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    Ev's Deli

    4.9 (20 reviews)
    InexpensiveDelis
    Closed 7:00 am - 12:30 pm

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    Kelly J.

    Cat Box Deli is a great place to grab a quick lunch or breakfast in the downtown area. There's no space to eat in, it's just a spot to grab a quick bite, but the food is great. And the owner, and guy who works in the shop/makes your order, Evan, is fantastic! He's super friendly and always remembers everyone. Cat Box is located in the PNC building, so lots of the folks who work in there frequent the place, and you can tell. When you're in there placing an order it's not uncommon to see people welcoming each other by name and having more in-depth conversations with Evan than you would normally have during a food order/pick-up. It's great! Always puts me in a good mood to go in there and grab a bite. The breakfast is fantastic. They have breakfast sandwiches with your choice of bagels, croissants, flatbreads, bacon, ham, sausage, egg, cheese, hash browns, onions, peppers, etc. They also have cinnamon rolls and other pastries. And everything is really reasonably priced. You can get a hearty breakfast for under $4, including a drink. Lunch at Cat Box is also great. They have a daily special, which you can find located on a board inside the restaurant as well as on one outside the door, in case you're just a casual observer. I don't know the entire schedule, but I know that on Mondays the special is tacos and on Wednesdays it's nachos. I think Fridays may be BBQ pulled pork. It's an eclectic menu, ranging from salads and sandwiches, to more hearty fare like those items listed in the daily specials. They also have baked goods, like brownies and cookies, chips, soft drinks, bottled beverages, shakes, smoothies, and probably a lot of other stuff I don't know about or can't recall at the moment. I definitely recommend Cat Box Deli as a quick lunch or breakfast spot when you're in the downtown area!

    All the yumminess inside.
    Junibee W.

    Omg. I have fell in love all over again. The food is AMAZING and the owner is as amazing as the food. If your looking for a quick bite for breakfast or lunch this is the place!!! #foodie #breakfast #lunch #louisvillelove.

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    Hannah E.

    Smells delicious!! The aroma to this place is the first thing that caught my attention... After finishing up a meeting in the building, I was on my way out to the car and wanted to grab a quick bite to eat. I quickly grabbed my phone and looked up "cat box deli", the reviews made me want to give it a try! I was not disappointed, but I will say I was starving! The BBQ smelled amazing but I opted for a "chicken Philly" and a cookie. Pretty tasty, and hit the spot. The ciabatta bread was fresh and soft. It definitely has a greasy spoon type of feel and the smells from this place consume the air throughout the lobby. Definitely was not disappointed and would love to stop in and try another Sandwich the next time I come through here... The staff was extremely friendly as well!

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    1 year ago

    Divey, but great quick food and service. Essentially just a counter and a kitchen. Casual as can be.

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    This place is the best kept secret in downtown Louisville. Great food at the best price in the area.

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    Frank's Meat & Produce - Roast Beef sandwich

    Frank's Meat & Produce

    4.6(186 reviews)
    4.1 miPreston
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    This has been high on my list of places to visit for a long time. It didn't disappoint and was a…read morespecial place. It was smaller than I had imagined but it packs a mighty punch. The food - A lot of variety of sandwiches to choose from. My Turkey sandwich was packed with meat that overwhelmed the regular slices of bread. I had to add to it to bring flavor to it and would recommend adding thicker slices of bread to it. The baked were good. Loved the variety of fruit options, frozen items, fresh meat, and other things to try out. Garden section - Didn't know this existed in here. A variety of plants and flowers to choose from. Customer service- It was top notch from the counter and front store cashiers. Everyone was nice and on point. They kept lines moving which I appreciated too. So this is on my store rotation to try new things here!

    We pulled up to a line out the door. Seems like a good sign if that many people are interested. As…read morewe wove our way to the front of the line, several items in the store caught my attention. Several of the sauces look worth a taste. We arrived at the front of the line, and the line remained out the door. We ordered a corned beef on rye and a roast beef on white. We found our new favorite sandwich place. Total was $15.90 paid in cash. The bread was delicious. The meat was delicious. The veggies were fresh. The cheese was flavorful. We'll be back on a Thursday for the ribeye sandwich. We'll be back for the burger, the pork chop, and the ribs. There is a menu full of items we want to try because the deli sandwich was great. Highly recommend!

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    Good Belly Sandwich Shop

    4.6(84 reviews)
    4.1 miBardstown Road, Belknap
    $$

    Good Belly has made me realize that I need more Jewish delis in my life. I'm sadly bereft of delis…read morewhere I live, so when I come across one during my travels, I make it a point to visit. This deli hits all of the high points. Matzo ball soup? Si. Corned beef and pastrami sandwiches on rye bread? Oui. Black and white cookies? But of course. Latkes? Well, this one surprised me, because I didn't think a deli would serve latkes, but why the heck not? For good measure, there's even a signed and framed photo of Larry David hanging on the wall. This is my kind of place. The thing to get here is the corned beef with pickled cabbage. The sandwiches here are huge, but you can get half of a sandwich with chips, and it's just the right portion for a nice lunch. Along with my half corned beef sandwich, I got the matzo ball soup. That's a pretty big matzo ball hanging out there, like Seinfeld would say, but it's hanging out in a clear chicken consomme. The matzo is the size of a whiffle ball, practically. It's dense but gives way easily under the slight pressure of a spoon. It's a very satisfying and comforting soup. My children shared a grilled cheese sandwich, which they liked but were thrown off at first because the cheese they used in the sandwich was white. So if you have a kid who likes yellow/orange cheese, maybe keep that in mind. There are lots of tables inside and out, but Good Belly gets very busy, and we barely got a table. This is also a great place to get takeout, if you're not feeling like fighting the crowds.

    This was my second time eating here. The first time I really enjoyed it; the veggie sandwich wasn't…read moremy favorite, but I still liked everything enough. My boyfriend gets the corned beef and he loves it. The chocolate chip cookie was good too! This time around I got a side of coleslaw and their potato salad. The coleslaw was the best I have ever had. The potato salad was my second favorite I've had, only after my mom's. The coleslaw was light, crunchy, and flavorful. The potato salad had a really nice lemon flavor. The atmosphere is pretty cool in here! They've got a lot of movie and show references all around the place.

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    Safier Mediterranean Deli - BEEF SHAWARMA PLATE

    Safier Mediterranean Deli

    4.5(489 reviews)
    0.4 miFourth Street, Downtown
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    Salad was fresh, prices were good, ambience not great so we decided to take it out so that was…read morefine. The person taking our order frustrated me, he seemed more interested in his phone and he didn't seem to want to help when he said the item I wanted from the menu was not available. Finally I just ordered salad and hummus with pita. But I didn't get any pita with it. I guess I should have checked before I left the place. So salad with no dressing that I could taste (and I don't like a lot but this was definitely lacking something) and couldn't eat the hummus yet until I go buy some bread. My family got chicken shawarma and lentil soup. It was mediocre. Kind of sad because I had high hopes for the place. It seems like it has potential with fresh ingredients and good menu options. The presentation of all the food was really good too. Maybe I just caught them on a bad day. I would try it again just to make sure because I loved the fresh ingredients and good presentation and it seemed like they had lots of repeat customers as we sat waiting for our order to be filled. All those things lead me to believe I may have caught them on an off day.

    What is there not to love about Safier? Predictably delicious every time. The shawarmas are always…read morea hit - halal chicken or beef! The falafel is delicious and all of these sandwich options are very affordable. The most underrated item is the fries (so crispy and I don't know what they do to make the flavor so nice). The lentil soup is something we always like to have as well. Their platters and other specials are good, but I'm fond of the shawarma sandwiches so much.

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    The Café - Art Deeco aka BLT sandwich with pasta salad

    The Café

    3.9(637 reviews)
    1.5 miOriginal Highlands
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    My latest visit to The Cafe was a lunch order for the BBLT - a BLT with bourbon bacon jam. I…read morerequested mine on the side and for me, that was a good decision. A little goes a long way. The bacon was thick and a great portion. The fries are thin and super salty. I'd recommend a different side to go with your sandwich. I noticed a pick two for a salad, soup, or sandwich. It included a drink, which made it a good deal. The menu offers several breakfast and sandwich items, plus bakery, salads, and sides. Plenty of seating and I enjoyed the brightness of the main room with its high ceilings. We had a table of 40+ people. The food came out together and our server hustled with a smile.

    The cafe is a beautiful restaurant and space, but my most recent visit was disappointing…read more Upon getting to the restaurant, the main doors were open to let in freah air which was great! I started off with a diet coke and it fell flat. The menu listed a fountain drink and it was coke served from a soda gun. The carbonation wasn't strong and didn't last past the first few sips. I ordered off the breakfast menu and got the huevos rancheros and a blueberry muffin. The eggs were cooked to order and the potatoes were delicious! The muffin was okay. It was a bit on the dry side and would be skipped next time. My friend got a BLT and wasn't impressed. One piece of bread was soft while the other was hard, almost stale. It's a beautiful space but the meal was a disappointment.

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