LEO's Eats with Robin Garr
Thomas Jefferson said it best: Government should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."
This great American tradition, enshrined in the Constitution, would seem to protect us from governmental intrusion in such deeply personal matters as, for example, enjoying an adult beverage with brunch on Sundays.
So why did it take more than two centuries for us to be able to enjoy the simple pleasure of a bloody mary with a morning repast in Louisville?
I don't know. But I am delighted, at long last, to raise a hefty mason jar of Hillbilly Tea's finest tea-infused "moonshine"-based Smokin' Mary to salute our city parents for getting with the program, even if it took them 224 years to do it.
This enlightened legislation prompted us to head for Hillbilly Tea to enjoy a drink - and some nibbles from its Sunday "bruncheon" menu - well before the Sabbath sun crossed the yardarm.
Hillbilly Tea brings together a cup of hillbilly, a healthy heap of hipster and a pinch of fun to serve up an international blend of country cooking - both the Old Country and the New - with locavore meats and produce and plenty of tongue-in-cheek Appalachian shtick.
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/we-br ... lbilly-tea
And in LEO Weekly:
http://leoweekly.com/dining/we-brunch-a ... lbilly-tea
Hillbilly Tea
120 S. First St.
587-7350
http://hillbillytea.com
80 points