Monday, November 17, 2008

Bits and Bites (and our 100th post!)

Posted by Heather / 4 comments » / coffee, italian

This marks our 100th post on Nashville Foodies! Exciting!

Saturday was a fun food day for us. We went to…

  • CREMA, for a coffee tasting class. The owner of the shop, Rachel Lehman, brewed several selections from local roaster Drew’s Brews and walked us through tasting them, explaining a lot about the origin of the beans, the grading process, and the roasting process. We also learned about roasting levels, flavors to look for, and what level of roasts go best with milk or cream. I enjoyed the casual atmosphere and came away feeling a little more knowledgeable about coffee (and somewhat in awe of the work that goes into all the steps of preparing the beans!). It was all very interesting and I’m now planning to get a French press for home brewing my coffee.

  • Cafe Coco’s Italian Market for supper. The Italian Market was bought a few months ago by the owners of Cafe Coco, and I was interested to see what the new management brought to the store. A few things have changed – there’s no longer an antipasto bar, at least not on Saturday nights. But there are still delicious panini, pasta, and pizza selections, along with Italian grocery items and a gelato station. We shared the chicken parm panini, which was definitely enough for two people. There was an Italian conversation group meeting at the time, which was nice. There seems to be expanded seating towards the back of the store. The shop now has free wi-fi, so it could be a nice alternative location for settling in with yummy food and getting some work done. And Josh reports that the bathrooms were exceptionally nice – startlingly so!

CREMA
15 Hermitage Ave
Nashville, TN 37210
(615) 255-8311
7am-6pm M-F
8:30am-3pm Sat

Cafe Coco’s Italian Market and Kitchen
411 51st Ave. North
Nashville, TN 37209
10am – 8 pm Monday – Thursday
10 am – 10 pm Friday and Saturday
(615) 783-0114

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4 Responses to “Bits and Bites (and our 100th post!)”

  1. 1

    Eric and Katie — November 18, 2008 @ 8:41 am

    Congrats on the 100th post Heather! We always enjoy your posts. Katie and I want to try P.S. Noodle Pot soon.

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    Heather W. — November 18, 2008 @ 9:19 am

    Thanks! I hope you can get out there soon – it’s really tasty.

  3. 3

    Lannae — November 27, 2008 @ 11:20 am

    Congratulations! How fun! The big 100th! Thanks for for food blogging because I have really enjoyed reading.

  4. 4

    Heather W. — November 27, 2008 @ 11:25 am

    Thanks, Lannae!

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