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Boathouse Rotisserie & Raw Bar-March 17, 2012

March 17, 2012

When we headed out on this sunny and warm Saturday, we had no real plans for where we were going to eat. We’d had a breakfast of waffles, bacon, and eggs at home, so it was a while before we were hungry. We knew we wanted to have a late lunch, but when we started feeling the hunger pangs, we couldn’t think of anywhere to go…and then it hit me. I’d been thinking about the Boathouse lately, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity. Two o’clock on a Saturday afternoon is generally a great time to visit restaurants and avoid the crowds, and I figured that a restaurant located on Amnicola Highway-possibly one of the most obscure locations I can think of in the urban part of Chattanooga-would be no exception. Boy, was I surprised! The parking lot was nearly full, and when we walked up there were multiple parties waiting to be seated. The hostess told us that if we wanted to eat indoors, we could be seated immediately, but if we wanted to sit outside, there would be a wait. We chose not to wait (surprise!). Still, we couldn’t believe that the large outdoor seating area was full at two o’clock on a Saturday afternoon but I guess that riverside view is pretty alluring on a 75+ degree afternoon in mid-March.

Our server, Tammy, quickly brought us a carafe of water and told us that since it was happy hour, there were appetizer specials (all “mini” sandwiches and tacos) and that regular appetizers were $2.50 off. We decided on the queso dip with roasted tomato salsa. The queso turned out to be the standard white American cheese dip served with a small cup of a very delicious, slightly spicy salsa and freshly fried chips. We mixed the salsa into our queso. It tasted very fresh and had a strong cheesy flavor, and I really loved the chips. Besides the chips on the plate, they also brought us a basket of additional chips.

According to the menu, the Boathouse specializes in “foods from the Gulf,” including several different seafood offerings (including a raw bar), rotisserie roasted chicken, and brisket. Tammy helped me decide between the wood-spit roasted 1/2 chicken with margarita sauce and the roasted chicken sandwich (she recommended the sandwich). The sandwich was French bread with a large slice of roasted chicken breast, pickle, onions (which I promptly removed), tomato, arugula, Swiss cheese, and mayo. It was served with olive oil fried French fries (called olive fries on the menu) and a very simple slaw-just shredded cabbage with a very light sesame oil dressing. The chicken on the sandwich was incredibly tender, and I loved the bitter note that the arugula added to the sandwich (I am crazy about arugula!). The fries were skin-on, and boy, am I a sucker for skin-on fries. I loved this meal! I really wanted to try the fries on this trip, but next time I go, I want to try the Lotta Lotta Garlic chicken, one of the Boathouse’s specialties, with black beans, rice, arugula, pineapple, tomatoes, avocado and feta. Sounds delicious!

Philip also had a little trouble deciding what to order. He knew that he wanted something with the rotisserie brisket, but didn’t want to order the brisket entree, so he asked Tammy to help him decide between the “You Don’t Have to Go to Texas” brisket sandwich with barbecue sauce and the “Texas Dip” brisket sandwich with Swiss, onions, and au jus for dipping. Tammy recommended the dip, since it is a pressed sandwich and a little more “interesting” than the other, which was pretty much just a brisket sandwich with barbecue sauce. Good call, Tammy! The Texas dip was pressed on French bread, with extremely tender slices of brisket. The au jus really set off the flavor. Perfect!

We were pretty much stuffed after we finished our meal, but if we had room for dessert, we would have ordered the tres leches cake. I’m dying to make one-I’ve never tried it-so my interested was definitely piqued.

Another thing I’d like to note about the Boathouse is that I just really like the atmosphere. The decor is interesting and I love the “open-ness” of the dining room with its high ceilings. I also love the color scheme and the large scenes of local scenery (Ruby Falls, etc.) on the wall.

Let me go ahead and address the elephant in the room. If you’ve been to the Boathouse, you either love it or you hate it. If you’ve never been, chances are you’ve heard from people who love it or hate it. The Boathouse has had some bad press in the past, and people definitely seem to have strong feelings one way or the other. Obviously, I am in the former group-I have been twice and have had great food and great service on both occasions. If you are in the latter group, I’m sorry for your experience and just want to remind you that Chattavore is a negativity-free zone! If you haven’t tried it, I encourage you to go and decide for yourself. I have heard several pieces of conflicting information regarding their check-splitting policy: (1) They don’t split checks; (2) They don’t split checks in the outside seating area, or they only split checks equally and not by individual orders; and (3) No problem with splitting checks. The third was in a comment left on this post (scroll down) and I am assuming that the person who left this comment works at the Boathouse. He (Charles) says, “Splitting Checks at Boathouse, inside or outside, No Problem, Come and eat!!” So, if this has been an issue for you in the past, I am assuming that this is a policy that has been updated.

Negative press aside, I really like the Boathouse. Their food has exceeded my expectations on both of my visits, and the service has been great on both visits as well. I am excited to go back and try another menu item!

Boathouse Rotisserie and Raw Bar is located at 1459 Riverside Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37406. You can reach them at 423-622-0122. Check out their website, http://boathousechattanooga.com. You can also “like” them on Facebook.

By the way, Boathouse shares owners with Sugar’s Ribs and Canyon Grille….both of which need to be reviewed by Chattavore…..hmmmm.

Greenlife Grocery-March 10, 2012

March 12, 2012

Note: As of December 2012, Greenlife Grocery is now officially known as Whole Foods Market. They have rearranged the store extensively. They do still serve sandwiches but I don’t know if the selections remain the same.

Greenlife is Chattanooga’s Whole Foods Market. While you might not think that this qualifies as “local”, let me explain. Greenlife started as a locally-owned grocery store, and it was acquired by Whole Foods in 2010. While there have been several changes to make Greenlife a Whole Foods store, there have also been many things left the same, and the menu is one of those things (I am sure that there are some Whole Foods menu items that have been added, but the menu items from Greenlife remain). So….I made the determination to count this as local.

We decided to eat at Greenlife since I had a few staples that I needed to pick up from the bulk food section and I had a gift card. I didn’t think to even check out the hot bar, which changes daily, to see what was available. There is also a salad bar (hot bar and salad bar are priced by weight) but I was definitely not in the mood for salad. I did look at the soup (there are eight rotating soups available plus crackers and cornbread) but decided against it. Their pizza is great, with several varieties of the large slices available daily….always pepperoni and cheese, plus another few vegetarian varieties and varieties including meat. I knew that I wanted a sandwich, though. Their sandwiches are my favorite-they have paninis, cold sandwiches, and wraps. You circle your order on a slip of paper and hand it to the person who is making the sandwiches.

I love their Southern Belle panini (pimento cheese) and their BLT, but I decided to go for the Cha-Town club on this day. According to the menu, the Cha-Town club is turkey, bacon, cheese, spinach, avocado, tomato, and garlic aioli (a garlicky mayonnaise sauce). Since I am currently obsessed with avocado, I decided to go for this one (there were a few others with avocado, but this one was really appealing to me). Unfortunately, they left the avocado off! It was still great. The bacon was delicious and the sandwich was ample. I usually don’t like sandwiches with this much meat, but this one was really delicious. I just love the aioli, and I love that their sandwiches, which are pressed with a little oil, don’t have so much oil as to be greasy on the outside. I had a bag of Food Should Taste Good sweet potato tortilla chips and a 365 Cola. Usually, we just drink the free cucumber water that is available in their dining area, but I decided to have a rare treat. We almost never drink soda-in restaurants or otherwise-but I love the 365 Cola. 365 is the Whole Foods store brand. They do not use high fructose corn syrup…while I know that cane sugar isn’t “healthy” by any means, I do feel a little less guilty about consuming it in a rare soda than I do about HCFS. But I digress. This was a delicious sandwich. I ate about 3/4 of it, and I was stuffed!

Philip decided to go for the turkey-pesto panini. It may have another name, but if it does, neither of us can remember it, and their menu is not listed online! I’ll have to check it out next time I go. If you know, tell me! I kind of had a restaurant reviewer panic moment when neither of us could remember…but what are you going to do? Anyway, the sandwich is turkey, cheese, pesto, tomato, and red onion. The people behind the counter must have been really distracted on this day (they were super-busy), because not only did they leave off my avocado, they forgot Philip’s tomato! He doesn’t love tomato that much anyway, though, and in my opinion, tomato is not necessary on this sandwich. The pesto was good….he wouldn’t be a good judge of how basil-y or garlicky it was, because he loves basil and garlic….which I guess is why he loves pesto. The turkey, the pesto, the melted cheese, and the crunchy bread (with a little onion, but not too much, unlike in some restaurants where you get a gigantic slab) were pretty much perfect. He also had Food Should Taste Good chips (olive tortilla chips) and a 365 Cola. We came in $0.68 under budget with our gift card. Perfect!

Something you should know about Greenlife….if you go for lunch during normal lunch hours and order a sandwich, you should be prepared to wait. This is not just on Saturdays, either….there’s the after-church crowd to contend with on Sundays, and the lunch-breakers during the week. We waited for about 15 minutes for our sandwiches. Still, they have a sign posted warning that during peak times there may be a wait, and I’d rather wait a few minutes for a great sandwich than have a bad or mediocre one that I didn’t have to wait for. Besides, if you are in a hurry, you can just grab something other than a made-fresh sandwich…pizza, soup, hot bar, salad bar, or one of the many items available in their cooler (sandwiches, salads, dips, sushi, and even a Whole Foods “lunchable”-freshly assembled chunks of cheese and turkey with crackers and fruit that I can pretty much guarantee is a better nutritional deal than the real thing. I definitely recommend Greenlife for a great lunch…and a little healthy shopping after!

Greenlife Grocery is located at 301 Manufacturer’s Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405. You can call them at 423-702-7600. Like them on Facebook or follow Whole Foods on Twitter.

Chato Brasserie-March 3, 2012

March 4, 2012

Living Social is a fabulous thing. Thanks to Living Social, we got $20 worth of food at Tremont Tavern last week, I paid $10 plus shipping for $50+ worth of business cards and bumper stickers (!) Friday night, and last night, we got $40 worth of food for $20 at Chato.

I’ve been wanting to try Chato ever since I saw them featured in the Dining Out insert in the Sunday edition of the Chattanooga Times-Free Press when they first opened. They feature food with a slight French flair but it’s not really a “French restaurant”. The food is upscale and the atmosphere is as well, but we wore jeans and did not feel out of place at all. We saw a party, people on dates, older people, younger people, and families with children dining here….it’s definitely an “inclusive” environment, unlike some of the other upscale restaurants in town that shall remain unnamed….and that you will not likely see reviewed here. Chattavore and pretentiousness don’t mix.

One of the first things that I noticed was that the chef-owners were not in the kitchen, for the most part. One of them appeared to be expediting, and I even saw him taking food to diners, and the other was walking around interacting with diners. I have a slight case of amnesia, but I think he may have brought our appetizer to us…I do remember that he stopped to check on us on two different occasions. That may be the first time that this has ever happened, and it definitely made an impression on me.

The menu is divided into three sections: Small Plates (small appetizers), Medium Plates (slightly larger appetizers?), and Large Plates (entrees). It didn’t take us long to decide on a small plate: Crisp Pork Belly, served with chipotle slaw and onion petals. The slab of pork belly was served on top of the slaw with the onion petals on the side. The onion petals were, well, onion petals….they tasted fine, but alone I didn’t think they were much to get excited about. The slaw was good, slightly sweet, slightly vinegar-y, with just a slight hint of chipotle that definitely did not leave my mouth burning, which is a good thing. The pork belly….oh, the pork belly. The crispiness was just on the top, and the rest, well, it’s pork fat, people. Delicious, melt-in-your-mouth pork fat. Oh my. I was sold. We only ordered one small plate, but I was intrigued by the Chato salad, which includes a poached egg with bacon lardons on greens, and the southern biscuits with honey-truffle butter, as well as the Caesar salad with basil-caper dressing and the potato-leek soup with crispy shallots on the medium plate menu.

I agonized a bit over my choice of an entree. The sweet-tea brined, roasted chicken was tempting…but seemed a little normal. The sugar-cured pork tenderloin was tempting, especially since it was accompanied by pimento cheese mashed potatoes…but I knew that my mom had mentioned having a pork roast at our Sunday family dinner. So, I decided on the braised boneless short ribs, with hoisin sauce, herb-mascarpone polenta (mascarpone is an Italian soft cheese similar to cream cheese), and garlic spinach (one of my favorite at-home veggies). Our server, Alex, told us that all of the meats are cooked sous-vide, which means that the meats are vacuum sealed and cooked in a water bath. This renders the meats very tender, and then the meats are finished to produce browning, crispness, etc. I loved the polenta and the spinach, both of which were cooked perfectly and seasoned just right. As for the meat….well, I’m not going to lie. I am not a huge fan of hoisin, which is sort of a Chinese barbecue sauce. The short rib could have stood on its own without the hoisin sauce. I scraped most of that off, and found the meat to be very tender and flavorful. So, the only issue that I had was one that I had not with the meat but a standard sauce that I don’t like in any dishes.

Philip wrestled with what to order as well, but he kept coming back to the Maple Leaf Farms Duck Confit Cassoulet. It was a duck leg/thigh with crispy skin, served on a bed of cassoulet (a sort of bean casserole with sausage-chorizo, in this case) and arugula with carrots. He had ordered duck once before in another popular restaurant in town and did not like it one bit, but decided to go for it again. First of all, let me say that they had him at chorizo. He loves chorizo, and really loved it with the cannelini beans in the cassoulet. He was nervous about the duck….but needn’t have been. This experience was 100% different than the time before. The skin was wonderfully crispy and the duck cooked perfectly. It tasted like a slightly saltier, slightly fattier (not in a bad way!) dark meat chicken or turkey. Delicious!

About halfway through our large plates, Alex came by and mentioned to us that their dessert special was a lavender souffle with honey-chevre creme anglaise poured in the center, and that it took about twenty minutes so if we were interested he would go ahead and put in our order. Since we had looked at the menu prior to going to Chato, we knew that they had crème brûlée on the menu, and Philip is a crème brûlée fiend, so we told Alex that, while the souffle sounded great, we were going to have to stick with the tried and true. Besides, I’m not so sure about honey-chevre creme anglaise. Chevre is goat cheese, and I am not a fan, so…..anyway, the crème brûlée was a white chocolate-raspberry. The raspberry sauce was on the bottom of the dish and on the top of the custard, just under the bruleed sugar. I was impressed at the size of this dessert. Usually, when we order this in restaurants, it comes in a ramekin that’s about 1/8 of an inch thick and we each get 2.5 bites of it…not this one. I didn’t really detect much of a white chocolate flavor, but it tasted very lemony, which was fine by me-I love lemony desserts. After we got home, I told Philip that I wanted another one. Great dessert!

Chato also serves brunch on Sundays from 11-3, and I am anxious to try their brunch. The brunch menu includes a whole list of Eggs Benedicts (I love Eggs Benedict!) as well as some sandwiches/burgers, waffles, and a few interesting entrees. Count me in!

Chato is not inexpensive, but for a special, occasional night out, it is worth the price. I especially love that, like I said in the beginning, it is an upscale restaurant that avoids pretentiousness. They are open from 5-9 Monday through Thursday, 5-10 Friday and Saturday, and 11-3 Sunday. Chato is located at 200 Manufacturers Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405. You can reach them at 423-305-1353. Check out their website, http://chatodining.com. You can find them on Facebook as well.

Tremont Tavern-February 25, 2012

February 25, 2012

Quite some time ago, one of my friends told me that one of his favorite burgers in Chattanooga was at Tremont Tavern. I checked out their menu and discovered that there were quite a few burgers to be had at this tiny haunt in the Riverview section of North Chattanooga. When a Living Social deal to Tremont Tavern popped up in my email…..I jumped on it. It’s a great way to try new places and save a ton of money! $10 for $20 worth of food…couldn’t pass it up.

From the outside, you can tell that Tremont Tavern is a small joint, and my brother had told me that inside it’s even smaller than it looks, so I knew that we needed to pick a time that it wouldn’t be too busy, since we don’t really like to wait (for this reason, we rarely go out to dinner on Friday or Saturday nights!). We went for lunch today, and we were astounded at how popular this tiny place is! There were a ton of people there, and we managed to snag the last available table (it’s a seat-yourself sort of place). There were several seats at the bar. We were amazed at how many families were at this tavern…but I’d be happy to take a child there for one of their fantastic burgers, which I’ll describe for you in a moment. There were specials listed on the board when we walked in-a surf & turf burger, a shrimp po’ boy, a couple of beers, and an extensive list of draught beers available. They also have a couple of shelves of beer mugs engraved with numbers, with a person’s name engraved on a little gold plate on the shelf under each mug. Apparently, once you’ve tried all of the beers on their list, you get your own mug. I thought that was pretty interesting!

It took a few minutes for the one server that was working (another quickly joined her) when we first got there (30 minutes after they opened-and they were already full!) to get to us, so when she got to us we had decided on our order. We decided to order the hummus du jour, which was lemon-garlic and served with toasted pita wedges. It was nicely salted (undersalted hummus = very bad), and I really liked the lemon. I loved the crunch on the toasted pita wedges. Now, here’s the problem with being someone who cooks lots of different things at home…sometimes you find that when you order your standards in restaurants, they don’t quite measure up to your own. That’s not to say this hummus wasn’t good….we ate all of those pita wedges and over half of the hummus. It didn’t have quite as much garlic as I use, and was a little drier than mine (I add yogurt-I’ll post my recipe sometime!)…so anyway. It’s what you’re used to, I guess. , and I loved the idea of a “hummus du jour”. I’d love to go back and try some more hummus varieties!

That’s a cucumber slice in the middle of that hummus, by the way….

It shouldn’t surprise you to know that I ordered the pimento burger (after briefly considering the Chuck “It-Puts-the-Guacamole-on-It” Fisher burger because the name made me laugh). It has homemade pimento cheese (one of my favorite things) and bread and butter pickles on a Niedlov’s bun. I also ordered the homestyle chips (the other sides available were steak fries and Tavern tater tots). The chips, as expected, were pretty much the same as I found at Market Street Tavern, so I loved those. The burger….well, let me begin by saying that the bun bottom was dripping. That’s not a bad thing. This was a super-juicy burger. I was slightly concerned about the bread and butter pickles, because I haven’t really liked sweet pickles in the past. They really, really work here. The sweetness combined with the wonderfully browned meat and the melty pimento cheese was just amazing. There were tiny flecks of fresh jalapeno in the pimento cheese, making it just slightly spicy. I was sold. In fact, they had me at the soggy bun bottom. Wowsers.

Philip decided on the jalapeno jack burger, with fresh jalapeno, bacon, ancho cilantro dressing, pepperjack cheese, green leaf lettuce, sliced tomato, and red onion. He decided on the tots as his side. I really should start tasting his food every time, because when I ask, I rarely get much description….but he loved his burger. His favorite thing was the fresh jalapenos, which really make a burger “pop” more than pickled jalapenos. He said that the main spice to the burger was the jalapeno…the dressing wasn’t extremely spicy. His burger was super-drippy too. He wasn’t crazy about the tots, which he said tasted like they weren’t salted….but, once you’ve had tots fried in duck fat, I’m not sure any tots can satisfy. I tasted one….it tasted…like a tot! That was the only thing bordering on a “problem” that we had with our meal.

This is a great local establishment. I was absolutely blown away by the popularity…by the time we left, all of the tables as well as the bar were completely packed out. Tasting the food, though, I see why. In addition to the burgers, there are also salads, sandwiches, and soups on the menu…but I’m not sure I’ll ever find out how good those are, since I’ll probably be ordering burgers as a rule here (my next try is going to be the Coltrane (One-eye) burger with a fried egg on top). It’s a great atmosphere with a focus on buying as many local ingredients as possible. You should try it-but be prepared to sit elbow-to-elbow with a stranger (it’s worth it)!

Tremont Tavern is located at 1203 Hixson Pike, Chattanooga, TN 37405. You can contact them at 423-266-1996. You can find their menu and beer list on their website, http://tremonttavern.com. You can “like” them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. They open at 4 p.m. on Mondays, 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday-Friday, and at noon on Saturday. I am not sure about when they close….their hours are not listed on the website! It is a bar, though….so late.

Brewhaus-February 18, 2012

February 19, 2012

Back in November, when Philip and I went to Good Dog, we noticed a new restaurant on the north shore called Brewhaus. I am sure you won’t be surprised that it didn’t take long for us to figure out that it was a German restaurant-a German gastropub, the website calls it. We were immediately intrigued. When we were trying to decide where to eat with a couple of friends this weekend, Brewhaus came up and we decided to try it out.

We arrived at Brewhaus at 6:30ish. I wasn’t too sure how the seating worked when we walked in; there were no signs asking customers to wait to be seated. When a server walked by, I asked him how it worked and he told me that it was first-come, first-served. We grabbed the one empty table that we saw, out on the back porch, which was covered since it was only in the 50s and beginning to drizzle. When our friends came, one of them asked if the outdoor heater behind our table could be turned on, since the temperature was dropping. I’m not sure why, but it took us asking twice and another person asking as well before it was turned on. I am assuming it was just because they were pretty busy. Anyway, the heater made it nice and toasty….

Covered Porch on a Cool, Drizzly Evening

Our server was also the bartender, and she was very helpful with suggestions. The menu consisted of appetizers, a handful of salads, sandwiches (mostly burgers), a hot-dog style brat, entrees, “side cars” (aka side dishes), a couple of desserts, and drinks (they have a variety of bottled beers-both German and otherwise-as well as an ever-changing selection of draft beers). After considering the fried pickles, Philip and I ordered a honey-bacon deviled egg appetizer. It was a fairly standard deviled egg topped with large pieces of bacon, with honey on the side for dipping. That’s right-honey. It seemed quite strange, as I am sure that it probably does to you….but oddly enough it really worked! Very tasty. I never would have thought of serving honey with deviled eggs!

Deviled Eggs with Bacon & Honey Dipping Sauce

I had pretty much decided before I ever set foot in the restaurant what I was going to order: The Rooster Schnitzel Weiner Art (and you better believe I pronounced it “veener”, not “weiner”. I’m all about authenticity!). This is a pork loin cutlet, pounded thin, breaded, and fried (classic schnitzel) and topped with a fried egg. On the server’s recommendation, I ordered German potato salad and veggie medley. I really liked the schnitzel….the oozy fried egg yolk really made the whole thing. The egg was highly peppered, and if I order this again I will probably ask them to go a little light on the pepper. It just made it a little spicier than I would have liked. The crispy coating on the schnitzel was perfectly fried and the meat was not greasy. The veggies were good…carrots, broccoli, and snow peas, cooked till crisp-tender and lightly seasoned. However, I was not very happy with the German potato salad. German potato salad is served warm, which I like, and has a vinegary dressing, which I also like (I’ll post my potato salad recipe sometime), and it has bacon in it, which I like in theory….but my potato salad was pretty much just bacon. A big pile of limp bacon. I’m not sure what happened….maybe I got the last of the batch and ended up with the majority of the bacon? There were very few potatoes on my plate. I didn’t care too much for the dressing, either. It was just a little weird to me. Philip liked his, though, so don’t make your decision based on my opinion. Your experience might be better than mine. I should have ordered the spaetzle (more on that in a minute).

Rooster Schnitzel Weiner Art with Overly-Baconated German Potato Salad and Veggie Medley

Philip decided on the Jäger Schnitzel Weiner Art-and no, it does not contain Jägermeister. It’s a classic schnitzel, as I described above, served with mushroom gravy on top. Philip decided to get German potato salad and spaetzle as his “side cars”. As I said above, he really liked his potato salad….but then, his was not just a gigantic pile of bacon. He did not care so much for the spaetzle, which is an egg noodle dish with a tiny bit of creamy sauce. I, on the other hand, really liked it and ate several bites of his. He loved the schnitzel and ate the whole thing.

Jager Schnitzel Weiner Art with German Potato Salad and Spaetzle

Our friends both ordered Hamburg Cheeseburgers….one of them topped with pimento cheese. She said that she was a little concerned about ordering the burger since she didn’t know anything about it and had very recently eaten a Terminal burger, which is hard to follow. She liked the burger, but said that it was not as good as a Terminal burger. No surprise there (no offense, Brewhaus! The Terminal burger is one of the best around.). She did say that their pimento cheese was really good and that The Terminal should get the Brewhaus pimento cheese recipe to put on their burgers. You know what that tells me? I need to order something with pimento cheese next time (you know I have a things for pimento cheese)! They also ordered homefries and thought they were really good.

Hamburg Cheeseburger with Pimento Cheese & Home Fries

At the end of the meal, I was a little bit sad that I was so full, because I wanted some of the Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (aka black forest cake, aka chocolate cherry cake) from The Hot Chocolatier. No, no German chocolate cake-did you know that German chocolate cake is not actually German? It was named after Baker’s German’s Chocolate. See the useless knowledge you gain when you watch food television all the time? Black forest cake, on the other hand, is authentically German. Next time, I will be saving room for this!

Well, next time I visit Brewhaus, I will be skipping the potato salad…and probably the appetizer, just so I can replace it with dessert. There will be a next time, though. The atmosphere is really cool in this “gastropub”, and I liked most of the food. I encourage you to try it out, and don’t be afraid of the word schnitzel….or spaetzle…or Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte. This is a great local restaurant.

Brewhaus is located at 224 Frazier Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37405. You can reach them at 423-531-8490 or info@brewhausbar.com. Check out their website: http://brewhausbar.com. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.

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