East End Grill

East End Grill7547 Highway 64Memphis, TN  38133I have been to both locations of East End multiple times.  I have been to the location on Winchester multiple times for lunch, and they're food never disappoints.  I have enjoyed their steak salad and their fried sampler baskets. This time we were in the area doing some shopping.  After fighting the ridiculous traffic in the Wolfchase parking lot, we needed a drink, so we decided...

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Café Society

Café Society212 N Evergreen St Memphis, TN 38112Café Society was my group of friend's choice for our fancy food Monday for the month of March.  None of us had ever visited the restaurant before. For our appetizers, I chose the Fricasee of Escargot with wild mushrooms and chorizo.  It was delicious.  I haven't had escargot since I was in France several years ago, and Café Society's version did not disappoint. One friend ordered the...

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Local Gastropub (Midtown)

Local Gastropub (Midtown)2126 Madison AveMemphis, TN  38104Yesterday, we went to Local for drinks.  I have been there a few times and have always had a great time with the great food and good drinks.  I was only planning on having drinks. I started with a vodka diet coke.  I gotta watch those calories!  HaThen I moved on to whiskey diet coke.  The drinks are good (not weak at all).  They're not cheap and they're...

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Homemade Comfort Food

This month, it was my friend's turn to cook.  However, she passed on the task to her sister who was visiting from Michigan. This was one of the best salads ever.  I could have eaten this and only this and been delighted!  I love feta, pecans, and strawberries. The main dish was cheeseburger soup.  It was delicious, and for some reason the second bowl was even better.  It had sour cream, cheese, hamburger meat, and sun dried...

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Grawemeyer's

Grawemeyer's 520 S Main StMemphis TN 38103Today, it was finally a nice spring day in Memphis, so I wanted to go for a walk.  We were walking around downtown and noticed Grawemeyer's.  I had read mixed reviews in the past, but I had been wanting to try it.  We didn't have any plans to go in.  However, they had an outstanding happy hour (4pm to 7pm) posted outside.  It was $2 wells and beer, $3 house wine, $4 Bloody Mary's...

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Majetstic Grille

Majestic GrilleMemphis, TNLe 3 mars 2013Majestic is one of my favorite restaurants.  We started off at the bar, where I enjoyed a Kettle One Martini with a twist.  It was made to perfection. They have a hamburger that is to die for.  I like to order it medium rare.  Today, I chose to substitute the wonderful parmesan fries for the sautéed spinach.  I also added bacon and blue cheese to my burger.  Nothing is better than...

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Pizza Papalis

Pizza PapalisDetroit, MILe 15 mars 2013Garrett saw this restaurant and wanted to try it.  We went to Chicago last year for a brief stop and had Chicago style pizza, and we were craving to have more. First I started off with a Michigan beer.  Unfortunately, I can't remember the name.  It was a medium bodied beer, excellent with pizza. It was lunch time, so we went with the salad and pizza combo.  It was less than $7.  The...

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Bai Mai Thai

Bai Mai ThaiDetroit, MIle 14 mars 2013While visiting my fiancé in Detroit, we went to this quaint little Thai restaurant near his apartment.  The food is around $10 an entrée, and the meals are pretty huge. I orded the Gaeng Paa.  It was a plethora of vegetables stir fried in a hot curry paste served with rice.  I ordered it medium hot with seafood, and it was pretty spicy.  It was good, but nothing overly spectacular. I preferred...

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Homemade Japanese Food

My house!Memphis, TNle fevrier 2013Once a month, a group of friends and I take turns cooking.  I have a friend who lives in Japan, and she sent me various items from there, that I decided to cook when it was my turn.  I am not sure what exactly this is, but my friend labeled it a "different kind of sushi."  I made the rice and then mixed in some ingredient packets.  I assume it was various types of seafood and I know the topping...

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Acre

AcreMemphis, TNle 28 fevrier 2013Once a month, some friends and I get together for what we call Fancy Food Monday.  We take turns choosing a restaurant, and this time it was my turn.  Acre is kind of hidden.  It is not on a restaurant street and it is in a house that looks like a log cabin inside. We each ordered a different appetizer and a different main course, so that we could try as much as possible. Here is the goat cheese ravioli....

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