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Epicurean Kentuckian: Favorite of the past, Angels 2015-04-12 - 101 Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Innocent Bystander. Lainey? Trilby? . An early food endorsement, recently found among our family stuff. The hieroglyphics have been translated, "I like the food at Angels." The restaurant was located in the building which is today the office of Attorney Hal Roach. Maybe someone else remembers it better. It had a long string of great proprietors and chefs. I remember Lainey Bennett's and her sister Trilby's tenure best. But before that, there was Mr. Wooten's Jiffy Castle, later Sonny Vaughn's ownership; then, I believe, Neal & Sarah & friends Angel's Cafe with a menu which seemed Woodstock and New York City inspired. There was one eggs and chili breakfast which no Mexican restaurant has ever matched here, before or since. Lainey and Trilby served every thing fresh and cooked to order. Lainey did the kitchen cooking - amazing stuff. And Trilby served pies with meringue as high as Lindsey Hill. It was in a day when everybody worked downtown. Our own Waggener-Walker Newspapers crew, just down the alley at 108 N Reed Street, could overwhelm Angel's and Coomer's and a couple of drug store lunch counters on busy days. That's me trying to look Italian and more important than the banker next seat over at the Angel's counter. One button buttoned on the collar, dressed in the finest polyester available. Maybe others remember, when they have time. - EW. (Photo maybe 1970s) Permalink | Comments?

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