Working downtown, it's always nice to sample the restaurant businesses in the area. It helps that our tour guide (Renea) is just the sweetest woman... so nice and informative. On this tour, we went to Carson Kitchen, Cheffinis, Jinju Chocolates, Perch, and Itsy Bitsy. Looks like the other reviews described them pretty well, but here are my highlights:
Carson Kitchen: What's not to love about fried chicken skins? They are the absolute BEST!!!
Cheffinis: The Classic Cheffinis Hot Dog is really delicious. Yes, there's a lot of stuff on it (Grilled frank, onions, tomatoes, jalapeños, mozzarella, crushed potato chips, pineapple sauce, mustard, mayo and ketchup), BUT... it's really yummy! I especially like the pineapple sauce and jalapenos.
Jinju Chocolates: I went a little crazy in this store and purchased 4 sea salt caramel truffles (their signature truffle), 4 bacon stout truffles, 6 chocolate-covered Oreos, and 4 peanut butter cups. The truffles are to die for!
Perch: I was looking forward to getting their spicy pecans, but they weren't included on this tour. We instead got their monkey bread and Chopped Salad (mmm to both). My bowl of salad had a decent portion overall, but it was lacking in bacon so I bummed some off of my neighbor, so make sure you get some bacon if you order this.
Itsy Bitsy: Of the three flavors of mochi (coffee, mint chocolate chip, and cookies n cream), coffee was my favorite!
Definitely worth checking out, everyone!