Violence at Barbara Lee's

WHAS is reporting a killing at Barbara Lee's on lower Brownsboro Road early this morning. Apparently a fight broke out in the restaurant and spilled into the parking lot resulting in a death. The radio was sparse on details....distubing news to say the least.

I saw that. I didn't realize her place was opened 24/7.

It happened yesterday (Sunday) from the looks of it.

Late night dives lend themselves to such. I remember the old steak and egg on fourth st years ago was the scene of many a scary experience. They need stronger coffee and to stop making those grits with hot tap water... but really, they are pretty nice people and surely don't need PR like this. Funny thing is, that area is usually crawling with cops.

Yeah..that sucks.

I'm all for a good barroom brawl. And Barbara Lee's has that dive-joint feel about it. But when people begin dying and children have to grow up, not knowing thier fathers = too much.

I love me some BLee's. This won't keep me from showing up, at 4:10 am to get down on-like half the menu! Seriously, they look at me like I'm crazy when I order. Like, 'where's your friend?'

I always look back at them like 'what?' I know in the back of my mind I am eating for a familly of 4- at 4.

And I always clean my plate- that's why I am there to begin with. It's just time to get down on some BLee's and I'll take the left-half of the menu, thank you!

So funny, yet so true!


EDIT: Oh Yeah! My other rule is 'never break the glassware.' Bottles, fine. It just costs too dang much and the effort for humanity to produce these vessels is too much to waste on random silliness. Otherwise, knock each other out- it'll be fun to watch!

[Robin Garr]

I remember the old steak and egg on fourth st years ago was the scene of many a scary experience.

Back around the same time, for a feature story for the late, lamented Louisville Times, I spent the day walking the Fourth and Oak beat with a city cop who had been assigned to walk the neighborhood as an experiment in community policing. He was a gregarious guy, which I guess is why they put him out there to rattle doorknobs and meet and greet. Anyway, when we walked around past Steak and Egg, he pointed and growled out of the corner of his mouth: "See that place? Just watch it for 24 hours, and you'll see every thug in Louisville come in and out of there."

Just want to add my 2cents as a bartender. Bar fights, or brawls, are never a good thing. Broken bottles cut/scar/kill as easily as glassware, even if they're disposeable items that cost nothing to replace. The life they might take is priceless.
That said, it falls on the bar staff/security of any establishment to stop serving patrons before they get drunk enough to fight. Also, it falls on ownership/management to support their bar staff/security when it comes to disagreements with patrons. How many times have I seen local management try to smooth thing over with drunk clientele by offering a FREE DRINK. Not every confrontation in a bar is unavoidable, but many are. If anyone here owns/operates a bar I hope they realise that without proper management or properly trained staff these things can happen anywhere at any time, not jst at 'dive bars' after 4am. Those of us that work with people know that people are unpredictable, but a little common sense (and support for the staff) can go a long way toward saving a life.