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Revive: More Than Just a Great Restaurant in NZ

Front Door of Revive

The very first day I arrived in New Zealand, my friends took me to their favorite little cafe in Auckland: Revive. It’s a great little vegetarian cafe in the heart of the Central Business District that serves up fresh, healthy, and ridiculously delicious food. Case in point: our lunch from the salad bar: Pictured here [...]

Local Restaurant Review: Gabby’s Burgers & Fries

Seamus Burger at Gabby’s

I’ve always said it’s the hole-in-the-wall places that generally have the best food. And that’s definitely what this place is. A hole. in. the. wall. I likely would have never found this place were it not for Groupon. And even then, I almost passed it by without a second thought until my husband actually read [...]

Local Restaurant Review: Local Harvest Cafe

Local Harvest Cafe & Catering

St. Louis is one of my favorite cities. It easily makes the list of cities I could picture myself living in. (If only it weren’t so far north. I’m a pansy when it comes to cold weather.) But I love the history, the character, the free attractions, and the good food. I especially love the [...]

Local Restaurant Review: Burger Up

Local Restaurant Review: Burger Up

This was one of those restaurants I kept hearing people rave about. And it sounded great! Grass-fed burgers in a trendy neighborhood south of Nashville. A restaurant owned and operated by the owners of the Frothy Monkey coffee house down the street. (Popular with the college crowd. Food from local farms on their menu. Good [...]

Restaurant Review: Baja Burrito

Restaurant Review: Baja Burrito

This is not your typical chain burrito joint. It’s a local, independently owned burrito joint that features local meats and healthy options. And whoa, is it good. Baja is well known in Nashville by the college scene and young crowd. It’s located at the edge of the artsy and eclectic Berry Hill neighborhood, across the [...]

Local Restaurant Review: Las Tortugas

Local Restaurant Review: Las Tortugas

Even though this local restaurant isn’t local to me anymore (being located in Memphis, not Nashville), I couldn’t resist reviewing it. It has fast become a place I HAVE to visit whenever I’m in Memphis. This is not your typical cheese-laden, fajita-sizzling, monster margarita Mexican joint (though there’s nothing wrong with monster margaritas…). The owner’s [...]

Local Restaurant Review: The Silly Goose

Local Restaurant Review: The Silly Goose

Goose [goos]: 1) A web-footed swimming bird 2) What I often call my husband 3) Quite possibly the BEST restaurant in all of Nashville The thought crossed my mind to come back the next day. And next week too. After checking out their website, I was quite impressed with their credo: We make delicious, nourishing, [...]

Eating Out with a Conscience

Eating Out with a Conscience

Since I’ve joined the crusade for getting back to our roots and living naturally, I’ve been impressed with how “green” Nashville is/is becoming. The organic, natural, local, free-range, grass-fed, recycle-able, compost-able, sustainable stuff is really catching on here in Music City. Granted, “going green” can sometimes just be the trendy thing to do. But I’ve [...]