Pancake Pantry to be Featured on the Splendid Table

This comes from the Splendid Table.

Expect to wait in line when you go to Pancake Pantry. But, then, it's simply one of the best pancake houses in the country and folks say it's worth the wait. The Sterns say the must-haves are the buckwheat cakes with ginger cream on the side, the sweet potato pancakes, and the Swedish cakes. The hash browns are first rate, too.

Pancake Pantry
1796 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN
615-383-9333

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Jane and Michael Stern have the website Road Food, which provides reviews and thoughts of restaurants that they have visited around the country.

Jane and Michael Stern Visit East Side Fish

Jane and Michael Stern claim the "krunkest" (hottest, biggest and best) hot fish sandwich in town has to be the Giant King at East Side Fish. Two one-foot-long fillets of white fish are deep fried until they're crispy on the outside, then splashed with hot sauce and sandwiched between four slices of white bread. Michael says the fish is hot enough to "slap yo' mama."

Don't go to East Side Fish if you're in a hurry. It takes a good 15 minutes to make that giant sandwich. And don't plan on lingering leisurely over your meal because there's only one table. Everyone eats in their car or takes their food home. One more thing ... the sinus-clearing hot wings are a must, too, if you dare.

East Side Fish

2617 Gallatin Pike

Nashville, TN

615-227-8388

Restaurateurs join authors for a 'Road Food' feast

By SCOTT WYLIE
Co-owner of Firefly Southern Grill

The idea for the day was simple. We would visit eight restaurants or markets, have time to sample their specialties, then get back on the bus and talk about the food and hospitality.

What made the trip special was that it was led by Jane and Michael Stern, two of the best-known food and travel writers in the United States. They are heard weekly on National Public Radio and write monthly for Gourmet magazine, and their "Road Food" books have been best sellers for 30 years. They have a lot of fans throughout the country, and each year they offer those fans a chance to join them on a one-day culinary tour. This year's trip was in and around Nashville, Tenn.

Such food tours have become increasingly popular, and the Sterns' "Road Food" books are organized by geographical region so that planning your own tour is easy. In fact, the Sterns' most recent books feature a number of Tri-state establishments that lend themselves to a local tour.

When we indicated we were from Evansville, Michael Stern immediately immediately said, "Oh, you are near the Bon Ton in Henderson which has the world's best fried chicken." He is right about that.

The prospect of spending an entire day with the Sterns, discovering unique Southern restaurants and food items in nearby Nashville, was a no-brainer. It was great for gaining menu ideas to bring to Evansville and fun at the same time.

I also assumed that we would win the "traveled farthest" award. To arrive in time, we left Evansville at 5:15 a.m., hopped in our road-trip-perfect 1994 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, and headed to meet the bus at the famous Loveless Cafe, southwest of Nashville.


Read the rest of the story in the Evansville Courier and Press