{"id":113,"date":"2008-05-29T17:14:50","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T17:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/?p=113"},"modified":"2008-05-29T20:24:24","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T20:24:24","slug":"lynns-paradise-cafe-louisville-ky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"Lynn&#8217;s Paradise Cafe &#8211; Louisville, KY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepurplemoon.com\/blog\/paradise1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Lynn&#8217;s Paradise Cafe &#8211; 984 Barrett Avenue &#8211; Louisville, Ky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On a recent trip to Louisville I had the opportunity to revisit one of my favorite eateries &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lynnsparadisecafe.com\/\" title=\"Lynn's Paradise Cafe\">Lynn&#8217;s Paradise Cafe<\/a>. Lynn&#8217;s combines a fabulous kitschy decor with fabulous food and service making it a &#8220;must&#8221; stop for any trip to Louisville.<\/p>\n<p>Located at 984 Barrett Avenue, the restaurant is in a great part of the city with\u00a0fabulous vintage and antique shops. But the real attraction for me has always been the Paradise Cafe. The Cafe is widely known for their New Years\u00a0Eve and Day\u00a0pajama parties, the best post-Derby party\u00a0in the city and\u00a0for their\u00a0sponsorship of\u00a0&#8220;The Ugly Lamp\u00a0Contest&#8221; at the Kentucky State Fair each year.\u00a0 This contest reaps them many of the eclectic and bizarre lamps which are on\u00a0tables throughout the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>I had the black bean chili, which was devine, but their\u00a0menu was a hit with everyone I was with\u00a0and there was a lot of &#8220;you have to taste this&#8221; sharing at the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepurplemoon.com\/blog\/paradise3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepurplemoon.com\/blog\/paradise4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepurplemoon.com\/blog\/paradise5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepurplemoon.com\/blog\/paradise6.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Interior shots of Lynn&#8217;s Paradise Cafe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite items in the Cafe&#8217;s collection is the pants hanging in the lobby made from used tea bags &#8211; they welcome you to this fine establishment and offer a hint of the fun space your are preparing to enter!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thepurplemoon.com\/blog\/paradise7.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Tea Bag Pants &#8211; artist unknown &#8211; Lynn&#8217;s Paradise Cafe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So if you find yourself in Louisville anytime soon stop by Lynn&#8217;s. Tell them the modern guy sent you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynn&#8217;s Paradise Cafe &#8211; 984 Barrett Avenue &#8211; Louisville, Ky On a recent trip to Louisville I had the opportunity to revisit one of my favorite eateries &#8211; Lynn&#8217;s Paradise Cafe. Lynn&#8217;s combines a fabulous kitschy decor with fabulous food and service making it a &#8220;must&#8221; stop for any trip to Louisville. Located at 984 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/?p=113\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lynn&#8217;s Paradise Cafe &#8211; Louisville, KY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-life","category-modern-design"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justamodernguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}