Places that don't feel like you are in Louisville

We were at the Bodega about 8:30 am on Saturday. I hadn't been there before and was very impressed. The breakfast panini I had was perfect.

Proof reminds me of Chicago. El Mundo reminds me of Carmel, CA. Irish Rover reminds me of anywhere in the UK.

we need a lobster roll bad. whenever I go to NYC, I beeline straight for Pearl Oyster Bar so I can get my lobster roll fix.

You can't mean that for real....

When I lived in New England most McDonald's offered a "Lobster Roll" for $6.99...

Granted, that was about 10 years ago....

I would be hard pressed to even come close to that poor offering now for the tariff!!!!

How much would you be willing to pay for a "real" New England lobster roll(if done correctly)!

Last July went to Maritimes, and on way back stopped at a McD's in Maine for a lobster roll for same price! You do get what you pay for, but I've had some $12.99 ones that weren't as good!

Asiatique, especially Lounge A, makes me feel like I am in NYC.

Palermo Viejo.

I can't peg the exact location (feel), but it's not Louisville.

[Robin Garr]

I don't mean to be negative - it's a good question - but the more I think about it, the less I feel like declaring any of our local places as "not like Louisville." Seems to me that our growing diversity is a happy part of our local dining scene, and to me we kind of diminish that if we decide that the most upscale, or authentically ethnic, dining rooms don't feel like home. Just my humble O.

I undertsand what you are saying Robin, but actually I think the question and your concerns about declaring any places are covering the same area. Having grown up in the Louisville area (mainly Southern Indiana) in the 70's and 80's culinary diversity for many of us was a few different restaurants and the food at the Heritage Weekends. We didn't have the Las Gorditas or Palermo Vieja or any number of other different restaurants. That is why when I was sitting in The Bodega last weekend, I starting thinking that I couldn't have imagined a place like that being in Louisville when I was growing up, or in other words, it didn't feeling like Louisville. Hope that clears up my intentions about the question.

Now what did feel like Louisville in the 70's, was getting Ollie Burgers and Fries from the Ollie's Trolley on Main St., and then having a picnic on the concrete lilly pads on the Belvedere. That is why to this day I still hate that damn Humana building that took its place.

[Robin Garr]

I undertsand what you are saying Robin, but actually I think the question and your concerns about declaring any places are covering the same area. Having grown up in the Louisville area (mainly Southern Indiana) in the 70's and 80's culinary diversity for many of us was a few different restaurants and the food at the Heritage Weekends.

Good point, Scott! I could have written that sentence line by line myself, with the addition of "trips to Chicago or NYC and coming home with a trunk full of exotic food."

Restated as "what places don't make you feel like you were in Louisville in the '70s," we could name just about all of them!

I undertsand what you are saying Robin, but actually I think the question and your concerns about declaring any places are covering the same area. Having grown up in the Louisville area (mainly Southern Indiana) in the 70's and 80's culinary diversity for many of us was a few different restaurants and the food at the Heritage Weekends.

Good point, Scott! I could have written that sentence line by line myself, with the addition of "trips to Chicago or NYC and coming home with a trunk full of exotic food."

Restated as "what places don't make you feel like you were in Louisville in the '70s," we could name just about all of them!

I took the question like this....after working long and hard...dining out can be like a mini-vacation. Where can I go that doesn't feel like here because I need a bit of an escape. Sort of a mini-fantasy break for a bit. I think it's great we've have those type of places.

I undertsand what you are saying Robin, but actually I think the question and your concerns about declaring any places are covering the same area. Having grown up in the Louisville area (mainly Southern Indiana) in the 70's and 80's culinary diversity for many of us was a few different restaurants and the food at the Heritage Weekends.

Good point, Scott! I could have written that sentence line by line myself, with the addition of "trips to Chicago or NYC and coming home with a trunk full of exotic food."

Restated as "what places don't make you feel like you were in Louisville in the '70s," we could name just about all of them!

I took the question like this....after working long and hard...dining out can be like a mini-vacation. Where can I go that doesn't feel like here because I need a bit of an escape. Sort of a mini-fantasy break for a bit. I think it's great we've have those type of places.

Hopefully, a good question is like a good song. Both can be understood in different ways which allows for a variety of views.

we need a lobster roll bad. whenever I go to NYC, I beeline straight for Pearl Oyster Bar so I can get my lobster roll fix.

You can't mean that for real....

why not? I think they are very tasty, and I never see them here. I know they are ubiquitous in New England, but I'm not sure what difference that makes?

The lobster roll at Pearl is delicious.

[Robin Garr]

I never see them here.

Seafood Connection.

Places that make me feel elsewhere:

Napa River (hopefully, and I and I know it will, the move will be even better), Melillo's, The Bodega, Varanese, North End, Thuy Van..

All I know is that when we moved here and knew no one El Mundo was the place that made us feel like we were back in CA. Not Canada....

Nora if you find a place that makes you feel like you're in Canada let me know. I loved my visit there.