Red Farm - Hudson St, New York

We decided that we wanted to eat somewhere local. We also decided that we were really hungry. So when we arrived at Red Farm, and were told that we were going to have to wait over an hour for a table. We asked about take-away.

La Pain Quotiden - New York

We have long been a fan of PQ in Belgium, where you sit at a communal table and share around the variety of Jam and chocolate spreads for your freshly cooked bread in the morning. So when were were hungry after spending some time at the New York Library, we popped in to grab a bite to eat.

B Too - Washington D.C.

At around 11 am, when we were kind of awake, our gracious host told us that it was time to go for brunch. This place was just around the corner, which was good considering it was already about 31 degrees by now. We were excited, if there was anything we liked more that breakfast, it was brunch.

Merchants - Nashville

While we were hanging around waiting to go to the Ryman Auditorium we were looking for somewhere to cool down and grab a snack. One of our helpful concierge told us about Merchants being a nice place. So we went there.

West End Cafe - Nashville

WELL DONE MURRAY! We had to get our priorities right this morning. Tennis, then eating. We watched Murray drop-shot his way to victory - however it was now verging on 1pm and we hadn't eaten anything but a granola bar so it had to be somewhere quick and local. The restaurant in our hotel stopped serving breakfast at 9 (disappointing) but we found somewhere just down the road that served breakfast until 3pm.

Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant - Nashville

We arrived at Nashville at around lunchtime, and so headed out for what we like to call 'Dunch'. We knew we were off to the Opry this evening and so had to find something to sustain us until at least 9pm. We chose Puckett's because we had heard it was good - and it was close to where the bus into town dropped us.

Cafe Amelie - New Orleans

For our last night in New Orleans we wanted to go somewhere nice (but local) so we walked down to Cafe Amelie on Royal st. It looked lovely from the outside with a cute courtyard, citronella candels burning to keep the mozzies away and a very tasty menu.

Cafe Beignet - New Orleans

Beignet is a dessert from New Orleans and according to the internet there is only one place to get them, Cafe Beignet.

Southern Candymakers - New Orleans

It's praline, but not like in the middle of those chocolates. It's New Orleans praline, and this place is supposedly the best place to buy them.

Quater Grocery - French Quater

It is the 4th July, and as expected on a public holiday, alot of places are closed. Our host explained to us that there is a grocery story on the corner that has surprisingly good hot sandwiches, so we went to investigate.

Eat - New Orleans

We arrived at New Orleans late in the afternoon, and after dropping the car off (in the rain I might add) we decided to hunt around for something to eat. We read about a few places but lots of things are closed on Tuesdays, so decided to eat really local and try Eat which is down the road from our apartment.

The French Press - Lafayette

We spent the night in Lafayette on route to New Orleans and had read about a place that does a good, local breakfast. Maria had a hankering for some pancakes so we made our way the The French Press.

Home Slice - Austin

We were hungry whilst waiting for the bats to come out from under the congress bridge, so we stopped for a bite of pizza.