MOVED!: Englewood (not Inglewood, CA)

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Englewood (not Inglewood, CA)

WELCOME TO ENGLEWOOD

Today we took an awesome day trip to Englewood. Kyle kept pronouncing it "Anglewood" and I had to explain to him it's pronounced:

"Inglewood"...you know like Inglewood, California.

To which he responded:

Ohhh, that is like that whole "pen" and "pin" pronunciation.

For all you who aren't familiar with the Dayton accent apparently many of us can not pronounce "pen" and "pin" differently. We use the pronunciation of "pen" for both. It's a bit hard to explain in writing but try pronouncing the following words to a friend from the east or west coast and they'll tell you that you ain't saying the words "correctly":

Pen and Pin
Tent and Tint
Gem and Gym

It's a southern accent thing, ya'll. Accent aside, we had a great time in Englewood!

We went to a great BBQ joint called Company 7 BBQ. It's relatively new and I predict good things for this establishment. I'm going to try to keep my reviews short and to the point so here are the highlights:

Food: is down-home, comfort, southern style food. Health conscious folks should probably look elsewhere but if you are in the mood to eat delicious, tender, fatty foods then this is the place for you. Recommendation: Brisket and Collard Greens
Service: you can either have someone serve you or you can opt to get your food cafeteria style. We did the cafeteria style which was really quick and easy. They did have servers walking around asking anyone if they needed anything and they were more than friendly and polite.
Decor: the place is themed after a fire station so you have a lot of fire station related items in there. It's cute and kitschy and has an All-American feel to it. Bonus: flame patterned carpet
Atmosphere: It's an older crowd with a slight biker feel (see pic below). Pretty quiet and tame which is fine because you are really there to just enjoy the food. The lighting was a bit low for me but once I started eating I stopped noticing.