the farm house

before the snow storm, i managed to visit one local restaurant, the farm house. since the dinner was organized by the conference i attended i had to check the menu ahead of time to see if it was blog worthy. from the website i learned that farm house is a farm totablerestaurant that includes unique spins on local fare. i was all for it! my group arrived early and sat at the bar until the rest of our group arrived. while waiting i sipped on a nashville 75, their spin on a french 75. i felt right at home with their legal folder drink menu! as far as the food… i was like ohh wow with some of thhe dishes. cow tongue? and a million things i had never heard of! we were brave and ordered the charcuterie board which included things like sock sausage, pickled fennel and rabbit liver pate. i probably have all this spelled wrong, but the names of the items were crazy. despite my initial misgivings, everything was really good especially the pate!! great choice for an appetizer with drinks.

all i can say is wow!

one really interesting menu! downtown in an alley way but well worth the trip.
appetizers. small plates. and dinner selections. according to the waiter the menu changes a bit depending upon season and availability.

pig ears app....sliced into thin strips and fried. covered in some type of a sweet sauce and a splatter of hotter paste on the side of the bowl. all at thetablewere so surprised and loved this. try it!

cow tongue....who would have thought. id love to describe what this tasted like but cant really tell you that its like anything ive ever had before. get over any presumptions and give this a try. served over a cheese grits with a egg on top.

pork belly poptart.... pork belly in a pastry shell. covered by another sweet sauce with walnuts mixed into it. ate every bite!

pork chop was also very good according to my dining partner.

go here if your looking for a unusual place. loved it.

went to the farmhouse for the first time for sunday brunch. the menu is limited but i love and understand the farm totableconcept so that was all good. ourtablehad the farmhouse breakfast, pancakes, oj and coffee. we were seated for 5 or 6 minutes before anyone greeted us. however our server was quite friendly and explained that he had been attempting to fix the coffee machine which was broken. no coffee for brunch. the food was good, the grits excellent. the service on the other hand was terrible. it seemed as though the entire restaurant was severely understaffed. we had to ask for basic items more than once and often more than 2 and 3 times. we ran out of all drinks more than once. while we were seated at our table, two different tables got up and left because they had waited too long with no one coming to the table. the restaurant was not busy- 2 larger tables and a handful - 4 or 5 other tables of two people. our server was very pleasant but paying $14 for two eggs, ham, a biscuit and grits i expect better service.