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The Pond at Kentucky Lake: Always a Relaxing and Wonderful Place to Dine

October 16, 2022 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

The Pond Catfish and Baked Potato

Baked Potato and Grilled Catfish at The Pond

One of my favorite Kentucky restaurants is The Pond in Aurora, Kentucky. I love the atmosphere, the ambiance, and (of course) the food! Before Catfish Kitchen was destroyed by fire, we’d alternate restaurants when in the Kentucky Lake area because each had their own wonderful strengths….

  • Catfish Kitchen (also rich with atmosphere and ambiance) had gluten-free fried catfish – fried in its own separate fryer. Given that fried catfish is my complete and utter obsession, this meant the world to me!
  • The Pond has a delicious red pepper relish for their beans that is always one of the highlights of my visit. It’s even available to buy in jars – which I HIGHLY recommend!
  • Catfish Kitchen had a delicious appetizer/side, green tomatoes, that I still think about to this day. It was delicious and a perfect accompaniment to their beans.
  • The Pond’s coleslaw is consistently good… Catfish Kitchen’s never was lmao! It was so bad,  I always wanted to ask the server, “What’d I ever do to you?!” when she’d ask if I wanted more. Having said that, now that the restaurant is gone, I think I’d eat that coleslaw with bells right about now.
  • The Pond has grilled shrimp that’s absolutely delicious. The seasoning is outrageously good!

Two historical and wonderful restaurants and I wish so much both were still standing. While I’m wishing on a star, I also wish The Pond had gluten-free catfish, fried in a dedicated gluten-free fryer.

A girl can dream, right??

When you’re in the Kentucky Lake area, I hope you’ll stop in and enjoy a great meal at The Pond. Their prices have gone up this year, as the sign in the foyer states, but if you’re like us, you really don’t eat out that often AND it’s always wonderful to support Kentucky businesses and Kentucky’s workers.

~ Joi (“Joy”)

The Pond Catfish and Baked Potato

Beans and Red Pepper Relish at The Pond


Filed Under: Aurora, Best Catfish, Restaurant Reviews Tagged With: Catfish Restaurants in Kentucky, Kentucky Lake restaurants, restaurant reviews, where to eat at Kentucky Lake

Top 10 BBQ Restaurants in Kentucky (Picked by Kentucky 100)

March 25, 2019 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

Moonlite Bar-B-Que Owensboro, Kentucky

The Kentucky 100 (a new, twice-monthly publication that delivers 100-word stories and short videos to subscribers) asked readers to help pick the top 10 BBQ restaurants and joints in Kentucky.

“We’ll pit Kentucky’s BBQ against the best anywhere,” said Publisher Chad Carlton. “Picking just 10 places wasn’t easy. Our readers and our staff are passionate about great food.”

The list, which you’ll find below, includes two from my hometown, Owensboro… makes me pretty proud!

  1. Brothers BBQ (Campbellsville)
  2. Feast (Louisville)
  3. Heatons BBQ (Princeton)
  4. Ken-Tex BBQ (Shelbyville)
  5. Momma’s Mustard, Pickles & BBQ (Louisville)
  6. Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn (Owensboro)
  7. Old Hickory Bar-B-Que (Owensboro)
  8. Red State BBQ (Lexington)
  9. Split Tree Barbecue (Alvaton)
  10. The Wood Shed (Hopkinsville)

As for my favorite BBQ here in Owensboro, I love Moonlite and Old Hickory pretty evenly. I’m also crazy about Ole South BBQ (outstanding breakfast buffet…. OUTSTANDING). The mutton at Moonlite is my favorite meat on their menu – it’s wonderful, as are their sides. Old Hickory and Ole South have exceptional sides, too.

We’ve got it good here in Owensboro when it comes to BBQ Restaurants – three wonderful ones to choose from.

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Filed Under: BBQ, Owensboro Tagged With: Best BBQ in Kentucky, Kentucky BBQ restaurants

The Front Porch: Deliciously Off the Beaten Path Restaurant in Marion, KY

June 30, 2018 by Joi Sigers 2 Comments

The Front Porch Restaurant in Marion, KY

The Front Porch Restaurant in Marion, KY

There are few things in this world I enjoy more than trying new restaurants. While having to eat gluten-free  makes this somewhat like taking my stomach through a field of land mines, I have very few incidents, surprisingly.

I can’t tell you how excited I get when we pull into a Kentucky restaurant that we’ve never tried before…. and the excitement, somehow, reaches new heights when it’s an “off the beaten path” restaurant. The local vibe of such restaurants fascinate me and they always have. I got this from my dad, actually. Whenever we’d travel, he’d find the most obscure places to eat! My vacation memories almost never involve a chain restaurants… in fact, did we ever go to chain restaurants?!?

On the way home from Kentucky Lake a few weeks ago, we planned to stop by Feed Mill Restaurant in Morganfield, KY (wonderful restaurant in its own right!). We happened to drive past The Front Porch along the way and looked at each other like, “Hmmm…” Sure enough, my husband asked if I’d like to grab my iPhone and check their menu.  It’s a routine we’re forced to go through to see if there’s anything I believe would be safe for me to eat, given the fact that my body believes gluten and wheat are poisonous.

Ridiculous body.

I saw that they had grilled catfish, beans, potatoes, salad… you know, non-poisons, and told him I’d love to check The Front Porch out.

The Front Porch Restaurant in Marion, KY

The Front Porch – As Charming Inside as it is Outside

Although we’d never stopped before, I’d always admired the charming restaurant and its adorable sign from afar. It’s one of those restaurants we always meant to “check out” (as in find the menu online and give it a once over) – I’m extra happy, now, that we finally just went to check it out in person.

So much funner… and tastier… that way!

The Front Porch Grilled Catfish and Baked Potato with Pickle and Onion

Before I had to give up wheat and gluten, my favorite food in the world was fried catfish. Still is, actually, it’s just harder to find gluten-free catfish in restaurants than it is to find a white Tic Tac in a snow storm. Sure, I can make it at home, but unless we’re seated in Catfish Kitchen, ordering fried catfish in a restaurant is O-U-T. So, I’ve fallen in love with grilled catfish – if it’s done right. Wrong is dried out and tough. Right is moist, tender, and flavorful.

The Front Porch’s grilled catfish redefines right, if we’re being completely honest. It is phenomenal. It’s ties for the best grilled catfish I’ve ever gotten at a restaurant (tying with Cracker Barrel’s, which I’m obsessed with). It was simply seasoned (the route to go, more times than not, when dealing with catfish or shrimp, for that matter), tender, moist, and absolutely delicious.

Three bites in and it occurred to me, grilled catfish can be (and should be, by gosh!) just as delicious as fried catfish IF it’s done properly.  I have a confession to make – 9 times out of 10, when I order grilled catfish, there’s tiny voice in my head that sobs because she’d rather be ordering fried. This grilled catfish was so ridiculously good that she stopped sobbing and said, “What? What a minute? Is grilled catfish supposed to be this good?”

The Front Porch Fried Catfish and Baked Potato

Fried Catfish at The Front Porch

Okay, as you can see from the picture above, my husband IS able to order, eat, and enjoy every single bite of fried catfish. Enjoy? Well, that’s not quite the word with this particular fried catfish.

With each bite, he exclaimed that it was the best fried catfish he’s ever gotten out. Given that he has eaten fried catfish at every restaurant around the lakes and beyond, that’s saying something.

I mean… take my word for this one, we know our catfish.

At one point, he even asked to speak to the cook – to tell him how wonderful it was and to double-check and make sure that there was flour involved. I think he hoped against hope that the breading was only cornmeal so I could have had some.

Funny thing is, my grilled catfish and I were having a moment all our own!

The Front Porch Restaurant's Tossed Salad

Beautiful, Fresh, and Delicious Tossed Salad

Okay, so you probably can understand (and possibly even relate to) my obsession with catfish, but I may lose a few of you  here. I normally do! I am also incredibly obsessed with salads. Yes… salads. A great tossed salad makes me perfectly giddy.

You should see the masterpieces I create at home. I throw a little bit of everything in my cart in the produce aisle and come home and make like Rembrandt. But getting a great tossed salad at a non-chain restaurant is generally uninspiring. You know the drill – it’s normally straight out of a bag – iceberg lettuce, rubbery radish slices, and tiny little orange strips that claim to be carrots.

The tossed salad at The Front Porch came to the table looking like something I would have assembled at a salad bar! See the proof in the picture above. Colorful, beautiful, fresh, and delicious.

The Front Porch just kept making me happier and happier.

Even the sweet tea was outstanding.

{Review Concludes Below the Beans…}The Front Porch Beans and Red Pepper Relish

White Beans with a Delicious Red Relish

Last, but certainly not least, the sides.  If you read many of my restaurant reviews, you know I love good sides. Actually, it’s more than that – I love good sides with personality. Don’t just trot out the predictables, give something that sets you apart. The Front Porch has the traditional catfish sides like baked potatoes, coleslaw, and beans and they’re all good. Like The Pond, in Aurora, they have a delicious red pepper relish for the beans that floats my boat. It’s a lovely extra that I’m in love with. It’s served on the side, so you can add it or not… though I have no idea why anyone would choose not. Unlike most restaurants, they also serve both corn muffins and hush puppies with their meals. My husband loves both, so he couldn’t have been happier.

Something else that made them stand out was really simple, yet deliciously cool – a pickle spear and bit of onion accompanies each catfish meal. Maybe I’m a simple kind of gal, but this really made the experience even cooler for me.

I am ALL about restaurants flaunting their individuality – giving their guests more than they’d expected or hoped for. Sadly, it’s pretty tough to find these qualities in restaurants (or anywhere) these days. The Front Porch proves that these old fashioned traits still, in fact, do exist.

Sometimes you just have to get off the beaten path to find them.

The Front Porch is a very friendly and charming little restaurant with food that’ll blow your mind. It’s located at 914 S Main St in Marion, KY. It is definitely worth the trip!

The Front Porch in Marion KY
The Front Porch Menu
The Front Porch Fried Beans Cornbread Muffins and Hush Puppies

 

Filed Under: Best Catfish, Off the Beaten Path, Restaurant Reviews Tagged With: Catfish Restaurants in Kentucky, Kentucky Restaurant reviews, Off the Beaten Path Kentucky Restaurants

Majestic Pizza & Steakhouse in Benton: One of the Best Salad Bars in the Kentucky Lake Area and BEYOND!

June 5, 2018 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

The Majestic Salads and Iced Tea

The Majestic Salad Bar Salad and Iced Tea

When you’re in the Kentucky Lake area, you should check out The Majestic in Benton. Whether you’re looking for a delicious lunch or dinner, this restaurant is one of our favorites. Read on and I’ll tell you why!

You know how some restaurants are simply more enjoyable to dine in than others? They’re spacious, comfortable, and have an ambiance that’s in all ways enjoyable. The servers are friendly, the food delicious, and the experience… well, as perfect as it gets.

That’s Majestic Pizza & Steak House in Benton (the “mailing address” is Benton, but the physical location is Draffenville) in a nutshell!

Ironically, one of the things I love best about Majestic is a ridiculous simple one: Most of the times we’ve eaten there (which is numerous, numerous times) they allow you to sit wherever you want to sit. The times they do seat you, they’re better than most places in that there isn’t a host/hostess who seems bent on sitting all of the guests pretty much on top of one another (PET PEEVE!).

Some of my favorite restaurants tend to do this and, holy catfish, do I wish they’d see the error of their ways. People want to enjoy their meal without being able to hear every single thing the diners beside them are saying.

Majestic seems to “get this” when so few do.

Majestic House

If we’re being honest, I love pretty much everything about this restaurant. It’s beautiful, the workers are friendly, and the food is consistently delicious.  Majestic (like most all non-national-chain restaurants) does not provide a gluten-free menu, but I have gotten pretty good at knowing what I can and cannot eat. If you (like me) have to eat gluten-free for health reasons, please know that they do not claim any of their food as being “gluten-free.” If you’re in the boat I am, you’ve come to expect this with the majority of restaurants – we simply make the smartest choices we can make and pray over the food we’re served!

Cheeseburger (Off Bun) at Majestic

Majestic Cheeseburger “Off Bun” with Mayo and “Fixings”

You can actually order a burger (either on or off bread) with the salad bar – it’s more expensive, of course, but it makes a delicious dinner.  Their burgers are wonderful – you can honestly taste the quality.

Their steaks and baked potatoes (white or sweet) are also fantastic. I mean… extra extra extra fantastic!

Speaking of multiple “fantastic”s – their bread (which comes with outrageously delicious strawberry butter) is as good as you’ll ever see, smell, or taste in any restaurant in the world.

Majestic Steak and Baked Potato

Again, if you eat gluten-free for health reasons, I cannot vouch for any of the food – even the food I regularly eat while there.  Having said all of that, I will say that the following foods have not caused me any issues (and I am extremely sensitive to problems with gluten):

  • Hamburgers/Cheeseburgers “OFF BUN”
  • Steaks
  • Baked Potatoes
  • Baked Sweet Potatoes
  • Just about everything on their amazing salad bar

Majestic Salad Bar Kraut and Cucumber Salads

If gluten isn’t a concern, you’ll also love their lunch or dinner buffet (different from the salad bar, of course). Something I’ve noticed (even though I never eat off of the food buffet), the price is lower than many other buffets you’ll find.

And the food always looks incredible!

While I always get the salad bar at lunch, I’ve gotten steaks and hamburgers or cheeseburgers (off bun) other times and they’re always amazing.

I can’t say this enough times, however, just because I haven’t had an issue doesn’t mean Jack for anyone else. If you have to eat gluten-free (as with every restaurant), proceed with the knowledge that nothing on their menu is marked or even considered gluten-free. The fact that I’ve never had an issue in a restaurant that serves pizza, for crying out loud, is pretty awesome.

If you’re one of the LUCKY ones who doesn’t have to eat gluten-free…. knock yourself out! This wonderful restaurant has a huge selection of food and it’s all delicious. Before I had to give up gluten, I was absolutely in love with their pizza. If memory serves (and it almost always does when it comes to UK Basketball, baseball, and food), their pizza is phenomenal.

As a salad fanatic, my favorite thing about Majestic Pizza & Steak House is their extraordinary salad bar. It’s possibly the best one in Western Kentucky – possibly even beyond.

My Work of Art from the Majestic Salad Bar

They don’t just have the usual suspects – big beautiful lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc… they have “above and beyond” delicacies that rock my very world:

  • BIG beautiful and delicious pickled beets
  • Pickled okra
  • Miniature corn
  • Green olives (an obsession)
  • An assortment of cold “salads” that taste like a plus-size Amish lady spent all day making –  these are the things dreams are made of. There’s a kraut one and a cucumber one that I could sit down and eat buckets of. BUCKETS. You can see them in the pictures here but words and photos both fail to describe how wonderful they are.

Even their iced tea is fantastic!

The next time you’re in the Kentucky Lake area or Land Between the Lakes, you’ll want to schedule and plan lunch or dinner (or both if you really want to show out) at Majestic Pizza & Steak House.

Address: 244 US-68, Benton, KY

Filed Under: Kentucky Lake, Kentucky Lake Restaurants, Restaurant Reviews Tagged With: Kentucky Lake Restaurant Reviews, Kentucky Lake restaurants, Kentucky Restaurant reviews, Where to Eat Lunch at Kentucky Lake

Grilled Shrimp and Blackened Catfish at The Pond in Aurora

November 2, 2017 by Joi Sigers Leave a Comment

Grilled Shrimp and Blackened Catfish at The Pond

Grilled Shrimp and Blackened Catfish at The Pond

I’ve written about The Pond in Aurora many, many times on Genuine Kentucky and know beyond the shadow of a taste bud that I’ll write about this restaurant many more times in the future.

What can I say, I have a thing for wonderful food, charming ambiance, and uncommonly friendly people.

The Pond Menu

The Pond’s Menu (With the Adorable New Logo)

The problem with writing restaurant reviews for favorite restaurants is the feeling that you can’t possibly cover all of the things you want to cover. Seriously, everything is so delicious and the service is so above par that I have to pause every now and then to make sure I’ve covered everything.

However, due to time constraints (translation: my cats are getting hungry and restless), I’m going to simply stick with a few new (and maybe not so new) menu items we’ve tried.

  • The Grilled Shrimp. I’ve ordered the grilled shrimp many times over the years and it has always been great. See, here’s the thing – I am an avid cook and food blogger. I cook every single day of the week – usually more than once – so, when I go out to eat, I like to eat things I don’t normally fix at home. Shrimp is not on the home menu very often simply because of the price (Have you bought a bag recently? Holy cats, Kroger thinks I have a money tree I guess!), so when I can find it in a restaurant, I order it right away. Problem is, a lot of restaurants don’t have grilled shrimp available. The Pond is one of the few who do.  Like I said, the shrimp has always been fantastic but, somehow, it’s even better than ever. It has a more “grilled” flavor and it is the best shrimp in the world.
  • Blacked Catfish. When I had to give up wheat and gluten, I had to part ways with one of my favorite things in the world (at most restaurants, anyway): Fried Catfish.  I just started getting Grilled Catfish instead, which was also delicious. I’ve fallen hard for the blackened catfish at The Pond however – it’s a total knock-out.
  • Salmon. My husband, who loves salmon like I love catfish, was delighted to see it on The Pond’s menu and has ordered it each time we’ve been for the past few months. I tried it and can certainly see why he has remained so loyal to it. It’s wonderful.
  • Naturally, the baked potatoes, beans, and coleslaw are as delicious as always.

When you’re at Kentucky Lake or the Land Between the Lakes, you have to go to quiet little Aurora and have dinner at The Pond. New logo, new name but same outstanding food and service.

Tell them Joi (“Joy”) at Genuine Kentucky sends her love and will see them and their catfish and shrimp very soon.

~ Joi

P.S. A word about the grilled shrimp – the shrimp comes with a little package of cocktail sauce. DO NOT mess the shrimp up with this cocktail sauce. No, no, no… don’t even think about it.  Not only does the shrimp not need it, the sauce is simply not on par with the deliciousness of the shrimp. It’s a packaged sauce, kind of like the kind you find in stores, and it simply doesn’t deserve to be seen in the company of this wonderful grilled shrimp!

Hushpuppies at The Pond

Filed Under: Best Catfish, Kentucky Lake Restaurants, Off the Beaten Path, Restaurant Reviews Tagged With: Aurora Restaurants, Catfish Restaurants in Kentucky, Restaurant Reviews, The Pond

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