Voice-Tribune review by Robin Garr
Nearly three millennia past, before the glory that was Greece or the grandeur that was Rome, the emperor Cyrus the Great presided over the Persian Empire, extending from Eastern Europe through Southwestern Asia to northern India in the greatest empire that the world to that time had known.Fast forward 2,700 years to modern Louisville and say hello to Majid’s, now open in St. Matthews with a new restaurant that shows considerable promise in its blend of the flavors of modern America and all the nations that made up Cyrus’s empire.
It is the namesake restaurant of Majid Ghavami, a leading figure in the Louisville dining hierarchy, who came to Louisville from Iran as a young man and worked his way up through front-of-the-house posts at Casa Grisanti and Vincenzo’s before he opened his own restaurant, Saffron’s, and took over as general manager of the highly regarded Volare.
Now that Majid’s is open in Chenoweth Square, Ghavami will preside as amiable host while retaining his management role at Volare; he has sold Saffron’s to a friend, who will continue its Persian delights downtown.)
Majid’s opened quietly last month, with a menu of small plates on the bar side only. The full restaurant, nicely redecorated in subtle lavender, silver and black, opened for lunch and dinner this month. It’s a bit early for a full review, but we couldn’t resist dropping in for an early lunch last week.
Read the review on LouisvilleHotBytes:
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/majid ... t-matthews
Majid’s St. Matthews
3930 Chenoweth Square
618-2222
http://www.majidstmatthews.com
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