Great eats in Indianapolis

We wanted to try a new city while driving to a wedding in the Cincinnati area.  Since we are on our Diners, Drive ins and Dives quest; we decided on Indianapolis and made our plan of attack!

It started with Wednesday night happy hour at 20 Tap!  They had several great beers on tap, even Founders and Bells!  I even chatted with new people! :)

I chose a couple of local beers.  Also had fried cheese for an appetizer.  It came with aioli's yummm- garlic and chipotle!

For dinner we headed to Zest!

We started with Tomato Bon Bons

-baby tomatoes, local asiago, sausage, cornmeal crust, tomato tzatziki

These were delish and Guy from DDD tried these!

The bread basket with spicy cheese popcorn and ailioli's came next!

John ordered the chicken and waffle, which had amazing potatoes and green beans with it!  Delish!

I had mushroom tacos with refried beans.  The cabbage slaw was a lil too vinegary for me, but they were good.  The refried beans melted in my mouth! 

Day 2, we tried to go to another DDD, but they were closed when we arrived.  So backup plan was the #1 rated place on Yelp, Cafe Patachu.

It was in a cute neighborhood and we were seated immediately.  This place is very dog friendly and there were several dogs around!

We started with the self serve coffee bar, mmmm.

Next, I ordered the Cuban Breakfast!

-Seasoned black beans and white rice, served hot with a fried egg and white cheddar, topped with avocado, sour cream and our spinach-jalapeño sauce....

Cuban= to.die.for!!!!!

John had a meat omelette of bacon, ham, sausage and cheese and cinnamon bread.

I snuck some bites and the meat was so fresh and that bread was amazing!!

Found a great place for lunch, actually near Cafe Patachu, a DDD The Barking Dog!

We started with the soup!  I had the mushroom wild rice and John had clam chowder!  Both were incredible!  The chowder reminded us of our trip to Boston last year.

We split the Bark Lard sandwich and a side of frittes.  Wow, flavorful sandwich (especially the tomato jelly) and great bacon, obviously local).  The fries were also fresh and crispy with a side of aioli.

We stopped at Yats to get their seasoning and then we we left Indy!  We loved it there enjoyed our time!

Winner winner chicken dinner!

Wow what a great DDD place we went to in Memphis! (Diners, Drive ins and Dives.)

It's called Uncle Lou's. It's near the airport. 3633 Millbranch Road.

My hubby and I had 8 chicken wings (4 home style and 4 sweet spicy love- mild), fried pickles, honey biscuits, and fried okra. The wings were amazing. Even more amazing, the sweet spicy love sauce! We even got a bottle to go.

The pickles and okra were also very good. The biscuits are in a league of their own! Warm, honey tasting and so soft!

Lou even came to our table...introduced himself and was very nice!

This restaurant is a little "off the beaten" path as my hubby stated in his review in Trip Advisor. But it is SO worth it!

Another diner!

Back in December John and I went to another DDD! We went to Smoque BBQ in Chicago.

John got the pulled pork. I got the beef brisket sandwich and we got a brisket platter to go for my Dad.

The sides we tried were Mac n cheese, fries, and the baked beans.

The brisket was amazing! The sauce was tangy and sweet. My favorite was the baked beans. It had the pork, bacon, and onions in it and was so good.