LEO Dining Guide Listings 2008
Price Range: $ = $10 or less; $$ = $20 or less; $$$ = $30 or less; $$$$ = more than $30. (Per person for a meal without tip or tax.) Capsule Reviews: Restaurants marked with the special •• were reviewed in these pages throughout the past year. Restaurants that were the subject of a full review…
One-stop noshing
Frugality is a virtue, and whoever created the first buffet probably knew this. Whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner, the buffet represents a streamlined dining experience. Anyone who can use utensils surely can pick what to consume. With the help of Robin Garr’s Louisville Hotbytes, a few of the Metro’s finest buffets follow. Read it…
Beyond chicken-finger purgatory
As the mother of two children (ages 4 and 14 months) and a devoted foodie, I’m often caught in a difficult situation when that box of pasta on the shelf just doesn’t look appealing and we decide to dine out. My husband and I agree that our sons must learn to be good dining citizens…
Full of it
Lined up butt to bellybutton, customers at Big Momma’s Soul Food Kitchen recite their orders into the microphone. It’s a tiny eatery at the end of West Broadway across the street from Shawnee Park that is easily overcrowded with only a handful of customers who walk in for the baked chicken, smothered pork chops, ox…
A friend indeed
Many of our grandparents can remember The Great Depression, when church-sponsored and government-operated soup kitchens and bread lines helped feed hungry masses. The term “soup kitchen” came from the fact that those early services supplied primarily bread and soup, because water could be added to soup in order to feed more people if necessary —…
Champagne dining on a beer budget
The other night, I wanted to treat my sweetie to a dinner on the cheap, so we strolled up to the corner and put on the feedbag at Porcini. Huh? Porcini — the Crescent Hill hangout where local celebs like Rick Pitino gather to see and be seen while they chow down on calamari and…
On the cutting board
Chef David Clancy is unemployed again. In the fall of 2007, he was forced to give up his dream and close his beloved Bistro New Albany on East Market Street in downtown New Albany. Since then, he has taken at least three positions, the most recent at The Speakeasy on State Street a few…
