• City Cafe
    City Cafe is a lunchtime favorite among the downtown office crowd. Its creative (and reliably good) lunches and dinners are based on cuisines from around the world. Few restaurants do more for the cause of soup.
    459-5600
    citycafelunch.com
    $ | Highlands | Cafes
  • J. Graham's Cafe
    The Brown Hotel’s more casual restaurant provides a chance to eat the Hot Brown at its natal site — along with other sandwiches, salads and entrées. Features a lunch buffet on weekdays and a contemporary a la carte menu. Breakfast buffet on weekends.
    583-1234
    brownhotel.com
    $$ | Downtown | Cafes
  • Highland Morning
    Highland Morning is the new antidote to a night of drinking on Bardstown Road. Breakfast dishes like burritos and bacon and eggs are served 24/7. Lunch and dinner items are also available.
    365-3900
    $ | Highlands | Cafes
  • The Cafe
    The perennially popular eatery offers outdoor seating and a brunch menu served all day Saturday and Sunday. The tomato-dill soup is a house specialty, and salads and sandwiches include names like The Naturalistic and The Louis XIV (chicken salad with apple slices and lettuce).
    589-9191
    thecafetogo.com
    $ | Downtown | Cafes
  • Michele's on Goss
    Chef Michele Brinke offers a selection of soups, salads and sandwiches to the lunch crowd at the Goss Avenue Antique Mall. On weekends the brunch menu includes four different kinds of eggs Benedict, pancakes that sound like dessert (S'mores and Peanut Butter Cup), and crepes with sweet or savory fillings.
    409-5909
    michelesongoss.com
    $$ | Germantown | Cafes
  • Ghyslain on Market
    Breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert are served at the latest restaurant opened by Canadian chocolatier Ghyslain Maurais. The menu has a European flair with dishes like the Pan Bagna Nicois sandwich and Greek quiche. For breakfast, there’s a full selection of French pastries. And of course you can’t forget the chocolates.
    690-8645
    ghyslain.com
    NuLu/East Market | Cafes
  • "That Place" on Goss

     

    502-409-5409
    thatplaceongoss.com
    $ | Germantown | Cafes
  • Tiffany Cellar Cafe
    Watch your step when you duck into this lower-level lunch spot: Its cozy dining rooms are crammed with antiques from Head House Antiques and Uniques, which is located upstairs. Try the Benedictine, bread pudding with bourbon sauce or homemade soups.
    245-4411
    $ | Middletown/Eastwood | Cafes
  • Meridian Cafe
    Breakfast lovers shouldn’t miss Meridian Cafe. Offerings include superb French toast, a bagel sandwich with smoked salmon and wilted spinach, and hearty pastrami hash. If you’re more into lunch, check out the white bean burger or shitake mushroom sandwich.
    897-9703
    themeridiancafe.com
    St. Matthews | Cafes
  • Blue Horse Cafe & Terrace
    Located at the Crowne Plaza hotel the Blue Horse serves distinctively Bluegrass cuisine such as Hot Browns and Kentucky farm-raised catfish. Features a fully-stocked bourbon bar.
    367-2251
    cplouisville.com
    $$ | Preston Highway | Cafes