Bennies, John Browns & Landmark

We've had a busy week so a little catching up.
Last Saturday we went to Bennies for some pasta.  We ordered some bread and oil for the table.  The oil was good and the bread was fine but nothing special.  Me and Lisa split a large combination salad and salsiccian pasta italiana.  I'm not exactly sure what Mike and Debbie ordered.  The salad consisted of lettuce, carrots and tomatoes, a nice plain salad but the house dressing was outstanding.  Probably one of my favorites in the area.  The pasta was okay but needed to be hotter, it was barely warm.
Afterwards we walked up to John Browns on the Square.  We hadn't been there before and the place was much smaller than I expected.  I got a beer, Mike and Debbie got rum and diet and Lisa spent a lot of time at the Bloody Mary bar making her drink.  While we were there I saw the bartender almost smile once but he didn't look happy to be there.
Yesterday we went up to the newly reopened Landmark.  They're in the process of building their menu back and it was still limited.  Lisa got a peach salad with chicken and I got egg rolls with a side of etouffee.  The egg rolls were stuffed with etouffee and were decent.  The side of etouffee was not, no rice and very thin and not that tasty.  Lisa didn't like the balsamic vinegar dressing and got some italian dressing but I don't think it helped much.  She also didn't think it was worth $21 .  I did try the Landmark lager and really enjoyed it.  Overall rough start for a really cool location.