North End Cafe: Now a local institution
Voice-Tribune review by Robin Garr
North End Cafe has just about become a Louisville institution, and it didn't take all that long to do so. Co-owner and Chef Christopher Seckman celebrated the 10th anniversary of the original North End Cafe on lower Frankfort Avenue last spring - it's a place of enduring popularity.
Now the second North End Cafe, located at the Douglass Loop in the former Club Grotto location, appears to be going strong after a year and a half. Personally, I've never quite figured out the "North End" meme, since the map of the Louisville metropolitan area seems to place Southern Indiana in that geographical zone.
No matter, though, I've liked the Frankfort Avenue branch since its first incarnation, when it felt like a breakfast-and-lunch place at the outset; and I came to like it even more when it doubled into the shotgun house next door and staked a sturdy claim on evening bistro status - with tapas - as well.
Now both locations rank as worthy options for evening dining, without sacrificing one bit of that comfortable, inviting mood that elevates the option of breakfast-for-lunch, breakfast-for-dinner or breakfast-as-bedtime snack.
We had been by for brunch (of course) a while back, not long after North End Cafe had settled in to its present location the winter before last. But an afternoon movie date at Baxter Avenue Theaters (hello, Blue Jasmine!) prompted an early dinner drop-in to see how the place was doing during the dinner hour.
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes.com:
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/north ... nstitution
and in the Voice-Tribune:
http://www.voice-tribune.com/life-style ... stitution/
North End Cafe
2116 Bardstown Road
690-4161
http://www.northendcafe.com
http://facebook.com/TheNorthEndCafe
Robin Garr's rating: 88 points
(Other location, 1722 Frankfort Ave., 896-8770.)