Take the Locavore Restaurant Challenge

For the month of November 2012, my Husband and I made a pact that we would eat only locally owned restaurants in our town of Murfreesboro, TN. There really wasn't alot of places in our town to choose from but almost all the ones we tried we love more than their chain counterparts. The only rules for this is when you want to eat out, only eat out at locally owned restaurant. No fast food, no franchised or nonfranchised chain restaurants. Our town is chock full of places to eat with new ones being built all the time only they are fast food and chains like O'Charley's and McDonalds. It was actually really fun driving around trying to find a local place to eat. We typically eat out once a week for dinner as a family. My husband eats out once a week for lunch. He brown bags the rest of the week. Our hands down favorite place we found was Oscar's Taco shop. I love their Carne Asada burrito, ground beef soft tacos and their rice is off the chain.

Our second Favorite was Cool Beans Italian Bistro. Everything was fresh and yummy.

Our third favorite was Kirkenburt's Smokehouse Grill. I love their brisket but their Redneck Nachos have become something I crave.

We also tried Your Burger which was good. I had the turkey burger which was the best I have ever eaten. We already love Demos' restaurant so we didn't have to go there. A good thing about eating local is most Mexican, Thai and Chinese restaurants are local businesses and we have plenty of those in our town. So get out there and support your local economy and comment with your stories! I would LOVE to hear them! If you do decide to eat chain remember your waiter or waitress is a local commodity and be sure to tip them 15% at least. If you can't or won't do that then eat at home scrooge!