Eating
I lived in the South for 30 years, the majority in a part of Florida often referred to as "South Georgia" (for all sorts of reasons which do not belong on this blog). So, for the life of me, I cannot understand why the food in Paducah is so lame. Represent the South, y'all! Shame on you :( I'd have thought it was just me if I hadn't heard the same complaint echoed around me. There's a low-level country fair collection of food tents at the convention center, a few middling BBQ spots, a couple decent locally owned places, and low-mid end chain restaurants galore. The service at most of the chains was terrible; we even walked out of the Outback after our waitress disappeared on her own personal walkabout for 30 minutes. The Outback! The place that invented the intrusive server who tries to join your party. Here's a short list of the non-terrible stuff we ate: --The cheapest food tent deal was also one of the best: roast pork and mashed potatoes wit...