The Queens’ Table Vol. 5 - Mockingbird
Presiding Queens: The Countess Casanova @casanova_ loves_you, @lilithlanedrag, @vag4short BENNETT JASON
Welcome back to Queens’ Table, your destination for Nashville’s fabulous food scene, as experienced by fierce beauty queens! This month we dined in modern luxury while enjoying comfort food with a global influence. Our queens chose Mockingbird, a fast favorite for the Downtown and Gulch scene, and an absolute must for the growing LGBTQ crowd. This divine venue opened August 2016, and is proudly gay owned and operated by executive chef Brian Riggenbach and front of house extraordinaire Mikey Corona. The menu is full of farm to table ingredients with cute and campy names that will have you cracking up. Our ladies sat down to a round of Tequila Mockingbird, a delicious cocktail of smoky Benhez mezcal, tequila, lime and egg white. This started our night off proper, the usual sequins and sass were flying, when the beautiful shared plates arrived. We had the Cabbage Patch Kids, their amazing brussel sprouts, Don’t Worry Brie
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Happy, perfect mini grilled cheese sandwiches filled with whipped brie, jalapeno jam and chimichurri. We dare you to say no to whipped brie! Then, La Vie En Rows, decadent savory waffles topped with herbs, feta, almond granola and garlic honey, as well as Rice Rice Baby, amazing mini rice balls stuffed with pi-
MARCH 2020
