Cat Box Deli

This place is the best kept secret in downtown Louisville. Great food at the best price in the area.

Cat Box Deli is a great place to grab a quick lunch or breakfast in the downtown area. There’s no space to eat in, it’s just a spot to grab a quick bite, but the food is great. And the owner, and guy who works in the shop/​makes your order, Evan, is fantastic! He’s super friendly and always remembers everyone. Cat Box is located in the PNC building, so lots of the folks who work in there frequent the place, and you can tell. When you’re in there placing an order it’s not uncommon to see people welcoming each other by name and having more in-​depth conversations with Evan than you would normally have during a food order/​pick-​up. It’s great! Always puts me in a good mood to go in there and grab a bite.
The breakfast is fantastic. They have breakfast sandwiches with your choice of bagels, croissants, flatbreads, bacon, ham, sausage, egg, cheese, hash browns, onions, peppers, etc. They also have cinnamon rolls and other pastries. And everything is really reasonably priced. You can get a hearty breakfast for under $ 4, including a drink.
Lunch at Cat Box is also great. They have a daily special, which you can find located on a board inside the restaurant as well as on one outside the door, in case you’re just a casual observer. I don’t know the entire schedule, but I know that on Mondays the special is tacos and on Wednesdays it’s nachos. I think Fridays may be BBQ pulled pork. It’s an eclectic menu, ranging from salads and sandwiches, to more hearty fare like those items listed in the daily specials. They also have baked goods, like brownies and cookies, chips, soft drinks, bottled beverages, shakes, smoothies, and probably a lot of other stuff I don’t know about or can’t recall at the moment.
I definitely recommend Cat Box Deli as a quick lunch or breakfast spot when you’re in the downtown area!