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Life can be chock-full of stress. Some folks go to the gym, some meditate and some medicate for relief. How about going
to a place where you can chill out and get a really good meal, too?...More Natasha's Cafe is one of the loveliest new spaces I've seen in a long time. Its interior is more like an art gallery than a cafe. It's spacious, loftlike and very urban... More Natasha's Cafe serves up adventure in dining...More It's like a kind of kooky around-the-world Cracker Barrel, but just off the Internet superhighway...More ...In 2001, Natasha's opened a downtown café, and I reviewed it then, too. It was better — much better. It had found its niche. And ever since Natasha's opened on the Esplanade, the crowds have gotten bigger, it has expanded to include sidewalk dining, the import half of the business moved into its own space next door, and now, Natasha's has full bar service and live entertainment or something going on almost every night... More |
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Take a young chef from the Chicago area, a boutique selling crafts from around the world, an interior that looks like Sydney Greenstreet's Blue Parrot Cafe in the movie "Casablanca" (except it's a lot cleaner) and you have Natasha's Cafe in Lexington...More |
| Arts Across Kentucky | (Natasha) describes her cooking style as “not Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian, or Polish, but also somewhat Armenian, Georgian, and Greek, with a touch of Bulgarian travel, a visit from Chinese friends, and a dreamy flavor of my Cuban first love. More |
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Soho comes to the Bluegrass at Natasha's Cafe, with the funky-elegant atmosphere of a New York City bistro in a quintessentially southern city. Diners in downtown Lexington enjoy an array of original dishes in the cafe and can browse merchandise from around the world in the gift boutique. More |
| Kentucky Kernel | It's so personal," said Tara Atkins, the director of public relations, marketing and booking at Natasha's. "It is almost like a conversation with a new friend." The series helps KSA raise money, provides a venue for the storytellers...More |
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One of Kentucky's leading CEO recruits recalls that in the process of weighing whether to relocate to Lexington from one of the nation's major cities, he and his wife were "on the fence" and decided to discuss it over dinner. It was the experience of an evening in the cultural and ethnic-rich ambience of Natasha's Bistro, they said, that sent them over the edge... More What does dark comedy have to do with one of the brightest spots in our downtown cityscape? Well, you could say, metaphorically speaking, that it relates to the challenges faced by Gene and Natasha Williams when they set their sites on becoming a Lexington landmark. More "It wasn't long after moving our restaurant Natasha's downtown to a generous welcome by the downtown community, ample press coverage and great food reviews that we found ourselves taking up collections from friends to meet payroll. This was in 2002, and we needed to act. |
