a few more years shall roll

because i will write a post about the music later (promises, promises), you get a review of the food of the weekend. now, if you know me at all, you know how much i like to eat. and, i was with my two friends Sharon who are also fans of food. therefore, our main objective for the weekend was to eat good “nashville” food. in fact, eating lunch at panera was the low point because 1. it’s a chain, 2. it was packed with college students, etc), and 3. my bread bowl was not competely full of french onion soup.

for dinner on Saturday, we went to Rotier’s, a Nashville institution apparently (it’s been reviewed in Gourmet magazine) for some great cheeseburgers on French bread, fries, onion rings and to top it off, a chocolate milkshake split three ways. oh, yes, and some local yazoo ale. nice.

sunday, before church, we went to the pancake pantry, another nashville institution, if you believe their sign. we didn’t have to wait for a table because of the early hour. we had stopped by on saturday around 12:15 and the line was around the building. a little overpriced, in my book, for pancakes, but the sweet potato pancakes were excellent. i got the pecan pancakes, which were so-so. i ate two of sharon’s sweet potato ones, so it was all good.

after church, we travelled east of nashville to la hacienda highly recommended by eric peters and andrew peterson as the best mexican restaurant ever. after eating a huge steak burrito with excellent guacamole and salsa and yummy chips, washed down by a small, icy cold dos equis, i am inclined to agree with their assessment.

no dinner was necessary, although we did stop at fido for a great cup of coffee before the show. and, a nice guy let us take over his booth so we wouldn’t have to sit on the big stools in the corner.

monday morning, while listening to randall’s new cd (see previous post), we drove all around nashville after checking out of our hotel. we were looking for a good diner for breakfast and none appeared. no problem, we said, because we have great music and good fellowship! then, as we wound our way back towards our hotel, we made a quick turn and came upon the elliston place soda shop where we had a true southern breakfast with eggs, biscuits and gravy (no grits, thank you).

on this, my third trip to nashville, i feel like i’m getting to know the city pretty well, and heck, i’m already planning my meals forthe next visit.