• For all my Tennessee kin.

    Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

    In case you didn’t know, I’m originally from Morristown, Tenn., about 45 minutes from Knoxville (UT).  So, that means on Friday and Saturday, all of my family (cousins, friends, parents, sister) and other UT students will be migrating down South to God’s country.
    Now, I’m not going to talk about the football game because [...]

  • Vegan, anyone?

    Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

    One of my readers asked if there was any place in Athens that served vegan carrot cake.  Immediately, my mind went to The Grit.
    So, I called them right up (706-543-6592) and asked if they had any.
    “Um, yeah.  In fact, we have some right now!”–straight from the horse’s mouth.
    I also asked if they had it every [...]

  • Friend of the Week: Meridith Ford

    Monday, February 25th, 2008

    While this subject doesn’t really have to do with restaurants in Athens, I thought I’d share my experience interviewing the Dining Editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Meridith Ford.
    I was assigned to interview some sort of media gatekeeper for one of my classes, so with some advice (Thanks, Bryan.), I decided to interview a reporter who [...]

  • Transmetro-holla(ton)!

    Thursday, September 27th, 2007

    I couldn’t live with myself if I made a blog about Athens restaurants and didn’t include Transmet.

    Transmetropolitan, the real name of the restaurant, is located on the semi-West end of Clayton Street. It is on the same side of the road as the Red Zone- on your left if you’re driving on Clayton.

    I have [...]