Good Restaurants

[4hfarms]

Do you remember the name of it? I travel by there a few times a year

Another good one down in Jax on I-295 / sr50 in Orlando area is 4Rivers

 

[tater74]

If your near Comanche or Rising Star, Texas on a Friday or Saturday night, Cook's Fish Barn is the place to eat.

 

[Ky hills]

I am not stopping any where that has Catfish in the name. When we first moved here a man from church invited me to go with him fishing for catfish on the Snake River. I went several times. Caught lots of catfish. My wife declared our house a catfish free zone. I agreed. Growing up on the north Washington coast and work in SE Alaska I have eaten too many good fish to ever eat another catfish.

I know catfish has a stigma attached to them as being bottom feeders, scavengers etc, but here in Appalachia, catfish have been a traditional food source. Fried catfish is uptown eatin for a lot of people.
My mother said that her father wouldn’t eat catfish because he said they would eat people. I’m not sure what exactly he was insinuating, if it was a belief of them growing to giant size in rivers in the area, or if it was a tradition story that came from Wales or other places in Europe where there family lines came from many generations ago.
My mother didn’t eat much meat, but would eat fish including catfish. She was always happy to see me bringing in some nice size catfish.
My wife on the hand from Oklahoma doesn’t like fish at all, though some of her family will eat catfish.

 

[Travlr]

We got some tilapia that tasted like mud. Kind of turned me off of them. Not that I wouldn't take a bite again if I had the opportunity. Catfish makes a good meal, it's just different than walleye or trout or bass... or ocean fish. I don't turn my nose up at good food, especially if someone else has invited me. I do draw the line at brains and testicles. Those are starvation foods...

 

[RDFF]

If out that way I will check it out.

Not changing the subject but specking of Restaurants/gas stations I was at the Buc-ees yesterday at Kodak, TN going into Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg. They have a 4-lane going just to Buc-ees only and it was bumper to bumper at a crawl to just get into the place. I had to wait in line to get gas, and they have probably over 100 pumping places. Inside it was a crazy as the bathroom line was 100+ feet long. That big barbeque brisque, Buc-ees chips and 32 oz. drink was good.

Headed on toward Pigeon Forge and it was 3 lanes on one side bumper to bumper as far as I could see. I got turned around at a red light which took me three light cycles to get out and headed out at the knife works place.

That place is over run and I noticed a lot of the tags were from out of state.

You posting this made me think... "Think I'll head the other way out to that reservoir that @Dave posted about... with the traffic jam of 6 cars on a six mile stretch of lake". Sure sounds more appealing.

@Dave , better be careful what you're posting, or you're gonna turn that place into a rockin' tourist attraction! Next year, there'll probably be at least a dozen cars along that stretch... and you'll be lookin' for a less populated place to spend your golden years!

 

[Ky hills]

We got some tilapia that tasted like mud. Kind of turned me off of them. Not that I wouldn't take a bite again if I had the opportunity. Catfish makes a good meal, it's just different than walleye or trout or bass... or ocean fish. I don't turn my nose up at good food, especially if someone else has invited me. I do draw the line at brains and testicles. Those are starvation foods...

I’ve never tried tilapia, I reckon I associate it with being farm raised and possibly foreign raised in questionable conditions, although the same could be said of catfish too, the catfish is just more familiar.
I love good catfish, smaller fish depending on the type and how big they get, can be better tasting than older larger fish. Cut out the strip of darker meat and fat (mud vein) if filets.
I used to fish a local reservoir that stocked channel catfish along with bass and others. The bass were catch and release only, so i mainly fished for catfish and what we call brims here (bluegills), and shell crackers. Those catfish in the 3-4 pound range were really good,
Not much on brains, but brains and eggs are a delicacy for some here.
I do like calf, lamb, hog fries. That is done good eatin.

 

[texoman]

You posting this made me think... "Think I'll head the other way out to that reservoir that @Dave posted about... with the traffic jam of 6 cars on a six mile stretch of lake". Sure sounds more appealing.

@Dave , better be careful what you're posting, or you're gonna turn that place into a rockin' tourist attraction! Next year, there'll probably be at least a dozen cars along that stretch... and you'll be lookin' for a less populated place to spend your golden years!

Probably all from this here CT

 

[Dave]

You posting this made me think... "Think I'll head the other way out to that reservoir that @Dave posted about... with the traffic jam of 6 cars on a six mile stretch of lake". Sure sounds more appealing.

@Dave , better be careful what you're posting, or you're gonna turn that place into a rockin' tourist attraction! Next year, there'll probably be at least a dozen cars along that stretch... and you'll be lookin' for a less populated place to spend your golden years!

I sort of doubt there will ever be many tourists there. It has got to be the better part of 30 miles to any services. Dirt road with well scattered gravel. When it rains you don't want to be on that road. It turns into a slippery slimy mess that you can easily slide off even in 4 wheel drive. It is not on any map. And no signs saying go this way to get there.
There is another reservoir about 20 miles away as the crow flies. Paved roads, a real nice state park, bigger pond, boat launch, as good of fishing, and a very small town with service about 4 miles away. Much better place to visit.