LEO's Eats with Robin Garr
Caffe Classico's Eggplant Parmesan Pizza
Okay, let’s just lay this out there as a true confession: I’ve reviewed a few national corporate franchise chain eateries lately, and I’m not sorry. Well, not very sorry.
Let’s be real: Noodles & Company (LEO Weekly, Oct. 22) operates 330 properties in about three dozen states. They just got to Louisville, and they’re drawing happy, buzzing crowds who tell me that I’ve got to try this. How could I not go sample its wares and write it all down?
Sometimes I do this. I’ve said nice things about Chipotle (1,724 units), Zoe’s Kitchen (114, um, kitchens) and all manner of corporate pizza, including Jet’s (300-plus properties), Mellow Mushroom (150), Uncle Maddio’s (25 pizzerias but growing fast), and recently just about raved over Blaze Pizza (315 eateries).
And why not? Find good food. Eat it. Tell you about it. That’s what we do here!
But I don’t feel particularly good about praising the work of a corporate entity that ultimately feeds the moolah back to stockholders in faraway places. The experience usually prompts me to turn back — literally, repent — and go eat something locally made by, and for the benefit of, your neighbor who owns the business.
Behold, then: a memorable noodle stir-fry from Yang Kee Noodle! And one of the city’s top pizzas from Caffe Classico, a lovely Clifton bistro not usually thought of as a pizza destination!
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/locav ... nd-repents
And in LEO Weekly:
http://leoweekly.com/dining/locavore-cr ... nd-repents
Yang Kee Noodle
Oxmoor Center
7900 Shelbyville Road
426-0800
http://YangKeeNoodle.com
http://facebook.com/YangKeeNoodle
Caffe Classico
2144 Frankfort Ave.
895-0076
http://caffe-classico.com