our weekend...or, "some of the best eateries in Louisville..."

Landon and I had a really wonderful time in Louisville this past weekend.  After dropping Finn off at my aunt and uncle's house, we checked into our beautiful hotel, then grabbed a cab and headed out for dinner.

My uncle recommended a place called Garage Bar on Market street.  He said it was a foodie type place with a young chef and fabulous food.  Think hipster pizza, servers wearing street clothes, lots of exposed wood, craft beer, and Matt and Kim playing in the background.  We loved it.  For an appetizer, we got boiled peanuts...a new experience for us.  They were really good and salty.  I had a Canadian beer, and Landon had a Gimlet, and we each tried one of the wood-baked pizzas.

Afterwards, we walked the streets back to our hotel and ordered a dessert of derby pie with a berry compote.  It topped the evening off perfectly.

The next day we slept in, I repeat, slept in.  We tried to go out for a brunch, but ended up in Bardstown road area for lunch at Tom + Chee which was the best thing ever.  They had basically any combination of grilled cheese you could ever think of, along with delicious soups.  I had a roast beef and cheddar sandwich with creamy tomato basil soup.  Perfect for the chilly day.

We ended our food tour of Louisville at the Java Brewing Company for hot drinks and a nutella crepe.

Needless to say, we are back to our slow-carb diet this week (after eating monkey bread last night.)  We had the best time exploring the restaurants of Louisville and spending some quality time with each other.  We actually sat down and talked about serious things, dreams for the future, and plans for the upcoming year.  We treasure these times away from Finn as we know our marriage benefits from these intentional times together.  While it's not often we can make the time (or money) to get away for a weekend like this, it's so good when we do.

In case you were wondering if Finn had any fun without us, here's a little peek:

Mustard and pickles please...

We love burgers, we love fries, and we love eating out on the cheap!! :) It's fun and usually fairly cheap to eat a burger, so we like finding new places that have good eats for a wallet friendly price. And boy do we like burgers! I always order mine with mustard and pickles...no cheese or ketchup, thank you. Landon prefers ketchup and pickles and absolutely hates mustard, which works out quite well for us.

So, we are in the process of finding some good burgers around Indy. We have the usuals: Dairy Queen, and Steak N' Shake. Both excellent cheap choices.

But we've found some nice specialty burger joints recently that are delish as well.



96th Street Steakburgers is a local place we ate at last month. We actually ate at the 96th street location too. Very good!



On Friday night, we ate at Johnny Rockets. We hadn't ever been there before, but loved the place. It's a little more pricey, but the food was so good. We got a milkshake to share too...a real strawberry milkshake. The decor was vinatge 50s feel with mini juke boxes at the booths where you could pick a song for 5 cents.

And our hunt for good burgers will continue. We'll probably head down to Broad Ripple and see if they've got anything to offer. I'm betting they will.

Cheers,

Leah

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