Bearing the red, white, and green colors of the Italian flag, bar Vetti's excellent Margherita pizza is a good rendition of the Neapolitan tradition.\
I hate moving. I can’t imagine that anybody would really like the sorting, culling, boxing, shifting, trucking and heavy lifting that comes with a move. Now imagine moving during a pandemic, with masks and serious social distancing in a play, and you’ll have some idea what it must have been like for bar Vetti last month.
bar Vetti, a casually stylish Italian-theme restaurant, opened in a corner of the main floor of the turquoise landmark 800 building in October 2017. It drew instant acclaim, and almost immediately became a victim of its own success: With only room for 50 diners in its tiny room, with a short bar filling a fair chunk of that, it had little room for the hungry crowds that came rushing in, and no place to grow.
So executive chef and partner Andrew McCabe's announcement seemed almost inevitable when he revealed last January that bar Vetti was heading for a new space in the AC Hotel by Marriott Louisville Downtown in NuLu. The move not only nearly doubles the restaurant’s space from 1,700 to 3,300 square feet, but also moves it from an attractive but slightly off-the-beaten-path location south of Broadway to one of the city’s hottest dining and entertainment zones.
The arrival of the pandemic a couple of months later couldn’t have helped. Nevertheless, bar Vetti persisted, hitting its late-spring target with a the new quarters. It stayed open at the 800 Building until June 2, then closed briefly for a quick physical move, opening in NuLu for carryout and curbside service on June 10.
I love bar Vetti and couldn’t wait to try it again. I certainly didn’t expect its casual regional Italian style to change, but one excuse is as good as another, right? It’s open only for curbside pickup right now (Wednesdays through Saturdays from 4-9 p.m.). That suits me while this pandemic continues, so I quickly found my way to its online ordering page. (I may have been one of the last to get this service, as bar Vetti has briefly suspended carryout and online ordering while it prepares to open the dining room with a new menu. Watch for online ordering to return with an expanded bill of fare next week.) ...
Read the complete article on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/bar-vetti-lands
You'll also find this review in LEO Weekly's Food & Drink section today.
http://www.leoweekly.com/category/food-drink/
bar Vetti
AC Hotel
727 E. Market St.
883-3331
http://barvetti.com
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