A huge 3/4-pound slab of delicious haddock about made a memorable fried-fish sandwich.
Show me a fourth generation family restaurant that traces its heritage back through several locations to the 1920s, and I’ll show you a restaurant that’s doing things right. That would be Kayrouz Cafe, and it should come as no surprise that the current generation is handling Covid safety with style and grace too.
“Our entire kitchen and wait staff have been fully vaccinated," a sheet on the front door assures customers. There’s ample outdoor dining, with a half-dozen patio tables offering a significant boost to the tiny eatery’s interior seating.
The Kayrouz family has been making local diners happy with good, simple but delicious fare for a very long time, back to the original Kayrouz Cafe at Preston and Fehr (now Liberty) streets nearly a century ago. J.P. Kayrouz, the second family generation, operated in St. Matthews for 25 years or so until its building was demolished in 2003 to make way for Wilson & Muir bank.
A third generation opened the current location in 2006 in the tiny St. Matthews building where it still resides, now with a fourth family generation in charge. The food is still freshly made and delicious, the service careful and friendly, and quite a few popular dishes have remained on the menu through the generations.
The menu consists almost entirely of sandwiches (and burgers), soups and salads, and pricing has remained fair, with only reasonable inflationary hikes since my 2006 review. The avocado and mango salad, then $7.85, is just $10 now. The “nova” chicken breast sandwich with avocado, bacon and brie topped the sandwich list then at $8.95, and it’s still the high-end sandwich at $12.75 now. ...
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Kayrouz Cafe
3801 Willis Ave.
896-2630
kayrouzcafe.com
Facebook: bit.ly/KayrouzCafe
Noise Level: The only issue about outdoor dining here is that you're sitting only a few feet from Willis Avenue, with the sounds of passing autos ranging from a purr to a roar.
Accessibility: Wheelchair users might have to maneuver around tables, metal chairs, and concrete parking stops, but you should have a clear path from your car to patio tables or the accessible front door.
I did get a small sticker shock from the lunch price for two sandwiches with sides and one salad, and yet it felt worth it.