LEO's Eats with Robin Garr
A 14-inch Pizza Margherita at North End Slice
Some days I want to eat something healthy. Some days, not so much.
That’s why I’m glad that there is room in the world for places like North End Slice, where the bill of fare is all pizza, all the time; and places like Half Peach Bakery & Cafe, where there is nary a speck of meat or even any animal-based products like eggs or cheese on the premises.
Now, this is not to say that pizza is necessarily unhealthy. I have often touted it as one of nature’s most perfect foods. Nevertheless, we’re talking carbs here. Carbs, and a load of delicious gooey, melting cheese.
By the same token, one shouldn’t assume that “vegan” is necessarily “healthy.” Even pure, sweet veggies ramp up the risk factor a bit when they’re slathered in, say, succulent olive oil.
I’m just happy to have both of these recent arrivals offering a choice.
North End Slice popped up in a long, narrow space that had formerly served as a private dining room in North End Cafe’s Douglass Loop branch.
We dropped in for a pizza treat one chilly evening last month. (With only a couple of dozen seats in a spartan room, it seems designed primarily for take-out, but you can eat in, and we did.)
The first thing I saw was reassuring: A couple of serious-looking guys working in tight quarters behind the counter were slinging a large tray full of beautifully risen pizza rounds, sitting up like mini-blimps awaiting shaping, topping and searing.
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Half Peach launched softly last month and now serves lunch Tuesdays through Saturdays. The owners aren’t strangers to the vegan and fresh-stuff community, having sold fresh prepared food at farmers’ markets and Rainbow Blossom for years. In addition to being fully vegan, they also promise fresh, local, natural and home-grown fare. ...
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/?p=5492
See this column also in LEO Weekly:
http://www.leoweekly.com/2016/02/a-half ... ole-slice/
North End Slice
Within North End Cafe
2116 Bardstown Road
479-9600
northendcafe.com
Robin Garr's rating: 84 points
Half Peach Bakery
4121 Oechsli Ave.
387-3666
http://halfpeachbakery.com
Robin Garr's rating: 79 points