Restaurants

Who's got the cheese?

Our house is backwards. If you want to know who played on Monday Night Football, ask me. If you want a review on a chick flick, ask my husband.

Likewise, when it’s time to leave the house, I’m the one who has been dressed and wearing make-up, legs shaved, and hair styled for at least 5 minutes. My husband is the one running around in his underwear assuring me he can shave in the car. So I should have known it was a recipe for disaster when I told my husband at 5 p.m. that we needed to be at Stone Creek by 5:30 or we wouldn’t make the Christmas musical in time, and he replied, “I’ll be ready in 5 minutes.”

We got in the car at 5:35.

Now my husband was of the opinion we could get in and out of this upscale restaurant on a weekend night during the holidays in time, but since we just proved I’m the better time manager, I nixed it. Which left us dangling with the all-important question: Where could we eat a decent meal along State Road 135  and still get to Center Grove High School before they turned down the lights? In desperation, we pulled into Four Seasons Restaurant.

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Louie's before and after the show

We knew the second the sign went up at Louie’s Grill & Pub that we would add this newest Greenwood restaurant to our dinner circuit. It didn’t matter if we liked the food, really — when you open an eatery that isn’t McDonald’s down the street from the high school, adults will drop in on their way to sporting events and musical performances.

Well, at least that’s what first pulled us in. We had one hour before the curtain went up on the Christmas show, and I simply wasn’t in the mood to hit the Golden Arches and then burp along to Here Comes Santa Claus. So I sat down and ordered a club sandwich and fries in one of Louie’s booths instead. It was definitely a quality improvement move on my end.

But now, thanks to the chips and black bean salsa, we make Louie’s a destination even when we have no obligation at Center Grove High School.

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