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Baxter Station. We were regulars there. The bartenders often drew two glasses of our favorite beer (Rogue Dead Guy) when they saw us come in the door. We got to know a number of the folks who worked there on a personal level. Really miss them.
Lentini's immediately comes to mind, before it was purchased. I loved the atmosphere, their pasta dishes, and they had my favorite dessert, a 3 layer chocolate cake where 2 of the layers were white and chocolate mousse. .
Dietrich’s. The atmosphere. The walls that opened to Frankfort Ave. Staff members that were bright and funny. And a vodka cream sauce pasta with three different caviars. (Heavy sigh)
"She did not so much cook as assassinate food." - Storm Jameson
The early Pine Room with Bill, Kitty and, of course, Mabel in the late fifties. A little hard to get to; the Watterson was only finished to Bardstown Road.
Jessica H wrote:I still desperately miss Red Pepper Chinese on Lower Brownsboro. Everything I ate there was delicious, but I particularly miss the Garlic Tofu with Spinach.
Oddly enough, the place that I miss at least once a month is Emperor of China. Their food was just WAY better than anything in town. Hot and sour soup, Szechuan shrimp, and mu shu anything with real pancakes (no tortillas). They also made a sizzling rice soup served table side that I miss dearly.
It’s still around but I miss it’s old iteration-Tumbleweed. I want 1995’s Tumbleweed back.