Sarino

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We decided to celebrate our 3 year Wedding Anniversary at Sarino - I mean who doesn’t love fresh pasta and wine?! Our night had perfect weather and we got to spend it on Sarino’s gorgeous outdoor space!! We started with a cheese and charcuterie board (do you see a trend here? I LOVE cheese and meat boards!!) and then I had their vodka sauce pasta dish and it was YUMMY and Josh had their Bolognese pasta dish and we also ordered a side of their Focaccia bread to go along with it. Everything was absolutely delicious! We will be back for sure. I’d rate it an 8/10.

Board & You Bistro

Hi All! I admit - it’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted on here… we ended up buying a house in July of 2020 and it’s been a WHIRLWIND! Anyways… Josh and I decided to give this hot new place a try and it did not disappoint! Board & You actually started as a charcuterie business and they had a dream of opening a restaurant so they did! You know we love supporting our local spots! We started with their charcuterie board of course and it was delish! We also had two other of their small plates which included fried goat cheese and their Boujee Grilled Cheese. I have to say the grilled cheese surprised me, I may have liked that the best of all that we had to eat there! Of course their charcuterie board was amazing, we just wished they had a few other charcuterie board options. We ended the night with their famous blueberry pie bar and it was yummy as well! We will be back for sure, all in all I’d rate it a 8/10!

Bandido Taqueria

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I will admit, Josh and I have been here quite a few times so I’m a big fan of this place. I forgot to take a photo of anything other than our delicious nachos, guess I had food on the brain! We got the steak nachos and they did not disappoint. Bandidos is a hole in the wall place that has quickly gained popularity, they offer nachos, tacos, burritos, and elotes to name a few. We have tried quite a few of their menu items and have never not liked anything we got. I highly recommend eating here if you want authentic Mexican! I’d rate it a 9/10.

Holy Grale

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We decided to go out to Holy Grale after a dinner out, and it did not disappoint! The inside was dark and grim, but their outside space was super cute! They had a greenery wall that I had to take a photo of (see pic below), they had a massive selection of beer as well. I had to try their pretzel and beer cheese (do you see a pattern here?) and it was so delicious!! I was glad I got one, that I decided to get another! Lol! It was a fun place to hang out, my brother in law got a burger and it looked decent too! I will be back! From the small amount that I got, I would rate them 7/10.

Noche

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Well, call us crazy but we went to Noche on opening night! You could tell they had some hosting kinks to work out, because when we went to put our names on the list, the technology app or whatever they were using automatically moved us to the bar instead of a table so when we went back to get seated (it was a 40 minute wait) they couldn’t find our name and then discovered we got moved to the bar area. It’s okay though, some kinks are expected when you first open. Noche took a while to open, I’m guessing they kept getting some bumps in the road, it probably took about a year from when they announced it would be coming to full fruition. The actual restaurant is inside of an old church, so there is a lot of beautiful stained glass, and there were also really cool day of the dead paintings that I loved! Any time I’m at a Mexican restaurant I always have to try their Michelada which is a beer (often modelo or corona) mixed with a specific tomato juice and spices. I discovered the Michelada when I was in Mexico, and have loved it! Noche’s Michelada was disappointing though, because they took out the tomato juice so all it really was was some beer and lime juice and spices. For the price, I would rather just get a mexican lager. Noche offers complimentary chips and salsa, and we of course had to add queso to that. Their chips, salsa, and queso were all very yummy. We also tried their mezcal flight and it was a beautiful arrangement as well as tasty, it included three mezcals, chocolates, strawberries and smoked pinapple. I’m not seeing the other cocktail we tried, but it was like a mezcal old fashioned and I liked it but Josh thought it was too sweet. We split the smoked brisket burrito and added queso, it was good but the brisket was a bit dried out and it was a little hard to eat. We also tried their elote, which is a popular dish in Mexico and I think it could use a little bit of work, it wasn’t as flavorful as I like them to be. We will definitely be back, I’d rate them a 7/10.

The Fat Lamb

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A couple weekends ago we were attending our first comedy show at the Comedy Caravan (super fun btw) and wanted to eat somewhere close on Bardstown Road. We opted to give The Fat Lamb a try and… we were kind of disappointed to be honest. We started with the Italian sausage risotto fritters, the actual fritters were good but it was sitting on a bed of spicy mustard and it was just way way too much mustard! They call themselves the “Fat Lamb” and only offer two lamb dishes? I find that odd. We chose the cheaper of the two options for lamb and went for the gnocchi with lamb ragu. It was good, but nothing to really rave about. The atmosphere was good and service was great, but food could have been better. I’m sure their lamb chops would be good, and perhaps we will try them next time but it’ll be a while before I want to go back. All in all, I’d rate them a 6/10.

Milkwood Pop Up with Sarah Gavigan

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Josh and I have been a longtime fan of Edward Lee and all three of his restaurants. His restaurant, Milkwood, posted on IG that they were having chef Sarah Gavigan cook Izakaya style cuisine and we could not miss out since we enjoyed Izakaya a lot when we were in Japan! We tried her Okonomiyaki pancake, and it was so delicious that we ended up ordering two! We also had her salmon, yakitori pork belly, and the Karaage which is Japan’s popular fried chicken. Everything was super tasty, and we would definitely go to Sarah’s restaurant when we are in the Nashville area, her restaurant is called Bar Otaku.

Grassa Gramma

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Josh and I decided to give Grassa Gramma a try, after we had our fellow chef from Grassa Gramma at our cooking class at Cooking at Milies! It did not disappoint, the atmosphere there was so beautiful. I wish I could have taken a video of the whole space, but I did snap a quick photo. We started off with their artichoke dip and it was very good and fresh out of the oven! Josh and I then split a seafood pasta, I am not finding it on their menu now but it was something like the Frutti de Mare, and it was delicious. It had a good broth to it, and the noodles and bread were very yummy. I had to snap a pic of my water glass, because it was too pretty not to. All in all, I’d rate them a 7/10. The place was beautiful and honestly the food was not as badly priced as some of the other expensive restaurants.

RecBar

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We checked out Recbar in Jtown a few months back and it was fun! We had their pretzel bites and beer cheese and their porky’s totchos. Their food was nothing really that special, your typical bar food. My stomach was acting up again, so I think the totchos were too rich for me. The pretzel bites and beer cheese were probably originally frozen and just heated up. The space was cool and they had a ton of old time arcade games which is what most people go there for. We went on a Saturday and the place was packed, we wanted to play the games but it was too crowded for us to really enjoy it which was a bummer. They had a good selection of beer. I’d go back to play the games, perhaps on a week night, but I wouldn’t be going back for the food. All in all I’d rate it a 5/10.

The Eagle - Louisville

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We decided to give The Eagle a try on Bardstown Road, and it was disappointing to be honest. I’ll tell ya why! They had a cool outdoor space, but we opted to sit inside because it was less crowded. We started with their hushpuppies and they were decent but it’s pretty hard to screw up hushpuppies in my opinion. We of course had to try their famous hot chicken, and we were disappointed. Their signature spicy hot honey was quite good, but the chicken wasn’t anything to praise about. The chicken was fine, but when you are a restaurant known specifically for your chicken, I expect it to be out of this world and it just wasn’t! It was even slightly dried out, perhaps they had an off night, but I won’t be going back anytime soon to find out. We also added a side of their mac n cheese, and it was good but not amazing either. All in all, I’d rate them a 5/10. I will give them a second chance sometime because I always try to give restaurants two chances, but it won’t be anytime soon.

Biscuit Belly

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We tried out Biscuit Belly on their opening weekend, and I know you must think we are crazy for trying something on opening weekend.. perhaps we are a little bit! It really wasn’t that bad of a wait, Biscuit Belly is a mix of a sit-down restaurant and a fast-service restaurant. We ended up sitting at the bar because it was open before a table was. When I go somewhere for brunch, I’m always included to order their bloody mary and Biscuit Belly’s bloody mary certainly did not disappoint! I think it’s my new favorite! There were two options when ordering the bloody mary, I opted for the more expensive one because it was a dark spicier one and it also came with more goodies on top of the glass (as you can see)! I enjoyed it so much, that I ordered two, which I don’t normally do because they were kind of expensive! Josh had opted for their Kentucky Coffee Cocktail (pictured below) which had coffee, Four Roses bourbon, bourbon cream, and chocolate porter whipped cream. I tasted it and it was tasty, but I still loved my bloody mary more! We started out with their loaded breakfast tots . They were decent, but not really what I expected, their tater tot was cooked differently than a normal tater tot. For our main entree, we figured we could not split something like we normally do so we went different directions with our biscuit sandwiches. Josh got the Biscuit Bennie, and I got the Mama’s Boy. The Biscuit Bennie had smoked brisket, poached eggs, smoked gouda mornay, cherry tomatoes, poblano tomato sauce and the Mama’s Boy contained fried chicken, roasted jalapeño pimento cheese, Pop’s pickles, fried green tomato. Both were very tasty, however my dumb stomach decided to be picky again and started hurting. I’m not real sure if it was because my sandwich was too rich or if my bloody mary was bothering my stomach. Despite my stomach hurting, we both really enjoyed Biscuit Belly and I would rate it a 9/10. We will definitely be back!

Eiderdown

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I’ve been slacking on updating my blog with where Josh and I have been eating at, and I’m so sorry!! We went to Eiderdown a few months ago and had a good time! The atmosphere and service was good, and food was pretty delish! We started off with their pretzel and beer cheese and that was my favorite dish of the night! For our entree we got their cheesy spatzle and added a sausage link and a cup of potato soup. The cheesy spatzle with the sausage link was very good, but it hurt my stomach. Sometimes my stomach can be rather picky and if it has too much of rich sauces and what not, it hurts. The potato soup was okay, nothing special about it. My husband really liked the spatzle, so I think if you don’t have a weird stomach like me you would probably enjoy it. All in all, I think I’d rate it a 6/10, I’d go back but it won’t become my favorite new spot or anything.

Garage Bar

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Josh and I tried out Garage Bar a while back and we really enjoyed it! We went fairly late to avoid the crowds, but our service was still great and food was yummy too! Garage Bar has a really cool space outside, I am not for sure if they even have seating inside, because their outdoor seating is so big. We tried some of their ham and cheese bar as an appetizer and had their sweet corn pizza and we of course had to have some beer with it because beer and pizza are the perfect pair, right?! I enjoyed their ham and cheese, but I thought the pizza was missing something. The pizza was a bit bland, perhaps there was too much corn and the sauce wasn’t super great. The pizza crust was good though, and I have no doubt if we picked a different pizza we would have enjoyed it better. All in all, I think I’d rate them a 7/10. I’d go back!

Louisville Cream

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My hubby and I have been to Louisville Cream ice cream shop a lot, and we love it! We are ice cream fools and this place has some of the best ice cream! They are a small batch ice cream shop, so once a batch of something runs out, good chances are you won’t see it again for a while because they are constantly trying out new flavors. Our personal favorite is their brioche sundae, but on this day we tried some different items. Pictured below is their banana sundae with their banana flavored ice cream with Nilla wafers and their homemade toasted marshmallow cream, and their bourbon smoked pecan ice cream on a classic waffle cone. Both delicious options! I highly recommend trying them out!

What are some of your favorite ice cream spots?

Butchertown Grocery

Hey there Darlings! The hubs and I went to Butchertown Grocery in celebration of me landing a really great job for me! We started the meal with their bourbon barrel smoked pork belly and we thought it was good but it wasn’t fantastic. We shared their roasted beet salad as well as their gnocchi and we really enjoyed both of those. The roasted beet salad was very different and we loved all the flavor profiles that they had in it, the gnocchi was also delicious but it was very rich. I had to be careful of how much I ate of the gnocchi. We ended our meal with a very yummy strawberry rhubarb cobbler. It was very yummy, and I always love that fresh out of the oven pie/cobbler taste along with some vanilla ice cream. We enjoyed our time at Butchertown Grocery and will come back. All in all, I’d rate them a 7/10. I have our meals pictured below, and have linked similar items to my outfit, because everything is older.

Cooking at Millie's

Hi Darlings! Josh and I went to a local cooking class in May and had such a blast! One of the chefs from Grassa Gramma taught the class and we made White Chocolate Mac ‘N Cheese, Rigatoni Bolognese w/ Veal Ragu and Ricotta Salata, and Limoncello Liqueur Spongecake and they were all super yummy! The class is for all levels of cooking, and the Cooking at Millie’s staff preps everything for you so you don’t have to measure anything or cut too much really. They post the recipes for you online so you can print them out for your own making in your own home after the class is finished. Josh and I had a great time and definitely will be going back sometime. I have pictures of our yummy dishes below.

Hi-Five Doughnuts

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This morning the hubs and I went to Hi-Five Doughnuts for some brunch and we were not disappointed! We are big fans of this local doughnut shop and come here every few months. We split one of their monthly case items called the Orange Cream doughnut, Josh had the Kentucky Fried Buttermilk Chicken Doughnut sandwich and I had their weekend special of donuts and gravy with a fried egg on top. Everything we ate was super tasty! I always enjoy looking at their wall decor and I noticed they had a new painting up so I snapped a picture of it!

Have you been to Hi-Five Doughnuts? What are your thoughts?

Hull and High Water

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My hubby and I went for dinner at Hull and High Water which is a local spot in downtown New Albany, IN. We have been before but I’ve never stopped to blog about it. We went on Derby day so hardly any one was there, our server was great! I got a Short’s IPA and we started with their cheesy corn fritters. I was so hungry that I had forgot to take a picture of them, but they were pretty tasty! I had decided on their crab stuffed shrimp and grits, and Josh had gotten the catfish po’ boy sandwich. For the price of my shrimp and grits ($21), I don’t think it was worth it. They were good, but it definitely wasn’t worth the $21. I thought the portion was a bit small as well. Josh enjoyed his po’ boy sandwich though, the only thing he had to complain about it is that it was messy and falling apart. All in all, it was a good dinner and obviously we will go back since this wasn’t our first time there.

What are your thoughts? Have you been before?