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Earlier today, I noted an article posted by a friend on Facebook, 51 great burger joints. I've wanted to try The Country Cat for a while now and the article gave me incentive. We hopped in the car and headed across the river.

There was about a 1/2 hour wait for a table so they took down my cell number and suggested we head down the block to the Montavilla Farmer's Market. The market was great and had I not been so excited about trying out The Country Cat, we would have eaten there. Among other things, there were fresh tamales, barbeque and one vendor had salted caramel ice cream. It's open from 10-2pm on Sundays and many vendors offer tastes. We tried some amazing peaches, some cheese and Pãobread (I purchased a bag because they'll be great additions to my daughter's school lunch on occasion and yum!). We easily could have stayed longer but the market had so many yummy looking desserts, we knew we had to leave before we filled up on treats and had no room for lunch!

The timing was perfect. Just as I was loading my market loot into the car, my cell rang and our table was ready. The Country Cat serves brunch from 9-2pm every day and there were plenty of options on the menu.

I started with a great looking bloody mary called the Proud Mary, garnished with homemade beef jerky, served in a beer mug. My husband ordered the Heritage burger. He's a barbeque fan and they brought him a side of bbq sauce on the side -- delicious, made with homemade ketchup. I stole a bite of the burger and it was divine. Accompanying the burger were fabulous skinny onion rings. Neither my husband nor our daughter are fans of onion rings but the whole family couldn't keep our hands off of them.

Our daughter had pancakes. I didn't try them because I had more than enough food on my plate, in addition to the onion rings I kept stealing off of my husband's plate.

I ordered the skillet fried chicken with pecan spoon bread. It was amazing. The chicken was moist inside and the crunch on the outside was just perfect. And oh, the spoonbread. The combination had to have been 10,000 calories and I just couldn't stop eating.

I can't wait to go back to both The Country Cat AND the Montavilla Farmer's Market!