Category: Reviews

• There’s More to the Meatery…

  

  After being so thoroughly impressed by my recent dining experience at One Ten Craft Meatery, I found myself wondering: would the experience still blow me away if it didn’t center around exceptional cuts of meat. I went back for another dinner and quickly answered my own question with a resounding yes! Their new fall menu…

  Plonk&Pleasure

  November 28, 2022

  Reviews, Wine & Food

  #Bacon, #EatLocal, #FoodandWine, #FortWayne, #FortWayneBlogger, #FortWayneFoodie, #MidwestBlogger, #MidwestFoodie, #Pasta, #SupportLocal, #Waygu, WinonaLake

• Copper Spoon is the Gold Standard

  

  Copper Spoon is a sparkling jewel in the crown that is Fort Wayne’s dining scene. It’s so good, in fact, I believe it can be considered the gold standard for Fort Wayne dining. Home to a James Beard nominated chef, the dining experience is unsurprisingly exquisite. The atmosphere is lovely, but far from pretentious. The…

  Plonk&Pleasure

  November 12, 2022

  Reviews

  #FoodandWine, #FortWayne, #FortWayneBlogger, #FortWayneFoodie, #MidwestBlogger, #MidwestFoodie, #olives, #patatas, #porterhouse

• How Killer are 2Tom’s Cereal Killer Beers…?

  

  I have this small obsession that I hide relatively well but it occasionally creeps up in casual conversation and stalks me through the grocery store aisles. If I were to utter the phrase, “I like cereal,” likely nobody would bat an eye. Cereal is a pretty universally tolerated food. There’s nothing particularly unusual or divisive…

  Plonk&Pleasure

  November 8, 2022

  Reviews

  #Cereal, #CerealKiller, #CraftBeer, #FoodandWine, #FortWayne, #FortWayneBlogger, #FortWayneFoodie, #IPA, #MidwestBlogger, #MidwestFoodie, #MonsterCereal, #SourBeer, #Stouts

• Can a really good sourdough bagel make you a better person…?

  

  Though I’ve been a midwest dweller for about a year now, it still feels like I only just recently got here. I’m east coast born and bred. I blame my upbringing on my previously held opinions on bagels. I used to live my life as if the question of bagels had right and wrong answers.…

  Plonk&Pleasure

  November 4, 2022

  Reviews

  #bagel, #FoodandWine, #FortWayne, #FortWayneBlogger, #FortWayneFoodie, #MidwestBlogger, #MidwestFoodie, #sourdough, #Sourdoughbagel

• Meet the Meatery

  

  In late summer, I went out to dinner with no intention of writing a review of the restaurant, but the events of the evening have dictated that I share my experience with others. It was never my plan to write a review; all I wanted was to finally try a restaurant that had been on…

  Plonk&Pleasure

  October 28, 2022

  Reviews, Wine & Food

  #Bacon, #CabernetSauvignon, #FoodandWine, #FortWayne, #FortWayneBlogger, #FortWayneFoodie, #MidwestBlogger, #MidwestFoodie, #Steak, #WarsawIN, #Waygu

• Are Fall Flavored Sodas the New PSL…?

  

  For many, the onset of autumn means Pumpkin Spice Lattes, warm apple cider, and mulled wines. Many wait eagerly, all year, in anticipation of these fall flavors. But there’s a fall beverage many of us have been sleeping on: soda. Now, truth be told, I’m not much of a soda drinker. I used to be.…

  Plonk&Pleasure

  October 15, 2022

  Reviews

  #Autumn, #CraftSoda, #Filberts, #FoodandWine, #FortWayne, #FortWayneBlogger, #FortWayneFoodie, #Hanks, #MidwestBlogger, #MidwestFoodie, #PumpkinSpice, #SoberOctober

• Good Wines & Bad Times

  

  I am of the mind that my opinion is not more important than another’s opinion. Vibes are contagious, so if I’m going to walk through the vineyard of life and pick vibes from the vine to share with my friends, family, and you, dear reader–you’d better believe they’re going to be good vibes. For this…

  Plonk&Pleasure

  October 5, 2022

  Reviews, Wine & Food

  #FoodandWine, #FortWayne, #FortWayneFoodie, #MidwestFoodie, #VinSanto, #Wine

• Peanut Butter Burgers: A Love Story

  

  My hometown has a brew pub called Two Rivers Brewing. They consistently win local competitions for best burgers in the area; and for good reason. Since opening their doors, there’s been a Peanut Butter Bacon Burger on their menu, and it is probably the food I miss most since moving away.  The first time I…

  Plonk&Pleasure

  September 15, 2022

  A Love Story

  #Burgers, #EastonPA, #FortWayne, #FortWayneFoodie, #MidwestFoodie, #PeanutButterBurgers, #SmashBurgers