Voice-Tribune review by Robin Garr
Frankfort Avenue - or just plain "The Avenue," as its neighborhood business association likes to call it - has come a mighty long way in the generation since the late, lamented Deitrich's started serving creative cuisine in an upscale environment in the old Crescent Theater, a place that at the time had seen considerably better days.Now we're used to The Avenue being one of our city's primary Restaurant Rows, with a variety of quick-casual to fancy, down-home to ethnic eateries that range from bourbon to Bakersfield Sound, from bagels to tortillas to pitas to artisanal loaves, and just about everything in-between.
Some might say we've gone just about as far as we can go. But no! There's always room for something new on The Avenue, as entrepreneurs Jackson and Cortney Nave demonstrated June 16 when they opened Eggs Over Frankfort, their new diner-style breakfast and lunch shop, and found a reported 150 hungry supplicants lined up outside.
What's the deal? There's been no shortage of breakfast on The Avenue. Blue Dog and Nancy's Bagel Grounds, Heine Brothers, Vint and Caffe Classico all offer artisanal coffee and goodies to go with it.
But Eggs Over Frankfort brings an appealing twist: it offers us the best of the Northeastern "diner" tradition - hearty, simple breakfast fare, hot from the grill - without making us suffer the less appealing aspects of this regional form, such as greasy food and surly waitstaff.
In fact, Eggs Over Frankfort doesn't fry much, which might sound like a bad thing until you belly up to a hearty, affordable breakfast and realize you don't miss the grease at all.
Read my full review on LouisvilleHotBytes.com:
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/eggs- ... kfast-bell
and in the Voice-Tribune:
http://www.voice-tribune.com/life-style ... fast-bell/
Eggs Over Frankfort
2712 Frankfort Ave.
709-4452
Facebook: http://goo.gl/Ava0mJ
Robin Garr's rating: 82 points