Restaurants

Three dollars will not get you a bottle of water at the KFC Yum! Center. Nor will it get you a hot dog, popcorn, cracker jacks or even a cookie. And this is only worth mentioning because starting Monday right across Third Street from the arena, you can take the staircase Down One flight from the sidewalk, pass the wall of bourbon and for three whole US dollars get 4 Bacon-wrapped, gorgonzola-stuffed dates that are as good as they sound from the appetizer menu at Downtown's newest watering hole, Down One Bourbon Bar, and I can't fathom an odder juxtaposition in terms of marginal utility in this city.   It is a good looking room and despite having over 80 bourbons on the menu, including their own proprietary single barrel 9 year old, as well as the...

From the moment you step inside the glass doors into the intimately burnished wood-trimmed setting of this upscale Italian Ristorante; prepare to be treated with superior service. With your reservation, a friendly face shall direct you to your seat faster than you can sing, Papa Loves Mambo . Their staff is consistently attentive, taking an intuitive aim in providing you with a memorable experience. Speaking of experience, time spent dining at a white cotton-covered table here is just that. If you close your eyes and breathe in the aroma of tomato, thyme, and parmesan; you can almost transcend yourself to the rolling hills of Italy's countryside. Prepare to be rimasta colpita, or as the Italians say, impressed! To start, Volare exhibits an elaborate...