Childhood food memories?

well, then it must have been The Winery. That name does sound familiar. That would mean I was still in high school, probably senior year, and making my then-boyfriend who was in college take me to expensive (for kids) restaurants. That sounds like me. I do remember the dinner being more than $50 and feeling slightly guilty for a minute that he was spending his hard-earned lifeguarding money on such a pricey dinner for me, but I soon got over it. and enjoyed my dinner.

Talk about high-maintenace girlfriends! Fifty bucks on a high school date in the mid-80's? I hope you brought your fake ID, so boyfriend could buy you a glass of the 1979 Heitz Cellar Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon we sold for ten bucks a glass back then!

Anyone remember the old Hearthstone Tavern? Wasn't it at 5th and Main?(or was it 6th?) I remember going there in my early 20s (oh geez...that's 30 years ago!) and it felt so New York bohemian. Ultra cool. We'd listen to either jazz or a real great singer whose name was ...Laura? Maybe. Not sure. I think they were one of the first restaurants to offer fondue. It had a great cellar like feel with exposed brick walls. The tavern, not the fondue.

[Robin Garr]

Anyone remember the old Hearthstone Tavern? Wasn't it at 5th and Main?(or was it 6th?) I remember going there in my early 20s (oh geez...that's 30 years ago!) and it felt so New York bohemian. Ultra cool. We'd listen to either jazz or a real great singer whose name was ...Laura? Maybe. Not sure. I think they were one of the first restaurants to offer fondue. It had a great cellar like feel with exposed brick walls. The tavern, not the fondue.

I remember!

Wasn't it on Seventh just north of Main, though?

Maybe. Yes I think you're right. Isn't it some kind of office now?

[Robin Garr]

Maybe. Yes I think you're right. Isn't it some kind of office now?

I don't know - you can't really stop along there to look. But I'm pretty sure the building we're thinking of has kind of a New Orleans look with an iron balcony?

Yup that's the one. I knew you'd know! Did you ever go there? Did you enjoy it?

When I was o so young I worked at the old Actor's Theater at 7th and Main and we would often go across the strret to the Hearthstone. It was on 7th between main and is it Washington? Fondue and stout made me feel very cosmopolitan at 18.
There was also a very nice restaurant called The Normandy, I think, where we could seldom afford to eat. It was right on the corner of 7th and Washington. If we called them and they weren't busy they would smuggle us beef sandwiches out the back door. I think one of the owners of The Bristol was a waiter there.

The Hearthstone and The Normandy were both owned by the same man. Normandy the "nice restaurant" and Hearthstone (basement) sort of a hippie type.
One reason that it got a fair amount of publicity was that it was owned by a long haul truck driver, as if a truck driver wasn't capable of owning a restaurant.

The most recent restaurant in the space from the Normandy was Cafe Napoli.
It was on 7th and the corner of whatever that street is and I believe it has been converted into offices now.

An apartment above those restaurants were used in the Bill Murray comedy "Stripes". There was a scene early in the film where Murray's character was living there before he joined the army.

Remember Daryl's, with some year attached to the name? Dary's 1880 or something like that? Near Krispy Kreme on Bardstown Road? Bad food, but I had a first date there with some guy when I was 16 and he told me before we went in that he only had $20, so keep my order under $8. Nice... The funny thing is, I still remember what I ordered. Some sort of parmesan crusted fish for $5.99.

I remember Darryl's - it's where that bakery is now, no? They (meaning Darryl's) closed not too terribly long ago, I don't think? Maybe a few years? I remember going there in '98 or so..

It closed 3 or 4 years ago, I believe.

On a side note, my husband and I were eating dinner there one night on the second floor, when the second floor kitchenette had an electrical fire. They got it contained, but it was quite scary. They evacuated the building. It closed not too terribly long after that.

Darryl's closed 7 years ago. They were owned by Houlihan's Restauarant group who filed chapter 11. They came out of chapter 11, but decided to close the Louisville location.

We have a winner!!!

The Post that will not die!!!!

Since the move from the old format to the new one, I don't think there has been such a response on subject as this one(AKA york steak house)

I just remembered another one...Por Que No (spelling) On Bardstown Rd in the Highlands where Jack Frys is now.
For a long time in the 60s & early 70s Por Que No was the only Mexican restaurant around (Unless you want to count The Chili Bowl.)

That reminds me of Charlie's Pizzeria. Home of the PB&J pizza. Bad pizza, but some of the best punk rock shows of my youth. I remember hating Jack Fry's when they bought Charlies in order to expand the kitchen. Then I grew up, got a haircut, and started eating at Jack Fry's.