100 Best Louisville Restaurants

Surprisingly, this has a lot of the great restaurants here in town listed. Put is this just a vote, I'm not familiar with this site, just ran across it. It would be interesting to have a vote on the 100 best on here though to see how a hotbytes list would compare.

http://www.urbanspoon.com/lb/51/best-re ... Louisville

Best restaurants in Louisville

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Rank Restaurant Serves Price
1 Havana Rumba Cuban Caribbean
2 Lynn's Paradise Cafe American
3 Jack Fry's American
4 Wick's Pizza Parlor Pizza
5 Ramsi's Cafe on the World Middle Eastern
6 Mojito Spanish
7 Wild Eggs (Bowman) American
8 Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen Bakery
9 Toast on Market Sandwiches/Subs
10 P.F. Chang's China Bistro Chinese
11 Proof on Main Italian
12 Sapporo Japanese Grill and Sushi Sushi
13 El Mundo Mexican
14 Joe's OK Bayou Cajun/Creole
15 Mike Linnig's American
16 Napa River Grill California
17 Irish Rover Pub Food
18 Vietnam Kitchen Vietnamese
19 Cafe Lou Lou Italian
20 August Moon Chinese
21 Oishii Sushi Sushi
22 Yang Kee Noodle Noodle Shop
23 Impellizzeri's Pizza Pizza
24 Mark's Feed Store Barbecue
25 Home Run Burger & Fries Burgers
26 Dakshin Indian Restaurant Indian
27 Sakura Blue Japanese
28 Kashmir Indian Indian
29 Sportstime Pizza Pizza
30 Le Gallo Rosso Italian
31 Spinelli's Pizzeria Pizza
32 Sake Blue Japanese Bistro Asian
33 Blue Dog Bakery and Cafe Coffee
34 Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse Steakhouse
35 North End Cafe American
36 Stoney River Legendary Steaks Steakhouse
37 Osaka Sushi & Japanese Cuisine Sushi
38 Rich O's Public House American
39 Asahi Sushi
40 Clifton's Pizza Pizza
41 Wild Eggs (Lyndon) Breakfast/Brunch
42 Borromeo's Pizza Pizza
43 Simply Thai Thai
44 Arbor Ridge Vine & Grill California
45 Bonefish Grill Seafood
46 Come Back Inn Italian
47 Seviche Latin American
48 Shalimar Indian
49 Old Chicago Pizza
50 Graeter's Ice Cream Desserts/Ice Cream
51 La Que Asian
52 Shiraz Mediterranean Grill Mediterranean
53 Aspen Creek American
54 Caviar Japanese Sushi
55 Cumberland Brews American
56 Fuji Japanese Sushi
57 Selena's at Willow Lake Tavern Cajun/Creole
58 Asiatique Asian
59 Onion Restaurant and Tea House Chinese
60 Plehn's Bakery Bakery
61 Arni's Pizza
62 Pat's Steak House Steakhouse
63 Vincenzo's Italian Italian
64 Hiko-a-Mon Sushi
65 Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen Desserts/Ice Cream
66 Saffron's Middle Eastern
67 Bonnie & Clyde's Pizza Parlor Pizza
68 L & N Wine Bar & Bistro Wine Bar
69 La Rosita Grill Mexican
70 Le Relais French
71 Old Spaghetti Factory Italian
72 Porcini Italian
73 Famous Dave's Barbecue
74 Lotsa Pasta Sandwiches/Subs
75 Thai Smile 5 Thai
76 Puerto Vallarta Mexican
77 Sugar & Spice Donut Shop Donuts
78 Varanese Mediterranean
79 W.W. Cousins American
80 California Pizza Kitchen Pizza
81 Graeter's Famous French Pot Ice Cream Desserts/Ice Cream
82 Mai's Thai Thai
83 Oriental House Asian
84 Qdoba Mexican Grill Mexican
85 Tea Station Chinese Bistro Chinese
86 Baxter Station Bar and Grill American
87 Calistoga Artisan Sandwiches Sandwiches/Subs
88 Cheesecake Factory American
89 Lilly's Southern & Soul
90 Palermo Viejo Latin American
91 Ruth's Chris Steak House Steakhouse
92 Basa Vietnamese
93 Five Guys Burgers and Fries Burgers
94 Los Aztecas Mexican Mexican
95 The White Oak at Artemisia Gallery American
96 El Acapulco Mexican Cuisine Mexican
97 Mayan Cafe Latin American
98 Oakroom American
99 Rocky's Italian Grill Pizza
100 Romano's Macaroni Grill

[Robin Garr]

Surprisingly, this has a lot of the great restaurants here in town listed. Put is this just a vote, I'm not familiar with this site, just ran across it. It would be interesting to have a vote on the 100 best on here though to see how a hotbytes list would compare.

I know of Urbanspoon as an iPhone applet. It appears to be another national company (like Yelp, maybe) trying to establish the appearance of a local presence by popularizing lists like this in the hope of getting local restaurants involved. Can't really evaluate it further.

The Oakroom 14 spots below Qdoba . . . well . . .

Darn it all. Beat out by Old Spaghetti Factory again. I'll have a hard time sleeping tonight.

Is this in rank order or just the top 100?

Robin,

Am I to understand all these reviews , including rankings, are resulted from people and not critics?

Because critics are not people, right?

This looks like an arbitrary list designed more to phish for advertisers for their website than anything else. I bet if you were to go back and look up each place you'd find that each one of them had either a sizable ad in the local daily, the phonebook, LEO or a billboard. I seriously doubt that Home Run Burgers and Fries could honestly beat out Le Relais.
Or maybe I'm off base with that.

[Robin Garr]

Robin,

Am I to understand all these reviews , including rankings, are resulted from people and not critics?

Because critics are not people, right?

Kyle, I think critics try to emulate people.

My guess, though, is that Carla is on target. The Website likely surfs the Web and print media seeking published reviews and restaurant advertisements to compile a list for every city it covers, then solicits advertising from the restaurants it mentions.

This one is just bizarre.....

29 Sportstime Pizza Pizza
38 Rich O's Public House American

Robin,

Am I to understand all these reviews , including rankings, are resulted from people and not critics?

Because critics are not people, right?

Kyle, I think critics try to emulate people.

My guess, though, is that Carla is on target. The Website likely surfs the Web and print media seeking published reviews and restaurant advertisements to compile a list for every city it covers, then solicits advertising from the restaurants it mentions.

I reserve my trust for this forum on honest ranking. Everyone else seems to have too much to lose and an edge to gain (except the LEO and Louisville mag, which have public tallies, but of course there's always ballot stuffers) when referencing Louisville favorites. Especially to consider this article prefaces with, "are you one of these owners?" Please... so transparent. The disturbing part is that it's not transparent to everyone. *itchy itch*

I studied this list carefully before posting. Obviously, there are many that would be in any "top 100" but also obviously the order doesn't look rank order.

But, I thought it would be neat if there were a way to come up with a somewhat accurate "top 100". Maybe not a rank order per say, but an alphabetical list maybe of the 100 best spots in town.

Is there any way it could be done?

I wonder if I made the top 200?

sniff sniff

:cry: sniff sniff

Heather, we know a good thing when we got it

I studied this list carefully before posting. l

Why bother???????????