Monday, April 30, 2012

Bella Nashville Pizza-Farmers' Market



There's a new restaurant at the Nashville Farmers' Market and we think they'll be doing some big business. Bella Nashville pizza had a soft opening on Sunday night. They're serving a modest menu to begin with, but everything is handcrafted and well considered, right down to the house made sodas and yerba mate tea.

Emma Berkey and Dave Cuomo have a wood fired oven roaring away in the space

Sunday, April 29, 2012

West End Café



Nashville Restaurants and Food
West End Café
1720 West End Avenue
Nashville
615-321-2209
www.westendcafenashville.com

The diner concept is simple: breakfast and lunch served quickly and hopefully with a homey feel. The upscale diner sounds like an oxymoron, but it simply elevates the food and décor. The point is still the same: quick, dependable comfort. The West End Café serves a section of

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Mesob



Nashville Restaurants and Food
Mesob
1310 Antioch Pike
Nashville
615-712-8453
www.mesobcuisine.com

Ethiopian food has a complex set of flavors with berbere sauce a centerpiece. Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant takes those flavors up a notch with bold use of those berbere peppers, ginger, garlic and fenugreek. Throw into that mix Ethiopian herbs and you have tongue tingling cuisine. Mesob has been

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Gnocchi in Whites Creek and Eating Well in East Nashville

Nashville Restaurants and FoodGnocchi in Whites Creek and Eating Well in East Nashville
The Farmhouse restaurant at the Fontanel is gone and the replacement is Italian cuisine via Nolensville. Café Fontanella opened up a couple of weeks ago. They remodeled the former Farmhouse restaurant to give it a more upscale dinner vibe with a full cocktail bar. Pasta and Martinis anyone? The new joint comes

Monday, April 2, 2012

Connie Lee Ronk Panebianco

If the creation of good food is love, Connie Panebianco shared love often and with an enjoyment in the process as well as the result. Connie is Katie’s mom. She stayed with us in Nashville for a year after being diagnosed with breast cancer. During her radiation and chemotherapy treatments she cooked wonderful dishes nearly every night. At first it was disconcerting- shouldn’t we be the ones