Where to Eat in Louisville: The Cafe

My next-door neighbor has told me for months that I need to have lunch at The Cafe. Last week I finally followed her advice and had a very pleasant lunch there. The lunch was very pleasant for two reasons. First, The Cafe has given me a perfect response to the "let's have lunch downtown" invitations that sometimes come my way. I hate dealing with parking downtown. I know I'm a baby about it, I confess that, and most of the time I just suck it up and deal with it. But don't you see? The Cafe is in the perfect location for both people who work downtown and say, someone coming from the Highlands. It's on the Eastern edge of downtown but it's got lots of easy parking. Sweet.

OK, second reason I dug lunch at The Cafe was the food itself, namely plenty of vegetarian options. Soups, salads and a few interesting vegetarian sandwiches show up on the menu but the star in my opinion is the meatless strata. I do love a baked egg custard, particularly one stuffed with French bread, Swiss cheese, parmesan cheese, spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes and onions. Good stuff.

The only slight disappointment was dessert. I didn't order the bread pudding because it had raisins in it and there are few things in live I hate more than raisins. And I didn't order the Tuxedo Cake because it had raspberry filling. I don't hate raspberry filling, I just wasn't in the mood for it. My dining companion ordered a chocolate chip cookie though and reported it was yummy.

I'll definitely go to The Cafe again soon for lunch but I really want to make it back for breakfast. Sweet potato cinnamon rolls? Uh, yum.

The Cafe
712 Brent Street
Louisville, KY