440 and the county line. I'll readily admit that even though I live right off Nolensville — Paragon Mills represent! — and revel in the diversity and quantity of its eateries, I have barely scratched the surface of what the strip has to offer. But now I'm going to rectify that, and hopefully you'll join for what's likely to be a wild ride.

Episode 12: Norman Couser's Country Cooking

Address: 3754 Nolensville Pike

Phone: 781-8270

Remember, way back when this column started, when some random, anonymous commentor was like, "Dude, are you ever going to visit a restaurant you don't like?" This entry is dedicated to that random dude/dudette, whoever/wherever they might be. Norman Couser's Country Cooking was possibly the most bland meal I've had in ages. It's not a meat-and-three: it's a meh-and-three. In a city with so much good, flavorful Southern food, it's tough to imagine why anybody would go here. Oh wait, I know — it's probably the only spot you can get bland, uninteresting food on Nolensville Pike. (If there's another, don't tell me. I'll find it.)