LEO's Eats with Robin Garr
So where does a restaurant critic go out to dinner if he has family in town? This is not always an easy question.
Go to the finest dining rooms, the places I love? That’s easy counsel, and way tempting, but more often than not I’ve checked out the local favorites too recently to justify going back.
Drag them along to the next place I have to go, whether they like it or not? That can be tempting, too, as any therapist who knows a thing about sibling rivalry can attest.
But in the real world of practical matters, the answer lies somewhere in between. Briefly stated, it’s something like, “Pick a place that’s due for review and that I think they’ll enjoy.”
And so it was when my brother, Matt, came through town recently on sabbatical from his job in Lima, Peru. Matt speaks Spanish like a Peruvian native, so an eatery with a Latino accent made sense. I’d been keeping an eye on Cubana since it opened in Clifton early this year anyway.
I’ve enjoyed lunch at Cubana several times, but for one reason or another had never focused on the place for a dinner review. Matt’s visit offered a good opportunity to catch up, and Cubana proved to be an excellent choice for the occasion.
That Spanish thing didn’t work out for us, though: The servers at Cubana spoke Louisville English as fluently as I do, although I’m sure there was a Cuban chef back in the kitchen.
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/famil ... in-clifton
And in LEO Weekly:
http://leoweekly.com/dining/family-dini ... na-clifton
Cubana
2206 Frankfort Ave.
409-4828
Rating: 81