Went to Hero's New York Style Pizza last night for dinner. It opened a week ago Monday in the space on Watterson Trail that had previously been earmarked for Witty's Irish Pub (I don't believe it ever opened.)
Really a great little hang out style restaurant with booths in the front decorated with movie memorabilia and a full service bar and banquet style tables in the back of the restaurant.
We went for pizza being intriqued by seeing if it was really like the New York Style that we have had on visits and I will say that we were not disappointed. We went with your basic 15 inch pie with pepperoni and green olives. When it arrived it had a heavenly aroma and nice "puddles" of cheese melted to just the right temperature mixing with the generous toppings. The crust was perfect, thin buy just crispy enough on the bottom so that when you folded the pizza it gave you the right crunch.
They have hero sandwiches as well, an assortment of appetizers (including dill pickle spears!) and desserts. Needless to say, we opted to continue finishing our pizza.
Also, they have a full service bar with lots of martinis and fun mixed cocktails. My husband ordered the Kentucky Bourbon Barrel ale made in Lexington by Alltech and it was awesome - smelled like bourbon with with no beer aftertaste.
Very family friendly but not too noisy and I a gentleman sitting next to us who grew up in New York said he hadn't had pizza like this in 20 years.
