Comments on: At least the company was good

By: katy

katy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:54:02 +0000

Thanks Julie! Just promise me you’ll spend as much time as budget allows eating great food from Hugh, Peter, and company… don’t take them for granted!!! (Absence makes the heart grown unbearably fonder.)

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:25:45 +0000

We’ve always felt that way about East-West; just read this week that chef Lamar Thomas is leaving there, and the whole place is going to be re-positioned as a more casual, affordable dining experience.

Count me as another Five Points/Athens reader who is sorry we didn’t meet while you were here!

By: katy

katy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:44:22 +0000

Angie, I’m totally with you. I will pay lots of money for food that leaves me filled with amazement and joy that food can taste that good. On the flip side, I also eat at Cracker Barrel when we’re on the road — but that usually costs us $25 for the whole family. It’s always the mismatch of quality and cost that gets me — like dealing with a slick used car salesman.

Consider the search on! (er, budget allowing…)

By: Angie @ Just Like The Number

Angie @ Just Like The Number — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:10:14 +0000

I’m right there with you – we had a great time, too. Best blind date I ever had! I’m so glad you wrote this post. I left kind of flummoxed by Zest as well. I enjoyed the soup (roasted red pepper with feta), but the fish tacos didn’t quite live up to the hype they’re given on twitter (as in TO DIE FOR!!!). Then again, I’m a fry-em-up in batter kind of girl, not a cornmeal-crusted kind of girl.

My beef with the meal was the same as yours. I’m all for paying the price for great quality food with flavor. We’re not cheap – we love Peterson’s and rarely walk out of there without spending less than $100. But we walk out of there with our palates on cloud nine. Mike can get a great burger at half the price of Zest’s at any number of local establishments in Indy. My holy grail of fish tacos in Nashville puts me out $8. What did we get for the extra money spent at Zest? Certainly not extra attention to detail in our service.

I say we unleash your critiquing skills on a whole slew of Indy restaurants until we find the ones we love. Here’s to another evening of closing someplace down!

By: katy

katy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:47:15 +0000

Nana, it is quite possible we caught them on a bad night — although our server, I believe, was just caught in her natural state. We have friends who love it, but they’ve only been for breakfast — so maybe that’s the difference?

By: nana

nana — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:38:29 +0000

I’m completely offended. I love Zest.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:27:22 +0000

Thx for the words. We’ll pass on the Zest and hope Recess is more enjoyable with the Carters!

By: katy

katy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:35:54 +0000

Michelle, when we moved to Athens, we ate at a lot of mediocre restaurants. When we finally found our favorite, it was expensive — too expensive to eat every month. So we stopped eating out, and saved all that money so we could afford our fantastic place once a quarter. It was totally worth it, and we stopped fuming about bad purchased food.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:27:54 +0000

What a great post and review. I am glad I am not the only food snob around, I have high expectations when dining out, only to be let down the majority of the time.

By: katy

katy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:20:20 +0000

Katherine — if I get to visit Athens this spring, you and I and available BC girls should go get apps at 5&10 or National.