LEO's Eats with Louisville HotBytes.comLadies who lunch and go antique shopping (and men who do the same) have an unprecedented wealth of options these days, as a series of moves and changes has expanded the antique mall circuit from one popular eatery to three.
Let's summarize: When the Louisville Antique Mall on Goss Avenue announced plans last year to move from its hulking 19th century brick industrial building to a different hulking 19th century brick industrial building on East Broadway, its critically acclaimed lunch spot, The Café, went off on its own to open a free-standing restaurant just east of downtown.
Then, not long after the Louisville Antique Mall made its move to East Broadway, a new luncheon establishment on its fifth floor revived the name of the old Colonnade cafeteria downtown. The move didn't leave the old building on Goss vacant for long: Soon the Goss Avenue Antique Mall opened in slightly different but overlapping quarters. And sure enough, it has a lunch spot, too, dubbed Olivia's Restaurant.
We've reviewed The Café (LEO Weekly, Nov. 28, 2007) and found it splendid. This week, let's look at the other two.
Colonnade CaféLouisville Antique Mall
834 E. Broadway
749-3105
http://www.colonnadecafe.comRobin Garr's rating: 78 points
Olivia's RestaurantThe Goss Avenue Antique Mall
946 Goss Ave.
409-6160
http://www.oliviasongoss.comRobin Garr's rating: 72 points
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