The pizza caper goes down at Cafe Lou Lou
LEO's Eats with Robin Garr
Cafe Lou Lou's Mediterranean Pizza
Who'd like to get in on a caper? I'm not talking about a hilariously wacky criminal plot. Even if it were victimless and presumably foolproof, I'm naturally nervous about activities that could land me behind bars. Nor an ancient Celtic jumping and bounding dance, either. I'll take my exercise in milder doses, thanks!
No, I'm mentally munching into an edible caper, those little green BB-shaped things made from the pickled bud of a Mediterranean lily-like flower, an item that most of us buy in little briny jars from Lotsa Pasta and stash on a refrigerator shelf, never to be seen again.
One of the little fellas almost got away from me the other day, leaping off my pizza at Cafe Lou Lou and making its break for the door. I caught him before he could make a clean escape, though.
Wait! Wait wait wait! Capers? On a pizza? Is Cafe Lou Lou even a pizzeria?
Well, let's slow down a little here. First, yeah, sure, Cafe Lou Lou has pizza, even if it flies a bit under the radar down at the far end of a long, varied menu, it's exceptionally good pie, generously portioned on a good, crusty-bread base. I would rank it close to Caffe Classico in the rarefied niche of "great pizza from fine restaurants not primarily known for pizza."
Now, backing up: Who puts capers on a pizza? Well, Cafe Lou Lou chef and co-owner Clay Wallace does. ...
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/?p=5211
And in LEO Weekly:
http://www.leoweekly.com/2015/02/pizza- ... e-lou-lou/
Cafe Lou Lou
106 Sears Ave., 893-7776
2216 Dundee Road, 459-9566
http://cafeloulou.com
https://facebook.com/CafeLouLouLouisville
Robin Garr's rating: 88 points
Another location: 2216 Dundee Road, 459-9566.