Culinary adventures at Maysville’s Parc Café
AMY FRY’S HUSBAND, MARC, serves breakfast and brunch at their Maysville restaurant, the Parc Café. Their son, Henry, runs lunch. But every Friday and Saturday at 5:30 p.m., specialty dinners are Amy’s time to shine.
One week, she served north African shakshuka and South African bobotie with malva pudding for dessert. Another time it was Indian cuisine—a creamy chicken and tomato curry scented with dried fenugreek leaves, and saag aloo paneer, a vegetarian dish that features spiced spinach, potatoes and cubes of soft pressed cheese. “I never do the same thing twice,” she says.
If chicken and seafood paella or mushroom risotto with quail eggs isn’t your style, drop in for breakfast or brunch, where you can find familiar fare like biscuits and gravy, omelets and hashbrowns, as well as quirkier options like goetta and shishito hash.
All the bread at the Parc Café, from sandwich bread to English muffins to ciabatta, is baked in-house. “It just depends on what we want to do,” Amy says. “If I do grilled cheese, I’ll make a New York deli rye.”
The restaurant building, which is owned by Maysville businessman Bruce Carlson, was modeled on a historic cafe in Paris. “The restaurant itself is magnificent inside,” Fry says. “We get a lot of that from travelers from all over the world. They love the European look of the place.”
Located at 35 E. 2nd St. in Maysville, the Parc Café is open Monday–Saturday from 7 a.m.–2 p.m. Specialty dinners are served Fridays and Saturdays from 5:30 p.m. until sellout. For the latest updates and offerings, visit facebook.com/ParcCafeMaysville.
