{"id":21452,"date":"2018-09-22T10:40:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T15:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=21452"},"modified":"2018-09-22T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T15:40:03","slug":"lunch-felicia-suzanne-restaurant-and-saturday-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/22\/lunch-felicia-suzanne-restaurant-and-saturday-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch @ Felicia Suzanne Restaurant and Saturday news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I returned to Felicia Suzanne Restaurant’s 25 cent martini lunch with my friends Stacey, Nate, and Mary Ann. I made the reservation earlier in the week for 1 PM. After I called in the reservation, I told Stacey “NO NAPS,” reminding her that she overslept the last time we went to Felicia’s and was 50 minutes late.<\/p>\n

So, yesterday morning I led off at Bardog, figuring I’d get a few PBRs in me to pre-game. Around 11 I texted Stacey, “Felicia Suzanne’s 1 PM. Be there or be square. NO NAPS.” She texted back about 11:50 and said she would be there.<\/p>\n

At 12:56 I tabbed out at Bardog and walked over to Felicia’s. Nate and Mary Ann were there. No Stacey. At 1:08 she texted me, “On my way.” We went ahead and got seated and got our first drink. At 1:30 Stacey walked in.<\/p>\n

“You took a nap, didn’t you?” I asked her.<\/p>\n

She stared at me and smiled for about 10 seconds and then nodded yes.<\/p>\n

I took a look at the menu. I couldn’t believe I was doing this on a rare visit to the restaurant, but my eyes were set on a vegetarian entree, the mac & cheese. “If Felicia’s putting that on here as an entree rather than a side, it’s got to be good,” I reasoned. It turns out I wasn’t the only one thinking that way – Stacey and Nate ordered mac & cheese too. Of course we all got the 25 cent martinis, of which you can purchase up to three with the order of an entree. Nate and I got dirty martinis, Mary Ann got “just barely dirty,” and Stacey got a gin martini with orange juice. All came out perfect.<\/p>\n

The mac & cheese did not disappoint.<\/p>\n

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So cheesy and chewy rich and good! I finished every last bite.<\/p>\n

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The mac & cheese came with a side of sweet greens with big pieces of bacon, satisfying my need for meat as part of my lunch. The cornbread stick was delicious too.<\/p>\n

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Mary Ann got the crab crepes. “They are loaded with crab,” she said.<\/p>\n

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What an elegant lunch table! You know, I did not grow up a fan of mac & cheese. My attitude toward it was, “What’s the point?” I saw eating mac & cheese in the same light as I saw ordering a steak well done and then dipping it in Hunt’s ketchup. It wasn’t until I moved Downtown and had chefs tell me, “Yeah I know you think you don’t like mac & cheese, but let me cook it for you and change your mind” that I started to open my mind to it. Felicia’s mac & cheese was among the top two or three I have ever had.<\/p>\n

Back in 2014 I had\u00a0 a groupie. She’d come to the Blind Bear many Saturdays, asking Brad about me, asking my relationship status, asking if he thought I would be coming in that day, asking to be introduced to me. This went on for months before I found out. She was such a huge mac & cheese fan that one of the local teams cooked smok’d mac & cheese at BBQ Fest for her. If she’s reading this (and I know she is), she should try Felicia’s mac & cheese sometime. She’ll have to find someone else to go with, though. These days I would sooner ask Rahul & Tony out on a date than I would her.<\/p>\n

Those martinis are little but they’re potent. Man… I was pretty well sloshed the rest of the day, and it didn’t help that Jessica talked me into doing a shot at the Silly Goose. And OF COURSE after I finished the martinis I discovered a voice mail from a recruiter with a great lead about a job. I decided it was wise to wait until Monday to call her back.<\/p>\n

On to the news, and I don’t have much since I spent most of Friday recovering from those martinis… Nine Inch Nails<\/a> plays the Orpheum this Monday, along with Jesus and Mary Chain and Tobacco.<\/p>\n

Flight restaurant at Main and Monroe is hiring bartenders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lisa’s Lunchbox is looking to hire someone for line prep<\/a>. The hours are 9 to 2, so this would be perfect if you have kids in school.<\/p>\n

You can get free admission to museums<\/a> today by downloading a ticket.<\/p>\n

Comedian and actor Nick Cannon brings his Wild ‘N Out Live Tour<\/a> to FedExForum tonight.<\/p>\n

That’s it for now. Time to go spread a little sunshine. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I returned to Felicia Suzanne Restaurant’s 25 cent martini lunch with my friends Stacey, Nate, and Mary Ann. I made the reservation earlier in the week for 1 PM. After I called in the reservation, I told Stacey “NO NAPS,” reminding her that she overslept the last time we went to Felicia’s and was … Continue reading “Lunch @ Felicia Suzanne Restaurant and Saturday news”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21452"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21457,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21452\/revisions\/21457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}