Bearno's By the Bridge

Monday night in Louisville. Not much happening. I know what I'll do. I'll go watch Monday night football and have some pizza and beer. Well, the game was completely f^#*& up (it was the infamous Green Bay/Seattle replacement refs fiasco) and I was completely underwhelmed by this place. I don't know what passes for good pizza in Louisville, different cities have different standards, but this was a little short of mediocre to me. The service was lacking, too. All in all, I was disappointed.

I had one of their sandwiches because they don't deliver slices.  Enjoyed the SUBMARINE GONDOLA and a slice of their Derby Pie - both were excellent.

Would recommend. Not the greatest in the world but definitely one of the best I have tried in L'ville.

I've been re-trying some of the downtown delivery hot spots this week in the hopes that at least one of them would redeem themselves and become my new "go to" place.  Bad news, Bearnos isn't going to be the place.  I placed an order tonight for a chicken parmesan sub, fries, and a slice of Kentucky silk pie.  The delivery service took an hour to travel five blocks.   The fries were  frozen crinkle fries that had been tossed into a fryer and cooked to a decent temp.  Okay but not worthy of much comment.  The sub was a (clearly premade frozen) breaded chicken patty with cheese and marinara sauce on a hoggie bun.  The spicy flavors in the (probably) frozen chicken breading overwhelmed the entire sandwich and destroyed the flavor profile of the marinara or cheese.  Additionally, the bread in the hoggie roll and the chicken breading soaked up the marinara leaving the sandwich feeling very dry.  However, the Kentucky silk pie was surprisingly tasty.  Not being originally from Kentucky, I cannot speak to whether it is an authentic Kentucky silk pie, but it resembled a wipped chocolate mousse on a sticky graham cracker crust.  I pride myself on being able to stand up to the richest of sweets but this was rich enough to nearly take down my sweet tooth.  Still, while I may stop in for a slice of pie, I can't justify ordering $15 of subpar food (the delivery minimum) in order to justify that $3.99 slice of goodness.