{"id":27199,"date":"2023-11-03T11:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27199"},"modified":"2023-11-03T14:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T19:45:22","slug":"pauls-picks-downtown-dining-week-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/03\/pauls-picks-downtown-dining-week-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul’s Picks: Downtown Dining Week 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Downtown Dining Week<\/a> is Monday, November 6 through Sunday, November 12. It’s your chance to try something new and different. Many restaurants have multiple courses and give you the ability to pick & choose from options.<\/p>\n

Nearly 60 restaurants are participating. Don’t have time to read 60 menus? No problem – I read them for you. Below are Paul’s Picks, which check one or more of the following boxes:<\/p>\n

A good value for the money<\/li>\n

Unique\/interesting<\/li>\n

Multiple options<\/li>\n

I’ve had the item in the past and can personally vouch for it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
117 Prime<\/a> – Braised beef brisket and potatoes au gratin? Yes please.<\/p>\n
Arnold’s<\/a> – Baby back ribs AND catfish. All of the things.<\/p>\n
Automatic Slim’s<\/a> – Three courses for $20.23. That chicken strip dipped in waffle batter sounds like a yummy first course.<\/p>\n
Blind Bear<\/a> – I’ve tried a couple of bites of that coffee-encrusted ribeye. Normally I’m not even a fan of coffee, but it really brings out the flavor of the steak.<\/p>\n
Catherine & Mary’s<\/a> – Fried spaghetti. Yum yum!<\/p>\n
Local on Main<\/a> – Buffalo fried catfish and jalapeno cheddar grits. I’ve had this on special before and it is very good. I don’t know why this isn’t on the DDW website, but they tell me it comes with a starter of crab-stuffed deviled eggs and a dessert of fried Oreos.<\/p>\n
South of Beale<\/a> – You have options here. I would start with General Tso’s Cauliflower, then move on to a curry chicken bowl, and wrap it up with that Jack & Coke bread pudding.<\/p>\n
A few reminders to make sure everyone has a fantastic Downtown Dining Week:<\/p>\n
Your servers are gonna be busy<\/strong>. Not only will it be DDW, but a major convention will be in town. Please be understanding if it takes them an extra minute or two to get to you.<\/p>\n
If you can’t make a restaurant reservation,<\/strong> please call and cancel so that someone else can have the table.<\/p>\n
It is not appropriate to ask for modifications, substitutions, or additions to DDW menu selections.<\/strong> If you feel the need to do any of that, order off the restaurant’s regular menu instead.<\/p>\n
Tip generously.<\/strong> $6 to $7 sounds about right for a $20.23 meal. More than that if you feel a server went above and beyond to take care of you.<\/p>\n
Bon appetit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Downtown Dining Week is Monday, November 6 through Sunday, November 12. It’s your chance to try something new and different. Many restaurants have multiple courses and give you the ability to pick & choose from options. The suggested price for dinner is $20.23, but not all restaurants followed the suggestion. READ THE FINE PRINT on … Continue reading “Paul’s Picks: Downtown Dining Week 2023”<\/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\/27199"}],"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=27199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27205,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27199\/revisions\/27205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}