Nashville Highlights

I recently went to Nashville (and Franklin), Tennessee and here's what happened!

• I tried Nashville's famous "hot chicken" at The Farmhouse, which was all right. Honestly, they had this insane made-to-order cornbread with whipped honey butter that was way more memorable. 
• I had brunch at the Loveless Cafe, where they make 5,000 biscuits a day.

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• We drove past Dolly Parton's House!

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• You know how I love my baked oysters, so we had dinner in Franklin at 55 South and had these gorgeous babies (below).

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• Went on a chocolate factory tour of Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Factory Tour, which I mentioned the other day.
• And I can't forget one of the most epic dinners OF MY LIFE that I had at Red Pony.
• Found some insanely-good Georgia peaches.

Some Georgia in Tennessee #nashville

A photo posted by Liz Heather (@lizheather) on Jun 7, 2015 at 3:52pm PDT

• Ate some Tennessee-made Goo Goo Clusters.
• Explored Lower Broadway.

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• Lest we forget, the awful Belle Meade Plantation day.
• Ate more biscuits than I should have at Biscuit Love.
• Saw the Grand Ole Opry.

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All in all, it was a very Southern trip with definite highs and lows. 

Off The Hook in Astoria

This place has the absolute best grilled oysters I've had in years. Have you had grilled (or baked) oysters before? I usually will recommend them to someone who's never had raw oysters, since it's kind of like the gateway oyster. I know they look gross, but c'mon... grow up. They're fun as hell to eat.

Anyway, this is the place to get them in Astoria. I wish I could tell you how great their other menu items were - but to be honest, nothing quite stood out like these did. 

And as a small sidenote, anytime I hear the word oyster I immediately think of the first square below of Joey and how much I laughed at that line. I was young.

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