Category Archives: Review

Review and More: Lone Oaks Farm

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Mike Stanley

I recently had the opportunity to eat a simple but delicious meal prepared for some of my colleagues and me at a place called Lone Oaks Farm. So I’ll write up a quick review of that meal to follow my … Continue reading →

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Review: Carnivore Club March Shipment

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Mike Stanley

You know your day is going to be interesting when you receive an email from a company offering to send you a box of meat. I was intrigued by this offer, even though I had previously never heard of Carnivore … Continue reading →

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Review: Primo Ristorante Italiano

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Mike Stanley

Every now and then I feel really lucky to write this blog, usually because it gives me a reason to try new restaurants when I hear about them, and, very rarely, because I discover a true gem in doing so. … Continue reading →

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Quick Review: Quality Turkish Market

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Mike Stanley

I love discovering new (to me) restaurants – especially when I do so via personal recommendations. Last week I took action based on independent recommendations my wife and I had received from coworkers to try Quality Turkish Market, and let … Continue reading →

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Quick Review: Grujo’s

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Mike Stanley

We were returning to Knoxville last week from Johnson City, so my wife and I decided to look for something new on the East side of town for dinner. We asked for recommendations on Facebook but ended up finding something … Continue reading →

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Quick Review – K-Town Tavern

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Mike Stanley

Peerless, a longtime west-Knoxville restaurant on Parkside Drive, of which I was not a fan, recently rebranded itself as K-Town Tavern. It’s close to our house and even though I didn’t care for Peerless at all, we decided to give … Continue reading →

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Review – Scotty’s Restaurant

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Mike Stanley

Eight years ago I attended a writer’s workshop in Dayton, Ohio, which meant I drove North on I-75 for about 4.5 hours and got to see parts of Tennessee & Kentucky I’d never seen before. As I was returning to … Continue reading →

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Review – Mario’s Pizza and Grill

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Mike Stanley

We’ve added a new restaurant to our regular weekly list in the last couple of months – Mario’s. I can’t recall exactly why we tried Mario’s for the first time, but it was likely because it is near our church in … Continue reading →

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Quick Review: Forte’s on the Square

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Mike Stanley

On the way back from enjoying Thanksgiving with my family in Nashville, my wife asked me if I wanted to stop for dinner in Crossville. We’d never eaten dinner in Crossville, and based on having lunch there during a couple … Continue reading →

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Quick Review: Gondola House Pizzeria

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Mike Stanley

We spent Thanksgiving with my family in Hermitage this year, and on Black Friday we decided to take everybody out to dinner. We tried Gondola House Pizzeria, mainly because it is the number 2 rated restaurant on TripAdvisor for the … Continue reading →

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