flabby's schnitzelburg-louisville,ky.

not much has changed at flabby's since 1952.
this is my kinda place,old school bar with food .
great food. ordered the speciality
devine dinner- lean,hand-pounded,lightley breaded pork
hunter brown gravywith mushrooms,also comes with kartoffel pancakes,w/ apple sauce on them,braised red cabbage & a appetizer, i went with the austern shooter(bloddy mix & oysters)& a side ofgerman potato salad

flabby's schnitzelburg
1101 lydia
louisville,ky.
502-637-9136
just east of I-65 in germantown
i will be stopping back
i will get pic s up soon

Wow - the name alone - thanks for the rec, phil! I am hoping we will get back to Louisville sooner rather than later...

they called him flabby because of his ears .



bloody mix & oysters

great place

Did you try the grilled limburger?

Those oyster shooters are pretty good. The schnitzel ain't bad either. I had their fried chicken the last time I was there and I likely will have it again. My wife goes bonkers for their fried chicken livers, but I think they're too heavily breaded (but I'm not exactly a connoisseur of fried chicken livers).
You can eat pretty well there for very cheap.
It's the first place my wife took me on our first trip to Louisville. We went at lunch. The only person working that afternoon was a nice old lady. Just before preparing our food orders, she said to me to go behind the bar and get our Fall City out of the drop-in. That's when I knew that Flabby's, really all of those Germantown neighborhood joints, are very special places.

Next time I'm in Louisville, I'll take some pictures of the Germantown bar-restaurants. I think people from Chicago will very much appreciate these places.

had fall city when i went ,it is great
i will get chicken next time

philw wrote:not much has changed at flabby's since 1952.

Flabby's closed in the summer of 2010.

Mazzoni's, another Louisville great, also shut its doors not long ago. This tavern, famous for rolled oysters, had been in business since 1884.

Also, Kaelin's, the self-described "birthplace of the cheeseburger," went out of business after about 75 years. That's three of Louisville's oldest and most famous eateries, gone.

i went by today and seen sign ?
it said closed for vactaion? but could not tell how long the sign was there .
ended up going to lynn's paradise cafe

philw wrote:it said closed for vactaion? but could not tell how long the sign was there .

According to this discussion Flabby's closed without warning in July. From what you say it sounds like it still might be intact. Hopefully it can reopen with a new owner.

Rene G wrote:

philw wrote:not much has changed at flabby's since 1952.

Flabby's closed in the summer of 2010.

Mazzoni's, another Louisville great, also shut its doors not long ago. This tavern, famous for rolled oysters, had been in business since 1884.

Also, Kaelin's, the self-described "birthplace of the cheeseburger," went out of business after about 75 years. That's three of Louisville's oldest and most famous eateries, gone.

Oh my. This is terrible. I'm from Louisville, Kentucky, and Mazzoni's and Kaelin's were fixtures. I've never heard of, or been to, Flabby's but I love a lot of those little unknown places in Germantown--remnants of a bygone era.

A sign of the times....too bad those places couldn't make it.