Roadfood: When Good Food Goes Bad

Garrett's Restaurant in looked perfect: located on the courthouse square in tiny Carlisle, Ky and recommended by the tour guide at the Blue Licks revolutionary war battle site. But once inside, things took a fast turn for the worse. After I'd ordered (country ham, greens, white beans, and mac & cheese) an old lady and an older guy started smoking cigarettes. My son Leo couldn't take it (and I really can't blame him). He was miserable. He refused to eat (and he kept his hand over his nose the whole time). For Leo, it was thumbs down for Garrett's.




But things picked up at the venerable Columbia's Steakhouse in downtown Lexington, Ky. (the first city in Kentucky to ban smoking), a last bastion of Bluegrass delicacies like fried banana peppers and lamb fries.


Finally, no trip to Lexington is complete without a mess of unparalleled glazed donuts from Spaldings Bakery.