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I used to consider myself a Mexican food snob.  Having lived in Phoenix briefly in the late 90’s, I think I know Mexican food. Way back when, I grew up on Chi-Chi’s and the original Tumbleweed (before it became a chain and started to go wrong).  Before I started eating better and healthier, I would have Mexican food at least twice a week.  You name it, I ate it-at least once.
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Expanding our horizons here at LouisvilleLunch.com, with our first podcast! Join Sammy and Oscar as they review Ollie’s Trolley in Old Louisville.

Ratings:
Sammy: 7/10
Oscar: 8/10

Cost: $11.75
Phone: (502) 583-5214
Address: 978 S 3rd St | Louisville, KY 40203
Website

Editor’s Note: Everyone please put your hands together for our new LouisvilleLunch.com blogger, Molly! She answered the call for lunch review bloggers and after looking at her site, we knew she would fit right in here. Maybe even teach us a trick or two about writing. So, take it away, Molly! Welcome aboard!

I have to admit as my first review for LouisvilleLunch.com-I played it safe.  I have been to the Shiraz on Hurstbourne before, but this was a new adventure out to the location off English Station Road.  It is a little off the corporate beaten path, but people who work in the Blankenbaker cooridor are better off heading this way for lunch than Hurstbourne Parkway. [...]

Psst…wanna write reviews for LouisvilleLunch.com?

If you:

• love eating out and trying restaurants (even if it’s for dinner)
• want to have your opinions be heard
• don’t want to get paid or get free food
• want to be just, like a tad more famous than you already are,

then Sammy’s looking for you! Please send a sample review to sammy@louisvillelunch.com and if I like it, you’re in!

Man, what a deal for someone! ha ha

Thanks to Ms. Michelle Jones for the scoop…

More info (and the menu!) here!

Hey ev’ryone…remember me? I’m Sammy, Louisville’s favorite lunch review blogger.

Anyway, after some job changes, and other stuff, I’ve decided to come back and start reviewing my lunch spots again. With this recession and all, I’ve kinda been eating badly (i.e. fast food). And since my M.O. here has always been to not review chains and fast food, I’ve been kinda quiet. Plus, everyone pretty much knows what those places taste like. Those chains spend millions of dollars making sure that it’s the same junk in Louisville as it is in Sante Fe.

There have been some exciting and sad changes in the Louisville restaurant scene since I’ve been gone…

• Beloved restaurants that have closed:
  • Browning’s (which is supposed to be re-opening very soon…YAY!)
  • Park Place
  • Kaelin’s (birthplace of the cheeseburger)
  • Oak Street Pizza
  • Market on Market
  • Primo
• And some new faces that I’m ready to try out:
  • Bunz (on Baxter Ave. next to Wick’s – Formerly Omar’s Gyros)
  • Boombozz Pizza & Tap House (renovation and expansion of the Highlands’ location
  • The new Quill’s Coffee location (on Baxter)
  • Jimmy John’s popping up on every corner
  • KENTUCKY GRILLED CHICKEN!!!

So, I’m happy to be back and I’ll try to blog a bit more frequently. As long as people keep readin’…

Okay, first Market on Market and Primo, now this?

What a sad Press Release. Plus, what am I going to do without She-Devil?

Park Place and Browning’s Restaurant to Close This Weekend

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (October 11, 2008) – - Park Place Restaurant and Browning’s Restaurant and Brewery will officially close their doors this Saturday, Oct. 11 after dinner service.

“We have had many years of success,” said Susan Friedrich, general manager for both restaurants. “Although we have seen a steady increase in business, we feel the current state of our national economy will prove to prohibit the sustainability of our success. We are extremely grateful to all of our supporters and will miss them at our tables.”

Park Place Restaurant received rave reviews after opening in 2004. This fine dining restaurant established itself as one of the city’s top tables with farm fresh local ingredients and inventive dishes. Park Place has enjoyed many accolades including awards from AAA, Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast.

Browning’s Restaurant and Brewery is an upscale gastropub with a similar philosophy of using fresh local ingredients. The brewing facility, housed within the restaurant, produces several brews including She Devil IPA and Bourbon Barrel Stout.

Park Place on Main and Browning’s are located at 401 E. Main Street.

I had always heard that the Granville Inn had one of the best hamburgers in Louisville. I think I’ll be able to back up that claim now. This charming Old Louisville haunt is typically filled with regulars watching one of the many flavors of ESPN, drinking a beer and enjoying some really good pub food. Now, I think Jam and I are regulars here, or at least our ol’ buddy, Jessica makes us feel like we are. In early June, we came here 2 days in a row, which is a first for LouisvilleLunch.com. Read on to find out why… [...]

Wick’s is one of those places that almost doesn’t need a review. You’ve more than likely been there before, and either really love it or not so much. Me? I love it. My wife thinks they put too much cheese on their pizza. There is no such thing as too much cheese on a pizza in my humble opinion. That’s like saying there’s too much wet in this water. After the jump, read on about how delicious Wick’s Pizza is… [...]

I’ve been hearing so much about this place, that I figured I should get around to checking it out. In August, they are also opening another location where SideStreet/Deli @ Douglass Loop used to be. That’s my neck of the woods, so I thought I’d get a head start and go ahead and fall in love with the place. Everyone else is, it seems! (for reasons I’ll get to after the jump…) [...]