Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Tough Times for Restaurants

Okay, another restaurant closing to report. Kellogg’s Southern Restaurant at 7541 Old Hickory Blvd. in Whites Creek has shut down. This has been a hard location for restaurants...with several taking up residence and failing in the last four years. This may also be an indication of the impact of the economic downturn. The newer, struggling operations are closing first, but who knows how far it

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Veggie Cafe closes restaurant location

The Veggie Cafe has closed at 1601 Riverside. The good news is they will go back to operating the mobile kitchen. We'll leave the review up for now at http://cookshopresto.blogspot.com/2008/03/veggie-caf.htmlCheck their website for details on the mobile kitchen:http://www.theveggiecafe.com/

Sunday, October 19, 2008

La Usuluteca

Nashville Restaurants and FoodLa Usuluteca2761 Murfreesboro RoadAntioch615-367-1288There are dozens of Mexican taquerias in Nashville these days. You’d figure that the growth in the Hispanic population would lead to restaurants featuring the specialties of other Latin American countries, but these joints are far fewer and often don’t last long. Pupuseria La Usuluteca has been turning out El

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

One closing, one opening

We're sad to report that Nashville's Most Wanted Pizza has closed. Readers noticed it some time ago, but this is the first chance we've had to take a look ourselves. We wish the former owners well, they had some of the best pizza and wings in town. If anyone knows what they are up to now please drop us a line. That location seems to have issues. But the PadThai Kitchen is giving it a shot. We'll

Sunday, October 12, 2008

The Nashville Biscuit House

Nashville Restaurants and FoodThe Nashville Biscuit House805 Gallatin Rd.Nashville615-228-4504When Nashville Biscuit House is your name, you’d better live up to the promise. And actually the biscuits are pretty good here. It’s the rest of the sides that fail to hold up.The restaurant is probably best known as a Knife and Fork, which we reviewed and found kind of mediocre. Things didn’t improve

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Las Maracas

Nashville Restaurants and Food
Las Maracas
2704 Gallatin Pike
Nashville
615-227-8000

Update 12/09: This restaurant has moved and taken up two new locations, one down the street in East Nashville at 2704 Gallatin Pike and another in Madison at 1107 Gallatin Pike North. 868-0011. This review is of the old location. We have not been back since they have moved.

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