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i would check out frank stitt's restaurants. see here. for cheap eats, there are also some really solid hot dog places around the downtown area. one i believe is near the entrance to one of the parking garages downtown (can't remember the name). as for bbq, skip jim n' nick's. i was not impressed with the nashville area ones. if you have a car and are willing to make a roadtrip, big bob gibson's bbq up in decatur is good, as is the original dreamland bbq down in tuscaloosa. in case you don't get a lot of replies, i would check out bhamdining.com and birminghammenus.com

probably not upscale by nature, but maybe you could fancy up the presentation: bmt shooters - cherry tomatoes stuffed with bacon, mayo and a bit of green onion fried green tomato sandwich with fresh mozzarella (or a fried green tomato blt) cheddar grit cake triangles pickled shrimp as mentioned earlier ham w/ sweet potato biscuits (or regular biscuits and some peach preserves) chess, pecan and fudge pie tartlets

Not recently, sorry. I tend to like their lunch menu more than the dinner menu anyway. I can, however, recommend the following places, which are "nicer" places: Germantown Cafe, The Acorn, Cabana, F. Scott's Depending on how much time you have, you should also consider these, cheaper places for lunch or brunch: saturday brunch - Monell's breakfast - pancake pantry sunday brunch - germantown cafe (see above) or The Loveless Cafe bbq - Hog Heaven (get a regular pork sandwich and a chicken sandwich with white bbq sauce) burger - rotier's (cheeseburger on french bread) i hope you have a nice trip!

i'm guessing that would be october 13th, when the dawgs go down...again! i was at rotier's having a cheeseburger on french bread with a chocolate shake when we kicked that field goal. everyone went nuts...good times.

i advise anyone going to prince's to just clear their calendar for the rest of the day, and usually the next day as well. some people made the mistake of going to prince's for lunch and then going back to class afterwards. me? i just went home, where i could rest comfortably until it was time to die. other people would go and get a smoothie or milkshake to try and mitigate the damage. it seems to get a little easier the more you go - but the damage you do to arteries will take days off your life expectancy! i really feel for you and the other passengers on that plane.

there are more active posters from the atl and nc areas, which leads to more posts about those areas. nashville restaurant threads seem to come up in the context of people visiting and looking for places to go. i want to say i have seen some articles in the local papers (the rage, the scene and the tennessean) over the last year or so discussing the changing eating tendencies of nashville. there's certainly been a change in the restaurant landscape over the last year or two. are there a lot of chains in the area? sure, but we're not unique in that regard.

hola! my gf's sister just had premature twins, and my gf is planning on heading down to visit her for a week or so. she was looking to prepare some things that her sister could freeze and reheat easily. as one would imagine, she's got her hands full with the little ones. there's only one catch - the man of the house will not eat cheese - so lasagna, enchiladas, etc. are out. i would appreciate any ideas y'all have. thanks!

i'm just messing with you. i'm all for self-promotion - i'll probably do a little if/when i get my 45 page dining guide to nashville moved from a word doc to a website.

not that you're biased or anything! lol. i believe radius10 is another place that's supposed to be kinda stuffy like watermark. i haven't gone to either. heck, i still haven't been to mirror...and that's been open for a few years.

fyi, the belle meade cafeteria, referenced earlier in the thread, closed recently: tennessean article

i don't think i said i get most of my recipes online. i usually either wing it for most of the nightly meals, and refer to my cookbooks for family g2g's, special events like parties, etc. i tend to like cookbooks that do more than just list recipe after recipe. the more information, the better. i like to learn where a recipe came from, how it developed, why it tastes like it does/how it comes together, and why certain dishes or food staples took off in a certain region. to me, that's just as interesting as how it tastes. among my friends, i tend to be the guy filled with seemingly useless information. it's probably not surprising that i got a general desk reference book from one person for xmas and a food lover's companion from another. as for these books, i was just looking for something that could meet those needs. like i said earlier, i had alotted one book out of my viking store gift card xmas moolah. maybe i'll just get both and hold off on something else. it turned out i got a few more shun knives, so that probably freed up some space on the ol' gift card. i may look into those asian books you suggested. i'd love to know more about that part of the world. thanks a bunch.

i'm just planning what i'm getting with some gift cards, and i had room for one more book. it was down to those two. i was just trying to be humorous with a highlander reference.

Is one generally preferable to the other? It seems like having both Larousse Gastronomique and On Food & Cooking seems a little redundant, although I'm sure people bought both just to have them. If anyone has a better option, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Authentic Chinese Vietnamese there are a bunch of vietnamese places over on charlotte ave, right past the intersection with white bridge road (heading away from downtown, towards memphis). Korean - arirang (on west end around midtown and vandy)... i believe it's still open Middle Eastern/Israeli (especially felafel and shawarma) - this will carry over with the greek stuff in this city, or at least so it seems. no israeli places come to mind. places like tabouli, med cuisine and kalamatas all offer falafel. Jewish Deli - noshville (vandy/midtown and green hills), and goldie's deli (sylvan park) Indian - sitar (vandy), cuisine of india (vandy), shalimar (green hills). Greek - tabouli (belmont), mediterranean cuisine (vandy), kalamatas (green hills) all come to mind. there are also a few i drive by all the time but can't think of the name. the ones that don't come to mind are hole in the wall places. Ethnic markets (Asian, Indian, Jewish/Kosher, Middle-Eastern, Italian) -asian: there's some place on charlotte. can't think of the name. i'm sure there are others. -indian: ? -jewish: ? -middle-eastern: ? -italian: corriere's formaggeria, the italian market Dim sum - no place comes to mind. you didn't ask, but there are a ton of mexican restaurants. also, royal thai is probably one of the more well-known/popular thai restaurants in nashville. they have 4 or 5 around town.

no idea about hours. where else are you eating this time around?

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"Can't afford Peabody rates, but we are staying near there and will have a car. Any party/bar/music advice, also any places to eat (other than the interesting place Brooks mentioned) near Elvis' pad? Don't-miss spots? PM me if you prefer." silky o'sullivan's and pat o'brien's are two bars that are fun places. at the former, they have goats living out on the deck, the latter is a chain, but the dueling pianos can be fun (and there's not much to dislike about an ice cold hurricane). a&r bar-b-que is near graceland. known for their bbq spaghetti.

the thread has been on track the whole time. there are numerous problems with this business (that's right, i called it a business, because that's what it is) and he can only tapdance around them for so long. the cautionary comments in this thread and other z kitchen-related thread have been spot-on. while some of you may not like them because they aren't cheering him on and saying "yay bryan, you da man!", doesn't lessen their importance.

yeah, that gives me a pretty good idea. we were in tuscaloosa for the vandy game over the weekend and saw a wide range of setups. since it was a 2:30 game, there was enough time for people to do a lot of on-site cooking. i think i may try and do some tailgating on my own at some vandy home games this year - the university-sponsored setup at vandyville is rather pathetic imho. i also need some gear for steeplechase and other outdoor entertaining planned for 07. i already have a smaller weber as well as my water smoker. i've been meaning to get a turkey/fish fryer setup for a while now, and thought it could pull double duty doing chili, seafood boils and other soups/stews as it gets cooler out. the propane stove idea is an excellent one, so maybe i'll go that route first. some of the coleman offerings look like they'll fit two 12" pots, so that's sufficient for my needs (and easier to move around than a big ass-fryer setup). harbor freight also has some nice stainless options to consider. as for coolers, we have some smaller ones already, but i was thinking of getting two of the rubbermaid 45 or 60 qt rolling ones that have the luggage handle. that seems preferable to shorter handles on the coleman and igloo ones. plus, i would imagine you could do a little stacking of other things on top of the rubbermaids. they have a 5 day endurance one that would probably keep ice as well as your igloos. we have one pyrex insulated bag, but could probably use another one - maybe the double decker one. i'll email you later about those tailgating 101 docs. i appreciate it!

lan4dawg, could you kinda do a little writeup of your prep for game day? specifically, how much cooking are you doing the night before, day of, etc.? are you doing food for pre and post game? how much ice, charcoal, etc are you bringing to be stocked up for the day? what kind of gear are you using to keep things hot and cold?

easy - walk up and down franklin street and then check out the unc arboretum, as well as some of the other landmarks on campus. this might help you plan out your day

another chain option would be bertucci's brick oven. they have locations in dupont circle and foggy bottom.

this may not be a popular opinion, but for chain asian food, big bowl is pretty good. i used to hit the one in clarendon. i thought it was better than pfc, and there was never a wait.

Hamburger... The Motion Picture. a horrible b-movie from 1986.

looks like their website is under construction, but they have a link to a washington post article. i hope to make a trip back to hooville by the end of the year. if i get the chance, i'll take plenty of pics and stuff.