This was a great find in a SW Tenn river town! Â Had a nicely cooked burger with melt in your mouth sweet potato fries. Home made cakes beckoned for dessert, had a monster slice of white cake with coconut,pecan, carmel frosting that went well with a cappuccino.
had a cup of lobster bisque that tasted of lobster but no pieces of lobster were present--we ate late in the evening and the bisque was on the verge of breaking but still tasty
There was a 'band' playing and singing on the 2nd level that was enjoyable--our server meant well but wanted to be our friend and was kinda unfamiliar of the whole concept of restaurant service(found out later he was a brand new hire)
There is a full bar but it seemed no bartender available(couldn't make a Manhattan) but good variety of beers were served promptly
Burgers were reasonable priced under 10bucks
Very nice decor and an upscale appearance in a small town. Â There is a dramatic 2-story patio that I wouldn't mind dining on during the summer. Â The chicken salad & Reuben were just right. Â The fries are Checker's/Rally's style. Â I was not a fan of their Corn & Crab Bisque. Â This is mostly because I did not notice "Corn" in the title. Â I thought there was more corn than crab.
Review Source:I was just passing through and decided to try the Uptown Bistro. A gem of a restaurant with a great menu. Just wanting some light fare, I ended up with the best veggie burger ever. It had the seasoning of a great Cuban black bean soup and was served on a fresh whole wheat bun. The choice of sides was fantastic and it was difficult to decide from all the fantastic options such as pan grilled asparagus, spinach with garlic, and couscous. My husband went for the beef burger which was perfectly cooked and choose the side salad. Too bad we only had time for one meal as the rest of the menu looked fabulous.
Review Source:Wow. Â There are some serious reviews of this place. Â I just like it because they were nice to me when I was travelling, let me in way after closing (there was still a party upstairs), gave me refills on my hot tea, and opened up the next morning at 7 a.m. so I could do it again. Â Great town, too.
Review Source:This is a marvelous jewel of a restaurant/coffee bar/ cocktail bar right on Main Street of this small, pretty, friendly town. I went there for lunch after touring the Shiloh Military Park, about 12 miles away. The one big street town is bustling, yet I was able to find parking only  1/2 block away on a hilly side street--fine for a 22' foot RV. The restaurant has a nice side entrance on that street, a feature I really like when a restaurant is in an older downtown building, and they have a big front entrance and then a small entrance in a back or side alley. The place was full of locals, chatting happily. The "we proudly serve Starbucks coffee" coffee bar is in back with large chalked in diagrams of different types of coffee drinks--I had not known a caffe latte was actually half steamed milk. The bar faces the big window on the street and has the pretty glasses and liquor bottles arranged with sunshine streaming in behind them. Pretty! I never thought I would say that about a bar! The food was very very good. I had two specials: spicy corn chowder and a sort of roasted chicken wrap which I persuaded them to squash and cook a little, sort of like a Panini. They did this without fuss. The corn chowder was so complex, so smoky, and yet so sweet I ordered a second serving to take away for dinner in my RV. It was sort of like a rich marsala but with that tantalizing, almost forbidden tang imparted by the bits of sweet, meaty lean bacon. The corn niblets, the few little soft bullet black beans, soft potato chunks, and the succulent fragments of tomato just came together beautifully. The wrap wasn't far behind but could have had a little more mayo or pesto in it. A place like this can really make a difference in how one experiences a small town as a visitor. Savannah can thank the owner of this lively restaurant!
Review Source:after many years, parents-who-travel-too-much appear to be settling into adamsville, tn. Â i've taken the opportunity to begin learning about the area's geography, history, culture and of course...........food.
as usual, mom's pot roast is spot on as is her pork chop and eggs any way you like breakfast. Â little sis and i tried a local mexican restaurant, but being from texas, it doesn't compare. Â subway, mcdonalds, sonic, hardee's are all represented, but who really looks for those? Â hmmm, ok, i was happy to have a route 44 diet coke, easy ice, after the twenty mile or so drive from adamsville to the new savannah super-walmart.
long drives and intro aside, i noticed a bistro in downtown savannah on the way home from said walmart. Â i asked parent-who-travel-to-much about it and they hadn't noticed it before. Â having a keen urban eye for unpretentious goodness is a quality i cherish. Â i figure it's somehow related to mom's bargain hunting skills (skills which seem to wain once walmart appears).
the following day we decided to check out uptown restaurant (bistro). Â an all too familiar "we proudly serve starbucks coffee" window decal is a welcome sign to a wary traveler at least an hour away from the nearest starbucks.
they nailed the decor with an updated space that honors the historic character of the building. Â black; something usually missing from a small town interior aesthetic. Â wi-fi; Â the town has about 8000 residents. Â cool.
the lunch menu is simple and the prices are low to moderate compared to big city standards; however, pricey for middle tennessee. Â parents-who-travel-too-much commented that it is a place to come for a special occasion. ;)
the specials for the day included a sweet corn soup, linguine with pesto cream sauce and a crawfish po-boy. Â i noticed a spinach salad with a warm bacon vinaigrette on the menu among many other items i'd like to try.
i asked the waitress if the pesto was basil. Â as she seemed perplexed, she asked one of the owners sitting across the room. Â the ingredients (basil, pine nuts, fresh parm) sounded divine. Â i thought that the only thing better than a good basil pesto would be to add cream to it, so i ordered the linguine special with a cup of the sweet corn soup (also has cream). Â dad ordered a chicken salad croissant with fries. Â mom requested the grilled chicken panini on sun dried tomato rye with sweet potato fries.
the sweet corn soup was delicate, sweet (added sugar i think) and an almost subtle licorice flavor. Â i couldn't put my finger on it, but it was complex and i wished for cornbread to go with.
i'm pretty sure linguine is not spelled linguini as it was spelled on the list of specials (this should have been my first warning) and it is small, flat strands of pasta like a mini fettucini not spaghetti. Â in addition, i should not have become excited over cream plus a good basil pesto. Â the "linguini with pesto cream sauce" was utterly forgettable. Â the spaghetti pasta was not well drained; it tasted like water. Â the flavor of basil was non-existent. Â the bowl was flooded with cream. Â i could see the pine nuts and fresh parmesan drowning in an overzealous idea and where was that basil i so wished for. Â needless to say, after adding plenty of salt and pepper, my own zeal for cream won over and i ate every last piece of pasta leaving the half full bowl of sauce as a passive-aggressive complaint to the staff.
per dad and mom, the tasty chicken salad contained grilled chicken, walnuts and cranberries. Â it appeared to be amazing! Â the seasoned fries were some of the best i've ever tasted.
mom's grilled chicken panini, of which i had half, was scrumptious! Â the sandwich had provolone cheese, basil (they did have some in the kitchen!) and red bell pepper. Â the chicken was perfectly moist and full of that grilled flavor you wish for when you read something has "grilled chicken"; this is not always the case.
three out of four ain't bad. Â i can't give it four stars for several reasons. Â one of which is my disappointed fantasy about creamy basil pesto. Â i guess that's an oxymoron. Â pesto being made with oil and sauces are usually made with cream. Â perhaps a basil cream sauce or a basil pesto on the right kind of pasta would be perfect, simple, like the rest of the menu.
being an out of towner, i was instantly comfortable in this establishment. Â we didn't have room for the delectable looking desserts or the aforementioned coffee. Â all present intend to return.
perhaps i should pay more attention to what i know rather than pull a homer simpson "doooonuts" when i see the word "cream".
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