Voice-Tribune review by Robin Garr
As I’ve observed before, the Louisville dining scene has grown remarkably – or, for a food-related metaphor, let’s say it has “mushroomed” – over a generation or so.Toward the end of the 1970s, growing-up baby boomers hailed the arrival of a squadron of exciting new eateries: the fondly remembered Formally Myra’s, Casa Grisanti and Cafe Metro as well as the still-extant Bristol and Jack Fry’s, and many more.
Right in there among them, The Cheddar Box came along in 1979, beating even the venerable Lotsa Pasta to the local scene by several years. Under the continued leadership of Nancy Tarrant, The Cheddar Box has been delighting us with carry-out and catered fare ever since.
Thousands of happy consumers can testify to its excellent soups, salads, desserts – the caramel cake is a local icon – and a Benedictine BLT so good that Food Network Magazine this year dubbed it Kentucky’s No. 1 sandwich in an article highlighing 50 sandwiches in 50 states.
But no matter how many people whined, pleaded and begged, threw themselves on the floor and held their breath until they turned blue, Tarrant firmly resisted a repeated entreaty: “Why in the heck don’t you open a restaurant!?”
Nope. No way, no how. If you wanted to eat your Cheddar Box feast on the premises, you could take it out the door and perch at a black metal patio table under the veranda of the Chenoweth Square shop.
Until now! After months of renovation that have turned the old Digs garden shop in Chenoweth Square into a lovely, light and airy dining room, Cheddar Box Too opened last week, to the delight of crowds that slammed it over the weekend.
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes.com:
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/chedd ... dining-too
and in the Voice-Tribune:
http://www.voice-tribune.com/life-style ... ining-too/
The Cheddar Box Too
3909 Chenoweth Square
893-2324
http://thecheddarbox.com