What does Louisville need?

Anyone remember Rock-A-Billy Cafe in Lexington? I loved that place. It was a 50's style diner.

Sorry...it sounded to me like the reverse...there are some die hard Etonians that still think Etown has great food offerings. I wish it was closer to Louisville also, so I could see my friends from there more often and take them out to some of the fantastic independent places we love eating at. Sorry for the confusion.

Are you kidding? I lived there for about 30 years and there is nothing...I repeat nothing worth eating there...unless you really love chains....and even they are badly ran. It had a few decent restaurants years ago...but they have bitten the dust and gone by the wayside...i have absolutely no idea where you think there is a good restaurant in Etown...and yes, I do go back once a week and visit friends...we meet at a pretty good coffee shop "More Than Bagels"...that serves coffee from one of the few good restaurants they did have in Etown that went out of business..."Arnold's"...it was a great place. I would not give you 2 cents for any of the other restaurants in Etown.

You totally misread or misunderstood my post. There is NOTHING in Etown, thus why I said I'd love for Louisville to be closer.

French Country.

True mexican similar to Topolabampo.

French bistro! Quality wood-fired pizza (I miss Primo), and real Greek.

After just enjoying a nice swiss/asperagus crepe here in the old town of Quebec City I couldn't agree with you more!

Cheap falafel joints, like in SF or DC.

More vegetarian restaurants. More vegetarians. Real public transportation system. Oops, getting side-tracked....

French bistro! Quality wood-fired pizza (I miss Primo), and real Greek.

After just enjoying a nice swiss/asperagus crepe here in the old town of Quebec City I couldn't agree with you more!

The Chef that is going to open the French restaurant on Frankfort Ave. is from France. He trained in France and London. He worked in Quebec City and New York and ran a few very successful restaurants in Chicago and New York for 27 years before coming to our area.
We are looking forward to working with him on the remodel of his new restaurant. Everything is in the planning stage and he plans to be open by September/October time frame.

Log this one under 'things that make you go hmmm.' Guess I should virtually drop a quarter in Arsenio's jar, now.

As far as nightclubs go- we need a real lounge, not a booty-bar dressed-up and named such. The kinda place that hangs local art on the walls and takes chances with the talent.

I can still remember making a big deal of going to see a Shinto priest-turned-DJ at one of my old O-town faves for my birthday... sounded like someone beating a burlap bag of alley cats. Hilarious, but still cool, in that they stuck thier heads out there- just for the sake of art.

The kind of place that plays something along these lines, on thier off-nights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzYsNym ... re=related

Sexy staff (visible, tasteful tattoos and piercings recommended but not required,) exceptional cocktails, small bites- world pantry, soft-lit neon set on a 30 minute rotating timer for color shift bar-wide, Illuminated tabletops. The place that inspired this thought even had some old ataris set out at some of the banquets.

For lack of a better word: 'dope.'

This would become that place where the local artists would just sit and chill, like Hemmingway and friends in France. It should be priced as such. Indeed, there should be a room where the music would be set to low, to encourage conversation and interchange of ideas, something you never see in any club, ever. This room would be the nexxus of the club, the inner sanctum and theoretically would be the place where many great ideas would be born. Such a thing would make me a very, very happy boy.

I can expound on the idea, yet I hope I have given you enough information to where you get the point.

As far as nightclubs go- we need a real lounge, not a booty-bar dressed-up and named such. The kinda place that hangs local art on the walls and takes chances with the talent.

I'll second all of this. Louisville's nightlife isn't terrible, but options are generally limited to (1) pubs and divey bars, often overrun with college kids and hipsters (I include places like Flanagan's and places like Nachbar here); (2) to quote Stephen, booty-bars and "clubs;" and (3) restaurants/restaurant bars (Asiatique, Proof, 732 Social, and the Blind Pig come immediately to mind as nice options).

A few true lounges would be nice. Stephen, if you build it...

For the older crowd, Jack's has that down pretty well. But for the under 50 bunch, I think that you are describing something like The Violet Hour or Merc Bar that really doesn't exist here. The lounge downstairs at Asiatique is pretty cool to hang in though. And they have great food and drinks.

The lounge downstairs at Asiatique is pretty cool to hang in though. And they have great food and drinks.

It is a good place, and our go to.

The lounge downstairs at Asiatique is pretty cool to hang in though. And they have great food and drinks.

It is a good place, and our go to.

Is the Happy Hour as good of a deal as it appears?

DURING HAPPY HOUR APPETIZERS, SPIRITS, GLASSES OF WINE AND BEER
ARE HALF PRICE AT THE BAR AND IN LOUNGE A

For the older crowd, Jack's has that down pretty well. But for the under 50 bunch, I think that you are describing something like The Violet Hour or Merc Bar that really doesn't exist here. The lounge downstairs at Asiatique is pretty cool to hang in though. And they have great food and drinks.

Yes, it is quite the environment and the barstaff is exceptional (hey, Anderson!) A seriously good place for such a thing...

The Chef that is going to open the French restaurant on Frankfort Ave. is from France. He trained in France and London. He worked in Quebec City and New York and ran a few very successful restaurants in Chicago and New York for 27 years before coming to our area.
We are looking forward to working with him on the remodel of his new restaurant. Everything is in the planning stage and he plans to be open by September/October time frame.

I'm going to assume that you're talking about Louis (it should be OK to say his name since he's already been in the paper). I'm excited that he's finally going to open this thing.

It is Louis Retailleau (pronounced Ray-Ta-Yo).The restaurant will be called Louis Le Francasis. It will be located in the old Boombooz's location on Frankfort Ave. He is so very nice and has been sharing his recipes with me. My husband is working on the remodel with Louis. Louis also told me yesterday that he has been working on a book and I can't wait to get a look at it. I will keep everyone posted on the progress. I can tell this the menu will be small and will change weekly.

It is Louis Retailleau (pronounced Ray-Ta-Yo).The restaurant will be called Louis Le Francasis. It will be located in the old Boombooz's location on Frankfort Ave. He is so very nice and has been sharing his recipes with me. My husband is working on the remodel with Louis. Louis also told me yesterday that he has been working on a book and I can't wait to get a look at it. I will keep everyone posted on the progress. I can tell this the menu will be small and will change weekly.

The location is kind of disappointing because it is so small.