He Said, She Said Restaurant Reviews

Deacons New South is  perfectly named for its New South, aged steaks and excellent dining selections. A large restaurant, Deacon's serves not only aged steaks but all the other meats, fish, and birds you can shake a steak knife at. Farm fresh food - charcuterie, veges, gluten free stuff, great drinks, excellent service - are all staples at this modern and very cool restaurant. Take a trip to...

The Butcher & Bee is a modern, farm-to-table restaurant with a very broad and super interesting menu. Prepared flawlessly, the unique dining selections are created just a glance away over a utilitarian chef's counter... which we recommend. Great dining, drinking, and people-watching are run-of-the-mill at Butcher & Bee. East Nashville is just a hop across the Cumberland River and it&a...

Muriel's Jackson Square is called a 'casual, fine dining' restaurant... but the only thing casual about the place might be a few of the patrons, because the food is Upscale, Contemporary Creole Cuisine! Nothing casual about that. The Bar & Courtyard, the Seance Lounge, the Plantation, all provide lovely evidence of the history packed into this building and restaurant that is Mur...

The Pelican Club, on the corner of Bienville and Exchange Alley in the French Quarter, is a cozy, contemporary Creole restaurant with my favorite duck dish in the whole world... Trio of Duck. The Escargot en Croute is also awesome and provides a yummy appetizer to any of the delicious ala carte entrees. Three separate dining areas - including a great bar - gives you enough reasons to go back again...

Put on your Pink Poodle Skirt or your Fonzie Leather Jacket and beat it down to Fat Kat Slim's... a modern, retro diner in the heart of blossoming downtown Nashville. This is a very kool joint that has a lot going on.  Good food, good menu, good drinks, good vibe, cool 50's chatskis... we spent an afternoon scoping out Fat Kat Slim's and came away happy. Listen up and take trip down...

Restaurant R'evolution is an upscale, modern, somewhat exciting, New Orleans restaurant with a very modern and revolutionary update to Cajun and Creole cooking. The  cross-cultural fusion of food and flavors is built on the culinary history of seven nations that contributed to the unique flavors so integral to NO. We spent Christmas 2019 at Restaurant R'evolution and enjoyed the restaura...

2019 was a great year... we ate delicious food, drank wonderful libations, and hung-out at some very cool places! This episode highlights the best restaurants, best dishes, and the most interesting places Sandi and I reviewed in 2019.  Stay tuned for a great, new Season 2.

Biscuit Love is a cute little breakfasty restaurant in Hillsboro Village, Nashville, in the old Sunset Grill location. Good menu with lots of unique eats... like Bonuts! Don't leave without trying some Bonuts and the potato casserole is yummy also. There are two other Biscuit Love locations... one in Franklin and one in the Gulch. Open from 7 to 3 every day, you're sure to find something...

Central Bar + Kitchen is touted as 'West End's Hottest New Restaurant'... so we had to try it on for size. This new restaurant, located on West End in the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University, serves good food, good service, and has a fairly well-stocked bar. We found one-of-a-kind items on the menu that were as tasty as they were unique. With an attractive, comfortable indoo...

Today we’re taking a few liberties with our policy to not review chains - at least large chains - but we found a pretty cool Italian restaurant in Nashville that we think is worthy of sharing. It’s called North Italia and it’s on the perimeter of the Green Hills Mall in Nashville Tennessee. There seems to be a lot happening in Green Hills these days! Anyway, the food was very good, the service was...

After a short break (due to caloric overload from our Go West Tour) Sandi and I are back in business this holiday season with new, cool places to eat, drink, and hangout.  To kick it off, we’re at Cole’s Kitchen in Nashville. Cole’s is the re-invention of the Firefly Grille by Master Restaurateur Curt Cole with one of Nashville’s best menus. Give it a listen and please… Go To Cole’s.

The Mockingbird - one of Maneet Chauhan's Morph Hospitality Group Restaurants - is a cool, eclectic diner in an 'Old-School-Meets-the-Future' kind of way. With a deep menu full of surprises from around the world, good service from right here in Nashville, and a refreshing spin on downtown eateries... this place will make you smile. Please give it a try.

If you're a wine lover - and even if you're not - the 64 Wine Bar & Kitchen in Naperville,  Illinois will make you very happy. 64 self-serve wines by the glass tops the list of really cool things you'll find here. The fascinating wine dispensers made me want to take one home. Nice bar, tables, and a great patio round out the list of cool things. An intriguing menu with very good...

Salt Cellar Restaurant, Scottsdale... This surprising little subterranean restaurant is a seafood gem in an underground location - literally underground - known for its New England-style seafood served in an intimate underground hideaway with seaside decor & a bar. We were as delighted as we were surprised as we were served great seafood by a knowledgeable and attentive staff. This is definite...

Mora Italian, Scott Conant's Italian restaurant in Phoenix, is an upscale - but affordable - fun place to eat and drink. Located in the 'Golden Mile Corridor' between Camelback and Glendale, Mora has something for everybody. Clean wood and brick and red leather ambience with a large bar that opens onto a patio, Mora lives up to the picky pasta maker's reputation. If you haven&a...

The Six | Seven Restaurant & Bar at the Edgewater Hotel in Seattle is our 5th stop on the Bill & Sandi Go West Tour, and what a stop it was! You probably know the Edgewater from the famous picture of those zany lads from Liverpool fishing out of their window. In any case, the Six | Seven was a delight, full of character, fun, and delicious dining and drinking. Our food was excellent, the s...

The Harbor Grill in Dana Point is a marina-side restaurant featuring some of the freshest and best seafood available. With a cozy dining room and a colorful garden terrace, Harbor Grill has welcomed guests for over 30 years with a variety of fresh seafood prepared in a bunch of different styles, a great wine list, premium cocktails, and service to die for. Whenever we're in the neighborhood,...

We cruise down the Pacific Coast Highway and visit Watermarc as we continue the 'Bill & Sandi Go West Tour'.  Watermarc Restaurant brings together the vision of pairing great food with great beverage. Lunch and Dinner menus are complete with Grazing Plates, great seafood entres and snacks, then move on with more contemporary and traditional menu components. Watermarc blends elements...

Not only is the Mayor's Table fun, comfortable, and entertaining... it's delicious! Located in the Lido House in Newport Beach, California (the old City Hall), The Mayor's Table is a very cool place to settle in for an evening of fine dining, great imbibing, and awesome hanging. Second stop on 'The Bill & Sandi Go West Tour', it was hard to leave with a great restauran...

Mott 32 is a great new Asian themed restaurant in the Palazzo Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada... Vegas Baby, Vegas. Named for the first Chinese bodega in Manhattan in the mid 1800s, there are three Mott32s, and currently this is the only one in the the US. It's a lovely restaurant... a little dark and mysterious, with really good food and fun, interesting appointments. The menu is deep with a lot...

The Rutledge is a modern, attractive, yummy new restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee serving modern American grill food. Located in the Green Hills area, we found The Rutledge to be comfortable and populare with a pleasant, unique menu. You can't miss the big white building... once you get close. Take a drive into Cool Springs just south of Nashville, have some lunch, dinner, or enjoy Happy Hou...

Pemrose is committed to upgrading seafood dining in Nashville, and it's off to a great start! Located in the Gulch area of downtown Nashville, we visited Pemrose to check it out first-hand. With a comfortable atmosphere - a respite to the hectic bustle of growing downtown Nashville - we're sure you'll find it just as delightful and delicious as we did. 

Pinewood Social is a very cool multi-activity joint housed in an old Trolley Barn in the Mill Hills area of Downtown Nashville. On the banks of the Cumberland river and chock full of history, this venue is also full of great food, a retro bowling alley, patio and pool, coffee bar... it's all great fun and great food. Take a trip downtown and enjoy Pinewood Social as much as we do.

Germantown Pub is a great little neighborhood bar and grill in the Germantown area just north of downtown Nashville. Good pub food, adult beverages, lots of beer for the beer-minded, a couple patios, and a really friendly atmosphere. Oh, and ask for the Pizza Burger. Yeow!

Emmy Squared is a craft pizza restaurant with loads of character, good pizza, and other interesting food selections. Fairly new to Nashville, the Emmy Squared that we're talking about today has been in its current location in Green Hills for about a month, so we're diving in early!