We had an absolute blast here and found some truly unique items as well as some delicious home made…read moretreats. While another review felt the owner was pushy, I think it's all about perception! Yes she offered us many samples and suggestions, but at no point did we feel rushed or pressured to buy anything in specific. In talking with the owners actually the husband discovered I loved sampling different root beers and took us to one of the locked storage rooms to show me his impressive root beer collection. They were very sweet and fun to talk to and we absolutely can't wait to go back!!! Check them out if you're into unique candies and sodas. So many fun options. We did not try the ice cream but it looked yummy and there were lots of choices.

the woman who runs it is very pushy, and slightly rude. She doesn't give you time to look at the…read moremany options and kept pestering us to pick something, and was making fun of us to her coworker behind the bar. I don't think I'll be coming back, that's for sure. One of the most important things about running a business is customer service! Be nice to the people giving you money!

I was given a jar (as a gift) of their No Sugar Added Apricot Jam and it was absolutely…read morewonderful!!! I am not easily impressed but it was off the charts good!

I love homemade fruit preserves so when I saw a display of Hilty's products in Bankhead Chocolates…read morein Bowling Green, I had to have a few. I bought pint jars of Peach, Apricot and Cherry. After opening the peach and the apricot a review is in order. I am sorry, but I just can't say much good about these products. My experience with the first two is that they are much too jellied with excessive pectin, to the point of being rubbery and unspreadable. It appears the cherry will be the same way. To make matters worse, the fruit flavors I was expecting are just not there. The peach was mainly sweet, with little peach flavor. The apricot is pretty much the same and I don't know how someone can hide the distinct flavor of apricots. We shall see what the cherry has to offer but they apparently have substituted juice and pectin for fruit. You can get a lot better in any supermarket. In this day and age where the term artisan has been worn out, it is important for people not to conflate local, homemade, handmade, artisanal etc with well made and good. I grew up in rural Iowa with nothing but homemade and nothing but local. Local does not matter if it is not good. Unfortunately people will see this local, apparently homemade product and assume it is like Grandmother used to make. They will either be disappointed as I am or won't know the difference because they did not enjoy the true advantages of the real thing. If Hilty was my Grandmother we would have asked her to stop.

Always has what I need. The owner is very nice, helpful and always smiling. I never have to drive…read morearound anymore to find the taste of home.

I love this place. The owner is very polite and helpful. I shop here regular they have the best…read moreolive oil, and I am finding other jewels in there too.

This is our favorite kitchen store. I shopped here with my mom as a kid and my husband and I…read moreregistered for most of our wedding gifts here. This is the THE place for unique and useful kitchen items. They carry a lot of high end products: Le Creuset, Swiss Diamond, Joseph Joseph, Peugeot, and many others. The shop itself is unique, in an old, brick home between 8th and 9th on Kentucky St. There are gadgets and goodies tucked into every nook and cranny, from the glassed-in front porch to the very back of the house. If you enjoy cooking or just enjoy cool stuff for your kitchen, you will find plenty of eye candy here. In addition to the gadgets, there are a number of gourmet coffees, teas, seasonings, spices, dry soup mixes and unique canned goods that are difficult to find in grocery stores. It's surprising I have never taken one of their cooking classes, but they have a great space for them and you can even organize your own event for a wedding shower or birthday. The only thing I wish they had were small electronics, like coffee makers and grinders. It's a little surprising they do not carry chemex coffee makers or pour-overs. These items would be great additions to the store, although I am sure they would be willing to order them for you. Bottom line, it's a unique kitchen store, fun to explore, and pricing is good. I never leave empty-handed!

I am torn what to give this shop...1 star, for customer service, or 4 stars for content…read more This shop made the top 100 quilt shops in a magazine. This aligns Homestead Hearth with Harpers in Overland Park, Kansas. The thing that doesn't align this shop whatsoever, with any other quilt shop I've visited, is the fact that the employees are kind of, snippy. I've dropped a kind of good yarn shop down several stars for snippy employees. I found one nice employee. The rest, not so nice. When people travel to your shop from other towns, cause you have a known well known shop, don't look up and say, "yes," then look down. Are you not proud of your shop? There's thousands of quilt shops in the country, and you are one of the top 100. As for content.....mostly home spun type fabrics, country fabrics, nothing bright, nothing spiffy, but beautiful quilts sewn perfectly. Gorgeous samples. The store winds in and around....but no pictures are allowed anywhere. None. I'd not take one of their quilts, I understand the copyright, but when you are from out of town, and planning to possibly buy something to create a finished product, the finished product is hanging on the wall, usually you are allowed to photograph. Trust me, after I experienced one, then 2, then 5 snippy raggy employees, why would I bother? Top 100 quilt shops? Make this one number 100 and skip it.

I love this shop.... The people are always helpful and get…read moremy issues solved immediately. I have been a customer of theirs for at least 7 years. It is my go to shop. Keep up the great work

Had really high hopes for this place after a long day on the road. The menu looked inventive and…read moreamazing. Things started out well, the BF had a tasty Manhattan and I had a mocktail that was subtle and delicious, and not overpriced as mocktails often are. But alas. The house salads that we ordered were overdressed in a vinaigrette so acidic we couldn't finish them. And there wasn't much to them. Other than greens and fried shallots and pickled red onions, there was a tiny dusting of some finely grated cheese. And who needs two kinds of onions and nothing else on the salad? Then we each had a bowl of the matzo ball soup, which was ridiculous. Three matzo balls sitting in a quarter-inch of broth that was so unbelievably salty that we couldn't eat that either. We ended up asking for hot water to dilute the broth to a level of saltiness that was edible. The chicken was okay and the matzo balls were okay. A little gummy. But the broth was just awful. It all made me wonder if the chef had lost their sense of taste due to Covid or something. Seriously. I've had that happen to me a couple of times and all I could taste was really basic stuff like sour and salt. And our waitress was totally uninterested in trying to make our experience better. She wasn't rude, she was just indifferent to the fact that we'd been served two courses that we absolutely couldn't eat. Didn't offer us anything to compensate or even express any sympathy about it. We got out of there as fast as we could and made ourselves feel better with an Andy's frozen custard.

Clean & nice people. I had sides, Mac & Cheese. Nothing to write home about. See I have this…read moreassumption of someone has it on their menu It should be with trying. Made in house. ....no. but let me tell you they made up for it with the jalapeño grits. OMG I could have eaten a pint of that. I also had a lovely drink. It has amazing spices and with the 2 or 3 wines they added rum. My spouse had a fried bologna sandwhich which she said was good.

Went to Q in the Lou and saw the popularity of the Blues Hog station. It's ran by a competition BBQ…read moreteam called Shake 'n Bake BBQ. Their truck was bumping good music and getting the party going. I decided to try what they had. I tried their Pulled Pork Nachos. They were okay. The BBQ tasted good but the dish needed more of it. The pineapple slaw was a no go for me. I didn't see a single pineapple in the slaw and it lacked the flavor of so. I did enjoy their BBQ sauces. They had multiple options: Original, Smokey and Tennessee Red (which was my favorite)! I'm giving Blue Hog 4 stars because I'm reviewing the sauce and the sauce was the saving grace. If I was reviewing the BBQ overall it would have been lower.

Stopped by and saw my friend Tim Scheer today. Pork like it's supposed to be. Selectively bred…read moreheirloom pork, rich marbling for juicy tender meat, and fat that melts in your mouth with amazing flavor. These would have been awesome on the grill, but they were mighty fine right out of the cast iron as well. Can't wait to cook that pork steak!!. #MarbleRidge https://www.marbleridgefarms.com/

I was a fervent Root Cellar-er when they were under the old owners and when they were located on…read moreBroadway (more on that later), but now it's on a whole 'nother level. No, literally, they have more than one level to the store. What's going on? Why can't they just stay in that basement place and call it good? Well, this new venue is bigger, and the old owner(s) also owned the Broadway Brewery, and the rumor is they are going to expand that restaurant into the basement place where they old Root Cellar was located. Plus, this new place has much more panache, and since the new downtown farmer's market started on Sundays, this new location hooks them into that whole casbah (or would it be a souk?). Anyhow, there are things in the works. Some of the things in the works: Free wi-fi for the internet deficient. There is a loading dock that they want to turn into a stage for live music acts, and the audience can hunker down in the parking lot and listen al fresco. They've already installed a cooler in the loading dock deck, where they might start stocking beer and wine and such. I told them to install some old speakers and a turntable and an amp, and I would provide a mess of vinyl, and that would attract the neo-retro folks who dig that stuff. Who knows. From the loading dock deck, you can saunter down a few stairs into a long room with a huge wooden bar, end-capped with a deli counter. So the plan is, to have sandwiches and stuff, as well as coffee, tea, etc. Perhaps they will give Uprise a run for their money? I say they should aim for a different consumer niche, since Uprise has pretty much locked-in the hipster crowd, they need to go for the blue collar crowd who appreciate all that local food/music stuff. Who knows? This could usher in a critical mass for the new North Village Arts District. Maybe it will give the "District" a run for their money. The "District" being the semi-mafioso oligarchs who control the downtown area, and who took out the benches from the sidewalks because unseemly folks were sitting in them. I guess they installed them, so they can take them out, but geez, it sounds a little draconian. For all I know the NVA District folks will do the same thing, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Anyhow, here is a good article on their moving, and some nice photos: http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2011/06/20/root-cellar-moves-north-village-arts-district/ In addition, they have a CSA, where you can get a box of local veggies and fruits and stuff for like $30 or so. They give you a little print out with info on where everything came from, and some recipes that include some of the foods. You pay by the week, but to guarantee a box, you should sign up. The new owners are real nice, and if you are looking for suggestions on what is good or interesting, they are very helpful.

Great little find in downtown! I read online that this place has THE best chicken available around…read moretown and boy was I correct! At first I was sticker shocked at the price, but after realizing that I'm supporting local agriculture as well as, having the closest thing to fresh here -- totally worth it!!! I wish it could fresh and not frozen, but hey not complaining! Their veggies are delish and fresh, too! Can't beat local arugula from MO! Definitely check it out!