Stories to sate your hunger on the road to great beer.
The master of finding affordable meals in obscure places is back, this time traveling south of the border to find a filling meal in the city of Queretaro, Mexico. I’ve always been a person accepting of living life to the fullest and if that means living by anecdotes, then by all means please sign…
With summer around the corner it is only fitting our intrepid food reporter found his way to Panama City Beach to dip his toes in the sand and sit down at the “Last Local Beach Club”, Schooners. Over the years, there have been many attempts to unite both the local community and groups of tourists…
Billy Watson our intrepid foodie and ethnic food aficionado found himself in Chicago recently. Lucky for us he stopped at Reza’s for some Mediterranean food. The Reza’s sign lights up the sidewalk outside the restuarant. Photo by Fabie de Silva Photography As the proverbial bear coming out of hibernation from the bitter cold of the southern…
We visit one of Knoxville’s best known English pubs and are pleasantly surprised to find more beers than we could dream to drink! “Tell me what who you are and I’ll show you your drink.” I ordered a Ruby brewed by Olde Hickory Brewery in North Carolina and had taken a cozy side booth at Union Jack’s…
Another city, another amazing burger, but is it really Washington D.C.’s best? Update 3/18/2018: According to reports Ray’s to the Third has closed its doors but delicious Ray’s burgers can still be found at Ray’s Hell Burger located at 449 K St NW in Washington, D.C. Word on the street is that the burgers are…
Cool Al’s is a simple burger joint on the outskirts of downtown Jackson that gave us probably the best burgers we had ever eaten. What is it about the burger that is so inviting, so casual, so reliable? Is it the years of marketing that has engrained in the American people that they are…
Babalu, tucked into an old school gymnasium, floored me with their delicious food and tableside guacamole. They could have possibly been the best carnitas I ever had. Well that’s a bold statement for me to make. I love carnitas, invariably ordering them every single time I visit a restaurant that even remotely resembles mexican…
[siteorigin_widget class=”kad_image_widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Brew Bites – Short reads about our long adventures. The first stop in Jackson was at a small hotel restaurant. It turned out to be the perfect jumping-off point. What do you think of when you think of Jackson? I bet your mind is overrun with images of racial inequality, poverty, fried fish,…
Los Amigos has been a Maryville stalwart for over thirty years. We review it to see if it is worth a stop on your way to the Great Smokey Mountains. Situated at the bedpost of the Smokey Mountains, the city of Maryville seems only to most as a “gas-and-go” city for those traveling to the…
Formerly called Flaherty’s, Irish Pub and Sports Grill reopened with lower prices and a new name, but is it still the same? Been listening to your Flogging Molly Pandora station and dreaming about jetting off to Ireland for a pint of Guinness with fish and chips? Since my first trip “across the pond” about a…