LEO’s Eats with LouisvilleHotBytes
(Five Guys, Home Run, Conez and Coneyz) EDITOR’S NOTE: Conez and Coneys is now closed.
For all the talk of market indicators and the rebounding Dow and yada yada yada, you and I know there’s still a recession going on. And so, apparently, do a lot of Louisville’s restaurateurs.
I’ve reported recently on the ways some of the city’s top-tier eateries are responding to tightened consumer spending with menu-price reductions. Small-plates restaurants, always popular, are on the rise.
And, in a time when the economy and other things that go bump in the night look scary, many of us crave cheap, hearty and, yes, fatty comfort food. New spots that specialize in economical edibles such as hamburgers and hot dogs are springing up all over. Continue reading Burgers, dogs and cones, oh my!→
Gyros at It’s All Greek to Me, new eatery on Frankfort Ave. next to Heine Bros. It’s primarily a akeout shop, but gyros are served hot despite limited kitchen facilities.
The new and improved Burger Boy. LEO photo by Ron Jasin
LEO’s Eats with LouisvilleHotBytes
(Burger Boy, A.J.’s Coffee ‘n’ Cream, Polly’s Freeze, Mike Linnig’s)
“Road trip!”
With the possible exception of “smog alert,” no two words say summer better.
For the inveterate foodie, no road trip would be complete without stopping to sample roadfood, a concept that the writers Jane and Michael Stern made famous, defining it as “memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America.”
With summer finally blazing at its peak, we’ve done some road time lately, visiting a few old friends on the highways around Louisville, and discovering a bright new face on a roadfood-style inner-city eatery that has lifted itself from a dive into an inviting diner. Let’s start there. Continue reading Road trip ramble→
