LEO's Eats with Robin Garr
Con Huevos' Huevos Rancheros
For months now, I've been watching the vacant little Clifton storefront where Sari Sari Filipino used to be with a joyous anticipation not unlike a kid waiting for Christmas. Or maybe Christmas with a touch of Cinco de Mayo thrown in.
It all started when a little sign went up in the window last winter. Right before Christmas, as a matter of fact. A neat, professional logo - a fried egg, sunny side up - with the Spanish words, "Con Huevos!" "With eggs?" Cool! Plus just a little edgy note of manly manliness in Spanglish slang, too.
A Mexican breakfast place! Coming to my neighborhood!? YES! YESYESYES! I could not wait! The sign stayed up for months, though, while progress within, though apparent in a gutted interior followed by bright egg-yolk-color walls and a new rustic-look bar, seemed to move glacially. I wanted my Con Huevos, and I wanted it now!
Finally, on a sunny but brisk weekend as March gently lambed into April, I got to try it. The doors swung open on a Saturday morning, and the place was packed! We duly lined up, eventually worked our way to the front of the line, and, si se puede!
Breakfast on opening day was really, really good. So good that we came back again the next day for Sunday brunch, and again the following Tuesday for lunch. I think I would eat here every day if I could.
The husband-and-wife team of Jesus Martinez and Izmene Peredo, who moved here from Guadalajara, Mexico, last year and have been planning Con Huevos almost ever since, with Chef Keith Jones, a Norteamericano who cooks Mexican cuisine like a native, seem to be doing just about everything right.
They’re committed to authenticity and quality, using pastured eggs from local farmers, torta breads from a local panaderia, and locally sourced meats and produce via Creation Gardens.
The place looks sharp, bright and very, very clean, and service has been fully bilingual and warmly cordial throughout the opening days, even when the unexpected crowds caught them running out of food before they ran out of customers on Sunday.
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/?p=5254
See it also in LEO Weekly:
http://www.leoweekly.com/2015/04/con-hu ... na-comida/
Con Huevos
2339 Frankfort Ave.
384-3027
http://conhuevos.com
https://Facebook: facebook.com/ConHuevosRestaurant
Robin Garr's rating: 91 points
