2008 Woodie Awards
What's new to the 'Boro
Sarah Lavery
Issue date: 1/14/08 Section: Features
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One thing's for sure. Murfreesboro has come a long way.
Mimi's Café 2625 Medical Center Parkway (615-893-1352)
Decorated to honor the decadence of New Orleans' Beale Street, Mimi's Café boasts a highly diverse menu and a fun, comfortable atmosphere. Enjoy spiced up specials such as the Chicken Chorizo & Egg Enchiladas for breakfast or a zesty Black Bean & Chicken Chorizo Dip appetizer and a Carne Asada Entrée Salad for lunch or dinner. The restaurant's full bar serves the ABSOLUT Magnificent Mary, as well fresh squeezed margaritas and Mimi-tinis.
Macaroni Grill 2535 Medical Center Parkway (615-893-6670)
The beloved Italian chain has finally come to the 'Boro. The food is great, the bread and olive oil dip infamous, and you can draw on the table with crayons. Be prepared for huge crowds until the splendor of its newness rubs off a bit.
T.G.I Friday's 1714 Old Fort Parkway (615-907-3086)
The new Friday's by Stones River Mall is the perfect place to go for unusual appetizers and imaginative American fare. Fried green beans, parmesan crusted quesadillas, fried mac and cheese and chimichurri sliders. Just like the crappy food you cook in your apartment with a little bit of haute cuisine added in for good measure.
Tomato Tomäto 223 W. Main St.
The owners of the more upscale Five Senses restaurant opened Tomato Tomäto in October, and gourmet pizza fans have never been happier. With toppings like cilantro, pesto, button mushrooms and white beans, this downtown restaurant-whose specialty pizzas are named after busy downtown streets like Main, Maney, Lytle, Walnut and others-stands out in the 'Boro pizza market. Tomato Tomäto is to Domino's what truffle burgers are to McDonald's.
Noppakao Thai 2943A S Rutherford Blvd (615-904-8918)
Authentic Thai cuisine like fish cakes served with a gingery mix of cucumber, onion and chili rings, all with friendly service and an immaculately clean environment (the health score is 99-always good news when visiting an unknown restaurant).
Cedar's Café 721 President Place, Smyrna (615-355-4442)
This Smyrna restaurant serves authentic Greek and Italian dishes. Pizzas, fettuccini alfredo, gyro plates and delicious chicken and beef kabobs, cheese bread, fried calamari rings, falafel, hummus with pita bread and breaded cheese ravioli. Basically, everything and anything to appease the diverse and undiscriminating stomach of a college student.
Coming soon to the Avenue
Edible Arrangements
Arrangments that are edible (really?) to fulfill your wildest edible- arrangement-fantasies.
Yakety Yak
Because we don't have enough individual wireless carrier stores, Yakety Yak will soon bring Murfreesboro all of its wireless needs from several different carriers.
Fulin Asian Cuisine
Slated to come to the Avenue this month, this new restaurant boasts distinctive Asian cuisine and finely prepared entrees at incredibly reasonable prices.
Hollister Co.
For all you intricately slashed and shredded denim lovers who've always made the trek to Cool Springs for your fix, breathe easy. Hollister Co. is going to join the Avenue's roster, and all of your witty t-shirts can be bought locally.
Coming soon to Stones River Mall
Forever 21
All of you chic and cheap fashionistas out there, rejoice. The trendy superstore that is Forever 21 will soon not require a frustrating drive to Opry Mills. It's expected to join Stones River Mall during spring 2008.
Olive Garden
Unlimited breadsticks and perfectly pre-dressinged salad will, in the near future, join Murfreesboro's crowded roster of Italian chain restaurants.
Pyramid's Café
What's that we hear? Stones River Mall might be creating some semblance of a food court? We won't have to eat a dozen cookies from The Cookie Store to fulfill our shopping hunger needs? Finally.
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Anonymous
posted 1/15/08 @ 4:23 PM CST
I believe New Orleans has Bourbon Street and Memphis has Beale street.
JT
posted 8/18/08 @ 6:44 PM CST
Dont hate on the cookie store too much now! If it was not for us being in that mall for all these years there would have been NOWHERE to eat or drink! All of these new food places are great and all but obviously people are not takin advantage of it cuz every single one of those new food stores complain about low sales. (Continued…)
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