Nana Js Soulful Kitchen Review Ocean Springs MS

Nana Js Soulful Kitchen Review Ocean Springs MS Nana J’s is one of those places that leaves you really conflicted.  On the one hand, you want to tell everybody how wonderful it is.  On the other, you don’t want to go back someday and find a line out the door because it’s become so popular.… Continue reading Nana Js Soulful Kitchen Review Ocean Springs MS

Bluff Lake Catfish Farm Review – Maquoketa, IA

Bluff Lake Catfish Farm Review You must do this once, at least. An actual catfish farm that has a restaurant open only Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, each night offering a full menu as well as one or two AYCE specials. I went on a Friday night, specifically for the AYCE catfish, your choice, whole… Continue reading Bluff Lake Catfish Farm Review – Maquoketa, IA

Stones Throw Brewing Review Little Rock AR

Stones Throw Brewing Review Little Rock AR Meh. Though I didn’t go for the beer, but I hear it gets high marks for a microbrewery. (What’s smaller than a microbrewery? A mini microbrewery?  Anyway, this place is pretty small, in a pleasant residential section of LIttle Rock. Some friends wanted to meet there, so meet… Continue reading Stones Throw Brewing Review Little Rock AR

The Flying Fish Review – Little Rock, AR

Flying Fish Little Rock Review With about a dozen locations, the Flying Fish is a fish and seafood-centric eatery, offering fried, grilled, broiled and steamed fish and seafood, as well as po-boys, gumbo, tacos, and appropriate side dishes. The full menu of the Little Rock location I visited is here. A few salads, chicken strips… Continue reading The Flying Fish Review – Little Rock, AR

Soul Fish Review – Little Rock, AR

It can sometimes be a challenge to find satisfactory restaurants in Little Rock that are open on Sundays.  Fortunately, there’s Soul Fish, right downtown on Main Street.  Emphasis at this eatery is “bonafide Southern,” with a further emphasis on seafood. (See menu below). We started with the smoked catfish dip, something I’ve never encountered, and… Continue reading Soul Fish Review – Little Rock, AR

Arkansas Menu Labeling for Catfish

Appropo to my article the other day about mislabeled fish in restaurants, the state of Arkansas wants to do something about it. There’s a move to be able to label specific origins of catfish on restaurant menus statewide, drilling down as far as “farmed,” “wild” “wild-river” “wild lake” and so on. Not sure how many… Continue reading Arkansas Menu Labeling for Catfish

Middendorfs Review, New Orleans

I love this place.  Been in regular attendance for the past two decades.  They’ve had their share of troubles, flooded twice cause of storms, but they keep coming back, stronger and better than ever. Caveat one:  this is a New Orleans AREA restaurant, not in the city, it’s about a 30 minute drive north on… Continue reading Middendorfs Review, New Orleans