On 8/8/2024 at 8:55 PM, MaddenCurse44 said:

Cooper game go to Cattleman's. 

Great place, but your in-out in an hour might not happen.  

On 8/8/2024 at 2:06 PM, Hearsay said:

August 23 - Cooper - never been there

 

 

The Blind Squirel 

https://blindsquirrelflorence.com/

Or 

Taco Queen - if it isn't raining.

https://www.facebook.com/share/h1v9UfPXmrTJr7ws/?mibextid=qi2Omg

8 hours ago, JT84 said:

The Blind Squirel 

https://blindsquirrelflorence.com/

Or 

Taco Queen - if it isn't raining.

https://www.facebook.com/share/h1v9UfPXmrTJr7ws/?mibextid=qi2Omg

Looks like the link for Taco Queen didn't work. Here's the right one. 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?I'd=100072748268651&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Bump.

RESTAURANT REVIEW - last week had the pleasure of a BGP recommendation and ended up eating at Boomtown Biscuits and Whiskey, 9039 U.S. 42, Union, Kentucky.  https://www.boomtownbiscuitsandwhiskey.com/ This restaurant is in the front strip of the Kroger shooping center, and it is less than 5 minutes from Cooper's field.  Not a huge restaurant, seating was about 15 tables or so, plus a modest-sized but reallt neat bar area with about 8-10 stools and a lot of excellent bourbon choices.  Decor is dark, old-west wood and brass, with a bourbon theme.  Place was about half-full at 5:30, dress was casual.

Boomtown really does drinks up big.  They had a large specialty cocktail menu.  I ended up having a beer, but Mrs. Hearsay had a whiskey sour and liked it (lush). The menu itself features something I've never seen before, appetizer biscuits with a "flight" of gravies (much like a flight of bourbon shots or beers, just with gravy).  Several choices, we got a flight with geotta cheese gravy, sawmill gravy, and a creole pepper gravy.  The biscuits are excellent - hot and moist inside and crispy, flaky outside.  The gravies were also very good.  There were several other appetizer options that are unsusual, with chutneys and flavored butters and such.  The entree menu is also diverse, with lots of breakfast for supper platters, and plenty of things with potatoes, then sandwiches, and similar items.  The main entreees, though had meatloaf, steaks, and home cookin.  Mom Hearsay had the meatloaf, which was the dense version some places do rather than the fluffier-tomatoey version.  It was OK.  Mrs. Hearsay, Dad Hearsay, and Hearsay, all settled upon the fried catfish platter, which came with collard greens, cheese grits, and pickled cabbage.  Portion sizes are huge, none of us finished our full platter, which is saying something if you've seen me.  The sides were first rate.  The catfish was really heavily breaded and perhaps a tad too salty.  If I were to return I would opt instead for the large assortment of breakfast for supper platters and just up my dose of insulin.  Everything comes with bicuits, as a place called "Boomtown Biscuits" is to be expected.

Dad Hearsay picked up the tab for everyone, so I didn't look at the full bill but from the menu these were all in the medium range.  Service was excellent, the owner or curator moved around the place, server was really knowledgeable about the unusual menu options, and we were in an out in about an hour.

This place is a 7.6 on the Portnoy Scale.  Good.  If I were in the area, I would go back, certainly worth trying if you're in the local neighborhood.

 

What ever happened to Lynn’s Paradise Cafe in Louisville?  I want to say it was off Bardstown Road.  Huge pancakes great place to eat.

On 8/30/2024 at 6:38 PM, Brown said:

What ever happened to Lynn’s Paradise Cafe in Louisville?  I want to say it was off Bardstown Road.  Huge pancakes great place to eat.

Lynn's closed down back in 2013.  Fantastic restaurant, zany themes, huge portions, eccentric owner.

For this Ashland-Bardstown game, both @16thBBall Fan and @TCR have referenced Fat Patty's and Smokin J's.  I've always wanted to eat at a Fat Patty's.  We are there for two days, though, so any others? Breakfast spots? Looked at something call "The Mill" and "The Winchester." Anyone know anything about that?

Hey @Hearsayyou may not want to drive that far (30-40 minutes) but trust me it is worth the drive to go down to Portsmouth, OH and eat at The Scioto Ribber. It is definitely worth it and has a lot of sports history on the wall with the Portsmouth Spartans the precursor to the Detroit Lions. Also in the 1980's at the end of training camp the Cincinnati Bengals used to take the entire team there to eat and they have a ton of pictures on the wall of some of the Bengal greats. Both Ribs and especially the Steaks are great!