Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Midweek Odds and Ends

Nashville Restaurants and Food
Midweek Odds and Ends

Brewsters is officially open in Madison. We had our fist look this weekend. The soon to be brew pub is serving lunch and dinner, but the beer is still a couple of weeks away. Our server said the primary issue seems to be permits and such. It’s an airy space with lofted ceilings and plenty of windows. It may be familiar to folks on that side of

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Shish Kabob

Nashville Restaurants and Food
Shish Kabob
4651 Nolensville Road
Nashville
615-833-1113
www.theshishkabob.com

The humble falafel gets a major makeover at the new Persian restaurant Shish Kabob and it’s a long time coming. The crunchy chickpea favorite often comes in ball form and seems, quite frankly, stuck in a rut at many Nashville kabob joints and gyro stands. The Shish Kabob version is flat,

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Thai Star

Nashville Restaurants and Food
Thai Star
563 East Thompson Lane
Nashville
615-823-3701

It’s a move down Thompson Lane for Thai Star owner Keo Douangtavanh and family. The old location was tucked away from traffic and this new one is hard to miss on the Thompson Lane strip. A bold red sign announces the spot. Clearly road frontage is a priority.

It’s a clean, utilitarian dining room with tall

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Alice's Rib Shack

Nashville Restaurants and Food
Alice's Rib Shack

God bless Alice’s Restaurant in Gallatin, well actually it’s Alice’s Rib Shack, but I had to work in the movie reference. It doesn’t get any more down home than this: a squeaky storm door opens to a small room with carpeting, eight chairs and a TV. It’s take-out only and the waiting lounge will give you a chance to meet and greet. Alice Humphrey

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Holland Burgers

Nashville Restaurants and Food
Holland Burgers

The Tennessean reports that the owners of the Holland House Bar and Refuge are considering opening an all-burger restaurant just down the street from the Holland House, on McFerrin in East Nashville. They have already set up a Twitter feed about the joint, which will apparently be called "Bonnie Blue's Icehouse". Here is how the Twitter page

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Welcome Music City Visitors and Oscar Provisions

Nashville Restaurants and Food
Welcome Visitors

We've noticed a trend on the blog. Traffic spikes significantly when big events come to town. So, for those basketball fans and radio folks in town this week- welcome to Music City. If you're staying downtown take a look at the right hand side of the screen. You'll see a label for downtown that will pull up just restaurants within walking distance