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The lighting was extremely poor and the service was very very slow! In fact two of our meals were delivered to our table and my wife and friends wife sat there for 12 minutes waiting on their food to arrive. The table wobbled and you would slide out of your chairs. The tables and the chairs look like they needed to be in a cafe/diner. My salad was a la carte and cost me nine dollars. I had one broccoli stock and two potato wedges. I got a filet mignon on the bone steak and it was extremely under cooked and did not taste well.

The food was extremely expensive, the food portions were extremely small and the are are very few selections of food on the menu. We have been wanting to go to Repertoire Restaurant for a while now and last Friday we finally ate there.It was a bizarre experience! Appears as if they were trying to be a five-star restaurant in the strip Mall center location which is not going to work. We like to experiment with different restaurants. Treat yourself with its decadent menu and over-the-top service and continue to visit so that this local restaurant can settle in as a new staple in NKY and the Queen City. We go along with a couple of friends of ours and we try to go to restaurants in the Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati area. Repertoire is a new restaurant near Cincinnati that offers incredible food in an environment that is very much unique to the area. The phone number is (414) 374-4502.On Friday nights my wife and I typically go out to dinner. 'I want the people in the community to feel welcome here, no matter if they're looking to start their day with a business lunch or cap it off with dinner and a drink.'

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The whole building, he adds, will have free Wi-Fi. I attended culinary school at Johnson & Wales University and spent most of my.

I’ve been in the restaurant business since I was 13yrs old. 'We'll have a projection screen, video equipment and another bar down there,' says Currie. Repertoire in Florence, KY can be reached at 81. 'I didn't just want to open a bar in this neighborhood, I wanted to be able to do everything - work, live, shop - in this neighborhood.'Īnd downstairs, Currie and Franklin are converting the building's basement into a 'community room,' which the public can utilize for business meetings, gatherings and small parties, free of charge. 'Opening Garfield's 502 had a dual purpose for me,' he says. Upstairs from the restaurant, co-owner Currie is custom designing his soon-to-be new living quarters. 'Garfield's 502 is the catalyst and we're going to continue work with the City to bring more revitalization to this area.' 'It's taken some time, and we've all been patient, but Bronzeville is alive and well,' says McGee. The club's slogan - 'Swinging into the Future' - also works as an accurate motto for a neighborhood on the rebound. With a $3.6 million TIF designated to supporting developments and new businesses in the area, Barrett says that Garfield's 502 is one of the first of many investments sought to enhance the quality of life in the community. 'The City is committed to Bronzeville,' says Barrett. 1, is a big celebration for the community and the city officials involved in rejuvenating the Bronzeville district - the neighborhood surrounding North Avenue from Martin Luther King, Jr. The club, which first opened its doors on Jan. during the week, and stays open until 11 p.m. Chef Gus Kelly - the dean of culinary arts at MATC for 30 years - serves lunch and dinner seven days a week at Garfield's 502, with the menu ranging from $6 sandwiches (burgers, cold cuts, steak) to $14 jumbo shrimp dinners. 'A little R&B, a little reggae, and it's all local musicians.'ĭespite the focus on music, however, Franklin says that he and Currie are looking to establish their place as more of a restaurant. 'The music we have is old-school,' says Franklin. As the former Boobie's Place, a cultural institution and legendary blues bar founded by Everette 'Boobie' Moore, Garfield's 502 will uphold the tradition of hosting live music on Friday nights. Garfield's 502 is freshly remodeled, spacious and classy with a long, beautiful wood bar, plenty of table seating and a hardwood stage area for live music.įor the community, the site holds a lot of history. to lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the club Friday. Garfield St.Ĭompleting the two-year project, co-owners LaMarr Franklin and Jewel Currie celebrated by inviting Mayor Tom Barrett and Alderman Michael McGee Jr. 10 marked the grand opening of Bronzeville's newest entertainment and dining establishment, Garfield's 502, a music club and restaurant at 502 W.

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