The talk Jani (Little Malice) generated about Outback Steakhouse led me to
this. My LLL will be here for a few days next week so I was scouting around
for places to go.

I didn't know this place was still in business. I haven't been there since
around 1976 or so. The Side Porch Steak House in Bartlett, TN. I Googled
for restaurants nearby and this popped up. I immediately thought "No,
really?! They're still there?"

An unpretentious (closed from 12/23-12/25 - what restaurant does that?)
steak house. IIRC, wonderful steaks, baked potato, salad. They don't
overwhelm you with appetizer selections or soups. They seat from 4:30PM -
8:30 PM, period (according to what I was told when I called).

The place is still there in the same location after all these years. The
steaks were fantastic. And as I said, the place is unpretentious. They
have no plans to turn it into a chain. It's still in the same location
after all these years, an old house circa the 1920's converted into a
restaurant. Limited seating.

When I was 16 or 17 Mom and I would go to the Side Porch for dinner
sometimes. I didn't pay attention to nuances about the old house, like the
hardwood floors and the crown moldings which I seem to recall now. But it's
still in the same place; an old Victorian era house. So if John and I go to
the Side Porch I surely will pay attention to the details just because

But most importantly, I recall the steaks were wonderful. The menu was
simple. The service was excellent. I'm looking forward to going there
again after all these years next week and will report back.

Jill

Oh pshaw, on Fri 15 Dec 2006 03:07:11a, jmcquown meant to say...

> I didn't know this place was still in business. I haven't been there since
> around 1976 or so. The Side Porch Steak House in Bartlett, TN. I Googled
> for restaurants nearby and this popped up. I immediately thought "No,
> really?! They're still there?"
>

Aye, a bit of nostalgia. I remember going there a few times with my parents
back in the 1950s. It would be fun to go back.

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

One thing about pain: It proves you're alive.

jmcquown said...

> The Side Porch Steak House in Bartlett, TN. I Googled
> for restaurants nearby and this popped up. I immediately thought "No,
> really?! They're still there?"


Jill,

Strange that it looks just like somebody's house (with NO porch!?)

It got many good reviews. Have a great time.

Andy

Andy wrote:
> jmcquown said...
>
>> The Side Porch Steak House in Bartlett, TN. I Googled
>> for restaurants nearby and this popped up. I immediately thought
>> "No, really?! They're still there?"
>
>
> Jill,
>
> Strange that it looks just like somebody's house (with NO porch!?)
>
> It got many good reviews. Have a great time.
>
> Andy

The reviews were nice, at least my memories weren't incorrect. Granted it
was 30 years ago... LOL I hope to go back next week! If not I'll just grab
Bettie and Fran and we'll go have an after the holidays dinner, girls night
out. Bartlett isn't exactly a hot spot but then again, we're a tad too old
for partying, just a nice dinner will suffice

Jill

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Oh pshaw, on Fri 15 Dec 2006 03:07:11a, jmcquown meant to say...
>
>> I didn't know this place was still in business. I haven't been
>> there since around 1976 or so. The Side Porch Steak House in
>> Bartlett, TN. I Googled for restaurants nearby and this popped up.
>> I immediately thought "No, really?! They're still there?"
>>
>
> Aye, a bit of nostalgia. I remember going there a few times with my
> parents back in the 1950s. It would be fun to go back.

Couldn't have been much in that area back then, eh? Bartlett has grown but
much further to the north; this part of Bartlett is still pretty much old
Bartlett

There was a lovely old house at the corner across from the Methodist Church
at the corner of Stage and Shelby St. that I always wanted to live in. It
was situated on a hill and had a wide front porch. My schoolmates and I
would walk to the drugstore at the corner and we'd sit on the retaining wall
at the bottom of that hill sometimes, drinking pop and wondering who lived
there. Never saw anyone go in or out. <shaking herself out of the reverie>
Well, we'll see if the steaks at the Side Porch are still as wonderful as my
30 year old memories. Guess they wouldn't still be in business if they
weren't!

Jill

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:07:11 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

>The talk Jani (Little Malice) generated about Outback Steakhouse led me to
>this. My LLL will be here for a few days next week so I was scouting around
<snip>

Dare I ask? What's an "LLL"?

TammyM

"jmcquown" > wrote in message

> The talk Jani (Little Malice) generated about Outback Steakhouse led
> me to this. My LLL will be here for a few days next week so I was
> scouting around for places to go.
>
> I didn't know this place was still in business. I haven't been there
> since around 1976 or so.

Must be a really great place. You haven't been there in what? 30 years.
Yep! Really made a great impression.

> An unpretentious (closed from 12/23-12/25 - what restaurant does that?)

Many that want their employees to have a nice holiday with *their* families?
Definately *not* the type of place that you would visit, or the type that
would have let you work for them.

> But most importantly, I recall the steaks were wonderful. The menu

So wonderful that you haven't been there in 30 years. LOL

> was simple. The service was excellent.

Heh-heh. You disn't work there.

>
> Jill

SamWalls

"TammyM" > wrote in message

> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:07:11 -0600, "jmcquown"
> > wrote:
>
>> The talk Jani (Little Malice) generated about Outback Steakhouse led
>> me to this. My LLL will be here for a few days next week so I was
>> scouting around <snip>
>
> Dare I ask? What's an "LLL"?
>
> TammyM

Long Lost Lover...he got her virginity behind the dumpster in the 7th grade

SamWalls wrote:
> "TammyM" > wrote in message
>
>> On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:07:11 -0600, "jmcquown"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The talk Jani (Little Malice) generated about Outback Steakhouse led
>>> me to this. My LLL will be here for a few days next week so I was
>>> scouting around <snip>
>>
>> Dare I ask? What's an "LLL"?
>>
>> TammyM
>
> Long Lost Lover...he got her virginity behind the dumpster in the 7th
> grade

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. LLL Long Lost Love. A man
I dated from 1979 to 1981, then we broke up, then we got back together again
about 4 years ago.

And whoever is replying to this post before your question is hiding behind
some anonymous remailer so anything he has to say is and should be suspect.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

<snip>

> And whoever is replying to this post before your question is hiding behind
> some anonymous remailer so anything he has to say is and should be suspect.
>
> Jill
>
>

I don't think anyone paid any attention anyway.

--
"let he who hath never worn stone-washed jeans, cast the first stone."
- The Dresden Files

Oh pshaw, on Fri 15 Dec 2006 12:01:55p, jmcquown meant to say...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> Oh pshaw, on Fri 15 Dec 2006 03:07:11a, jmcquown meant to say...
>>
>>> I didn't know this place was still in business. I haven't been
>>> there since around 1976 or so. The Side Porch Steak House in
>>> Bartlett, TN. I Googled for restaurants nearby and this popped up.
>>> I immediately thought "No, really?! They're still there?"
>>>
>>
>> Aye, a bit of nostalgia. I remember going there a few times with my
>> parents back in the 1950s. It would be fun to go back.
>
> Couldn't have been much in that area back then, eh? Bartlett has grown
> but much further to the north; this part of Bartlett is still pretty
> much old Bartlett
>
> There was a lovely old house at the corner across from the Methodist
> Church at the corner of Stage and Shelby St. that I always wanted to
> live in. It was situated on a hill and had a wide front porch. My
> schoolmates and I would walk to the drugstore at the corner and we'd sit
> on the retaining wall at the bottom of that hill sometimes, drinking pop
> and wondering who lived there. Never saw anyone go in or out. <shaking
> herself out of the reverie> Well, we'll see if the steaks at the Side
> Porch are still as wonderful as my 30 year old memories. Guess they
> wouldn't still be in business if they weren't!

It's funny the things we remember. We didn't live in Memphis a long time,
but my parents and I both loved living there. I have a 50 year old memory
of an ice cream stand that was on Poplar near White Station Road. It was
called the Tropical Freeze, and every day that had a different array of
tropical fruit flavors. At the time, that stretch of Poplar was almost
complete rural, particularly as you drove farther out of town.

--
Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the
most fatal.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> It's funny the things we remember. We didn't live in Memphis a long
> time, but my parents and I both loved living there. I have a 50 year
> old memory of an ice cream stand that was on Poplar near White
> Station Road. It was called the Tropical Freeze, and every day that
> had a different array of tropical fruit flavors. At the time, that
> stretch of Poplar was almost complete rural, particularly as you
> drove farther out of town.

Probably right near where Kemmons Wilson's* first house was, which is now a
Dixie Cafe. Chicken & Dumplin's is the featured dish on Wednesdays and on
Friday, fried or (oooh) broiled catfish, of course! Served with plenty of
buttermilk biscuits and corn muffins and a choice of three veggies. YUM!

We used to spend our lunch hours trying to figure out if we were eating in
the dining room, the living room, the den or one of the bedrooms in that old
converted house. There was a fireplace in almost every room and french
doors and large picture windows so who can tell? Parking is practically nil
around it. You have to get there early!

*Kemmons Wilson is the founder of Holiday Inn Corporation... you know, the
hotel chain.

Jill