Bardstown Road Bound Tonight Fri. May 22

http://www.bardstownbound.com/

Great chance to try a new-to-you restaurant(s) and/or bar(s). The weather should be perfect for strolling up and down. (Do 'they' allow parking in MidCity Mall now if you don't go in the mall?)

Their press release:

Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue with the support of The Highland Commerce Guild celebrates the beginning of summer and having Trolley Service ! Bardstown Road and certain side streets open their doors and sidewalks for yet another exciting hot evening of shopping, sampling, and saving on our City's favorite strip, Bardstown Road, is happy to host its 6th h year of being Bardstown Bound! Sidewalk Shopping with sidewalk Fashion Shows, Sales and Music on Friday, May 22, 2009 from 5:00p-?! Look for even more featured local bands, more Bubbly Hour Spots and bigger fun…
The Guys and Gals in Biz on Bardstown Road are excited to welcome everyone once again and present another happening night highlighting the area where they live and work. Being Bardstown Bound is a little reminder of why this is the place to see and be seen and to show your support for such a landmark of a street. Shops North and South of Eastern Parkway open their doors for you to purchase that perfect gift for that someone special, find that fabulous outfit for that special date, have a taste of luscious local cuisine, listen to live entertainment, and to raise a glass and toast another Bardstown Bound Bubbly Hour .

Come Find Happiness in the Highlands once again, and be “ Bardstown Bound” either on foot or a ride on a Trolley. This 1-night event will offer special sales, dining deals and drink specials . Discounts on clothing, art, home furnishings, and just about anything you can think of will be found on the Bound. The hours will be from 5:00p –? . Bearno's Highlands, Avalon, NV Tavern, Le Gallo Rosso, Jarfi's, Asiatique, Bristol in Highlands, Boom Bozz, Qdoba, Mark's Feed Store plus O'Shea's and Flanagan's on Baxter will host the BBC Bardstown Bound Bubbly Hours to celebrate this Happy evening offering drink specials, including cold BBC Beers with Live Local entertainment.

The cast of Bardstown Bound will donate proceeds to benefit the Gilda's Club Louisville located in the Highlands!

Cast of Bardstown Bound includes: Gilda's Club Louisville, Heine Brothers' Coffee-Eastern PKWY; Longest Avenue; Douglass Loop, Edenside Gallery , Luna Boutique, Clay & Cotton, General Eccentric, J. Shepard Cigars, Objects of Desire, Alcott & Bentley, WHY Louisville, Tree of Life. Longest Time, Swanson Reed Gallery, Keith's Hardware, Vault Liquors, Must Have Music and More, White Linen Tea Company, William Dean Salon, Salon Bacco, Cherry Bomb, The Cage, Lexi's Trading Post, CoCo's Chocolate Café, Quills Coffee on Baxter, WallaceStudios.com on Baxter, Pita Delights on Grinstead, Homemade Pie Kitchen, Wild and Woolly Video, Welcome To The Highlands of Louisville, Jarfi's, Asiatique, Bristol Highlands, Amazing Grace, Qdoba, Tony BoomBozz Bistro Highlands, Caspian Grille, Avalon, Bearno's Highlands, Mark's Feed Store, The Roost Inn, Le Gallo Rosso Bistro, NV Tavern plus O'Shea's and Flanagan's on Baxter!

Special Thanks to The Highland Commerce Guild, TheHighlandsoOfLouisville.com & BBC Beer Company

Two thoughts come to mind:

1. Awesome. Should make for a fun evening.

2. I was planning to go to the Boombozz Taproom for a slightly late (post-happy hour) dinner, potentially with a large group. I'm thinking that might be out of the question now. . .

Ellen,

No one checks the parking at Mid-City Mall. You'll be fine if you choose to park there. You can also park along Bardstown Rd. after 6pm (as long as it is a parking permitted spot).

Wow, that sounds like a great time. I'm glad I hadn't made any plans tonight, because I'll probably have to come out to this now.

Ellen-Thanks so much for posting!!! It was a nice night and most places had very nice crowds from what I saw...hope you enjoyed!!!

Sorry that people had a bad experience at Tony Boombazz. We ended our evening there, outside, with a couple of APAs. (Had a mini reunion with one of the managers who I had worked with many decades ago in another local restaurant!)

Before that, we had been at Flanagans, sitting outside again, with a couple of APAs. My grandparents bought a house on Morton back in 1941+, so it's kinda wierd to sit there and reminisce - drinking beer. (Back then it was comics, bologna, and licorise, and dime stores and junk shops.)

(We parked on a side street near the Bristol, dined at a nearby restaurant, walked to Flanagans, passed up our car and walked down to Tony Boombozz, then back to our car. Great night for walking and people watching. Hated to leave and go back to suburbia.)

For dinner though, our experience was disappointing.

Two servers kept coming by our table - sitting outside again - telling us how great the food was and how we will love this place. Constantly.

We ordered a bottle of wine $20+ and a big appetizer $12+. We waited to see how much we would want to eat next. We wanted to keep our appetizer on the table, but with such a small table, we opted for my husband to order the lasagna only and I would have a bite because I was getting full. Our server told us there would be a charge for sharing. Now I can see if we sat down and had water/cokes and then said we wanted to share a meal but we already had a $30+ tab in a moderately priced restaurant. (Very nice young man as our server.)

The constant stopping at our table, asking about our meal by these other servers, led me to suggest that it was disappointing to charge us for sharing an entree when we already had a $30+ tab. (I don't believe there wasn't anything on the menu about sharing - we still had our menus at that point.) They spoke to the chef and said they would make an adjustment in this type of situation.

My husband received his entree. (I guess we were being punished because he didn't get the salad that comes with all entrees and pastas.) One bite great - his opinion. I didn't taste. Next bite, cold. They had to reheat.

We didn't want dessert to make up for the evening. We were full and wanted to just get out of there.

We asked for a to go box. (They did take $5 off the meal. We had spent close to $50 with one entree. So, no we won't go back even though the wine was wonderful, the antipasto, the bread, and probably the entree. We should stick to sitting at bars. We can share a meal. Eat and drink as much or as little as we want.

Even though it should have been a lovely little dining spot, we just wanted to get the h*** out of there. Oh well. We were trying to find a substitute for our favorite Italian restaurant that closed. Also, our daughter and her husband love this place. The stars just weren't aligned correctly last night.

WE had a great time at BoomBozz---stayed until Midnight since the kids would not stop HoolaHooping! Babyfishmouth(duo) did a great job! We ate earlier at BoomBozz and had a 45 minute wait but did not mind since the kids were able to play on the front lawn...we left to walk around and then got on the Pool Party Express for a ride to Douglass Loop and back-Everyone seemed to be having fun!