Havana Rumba Express opens tonight
The folks from Havana Rumba and Mojito’s have opened a new concept on Bardstown Road at Douglas Loop.
This incarnation is part quick serve design-your-own entrée (think Qdoba with a Cuban and Spanish take) and part Spanish tapas bar.
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Food blog gives healthy eating a thug makeover
We’ve stumbled across a food blog that had us laughing hysterically to the point of tears.
But, if you are easily offended, this tip isn’t for you.
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A Guide to Farmers Markets
With fresh ingredients on consumer’s minds, local farmers markets continue to grown in numbers and popularity.
When Winter’s frosty tendrils recede from the earth, the blossoming of a familiar social phenomenon is not far off. Along with flowers, budding trees, and greening landscapes, neighborhood Farmers’ Markets start sprouting up with a growing vitality as summer rolls in.
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Now here is clever way to promote new extended hours.
Coals Artisan Pizza recently announced their extended summer hours. And to promote the extra hour each night, they are offering half-off pizzas during those extra hours.
Now you can enjoy the good food at Coals an extra hour every night—open until 10pm Monday through Thursday, until 11pm on Friday and Saturday and until 9pm on Sundays.
The half-priced pizza (dine in only) are available Mon-Thurs from 9pm-10pm, and Friday and Saturday pizzas are half off from 10pm-11pm.
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Wiltshire Pantry Bakery and Café is now open…
and we know where we are going for lunch today.
From the team that brought you Wiltshire Pantry (one of the top rated catering companies in the state) and Wiltshire on Market (a solid favorite in NuLu’s hot restaurant row) adds another venue that is sure to please.
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Food & Dining magazine wins multiple photography awards for 2012 work.
A series of images published in Food & Dining last year collected top honors last month in the 39th annual Louie Awards, an event produced by the American Advertising Federation’s Louisville Chapter.
The photos were shot by our longtime chief photographer, Dan Dry. In his day job, he is senior vice president/chief visual officer at Power Creative, a top local advertising and graphics design firm. In his other identity as one of the country’s best photographers, he has won over 400 awards, including a Pulitzer and National Press Photographer of the Year.
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Mayan Café goes soft-drink free, dumps sugary sodas
If you want a carbonated soft drink with your dinner, don’t expect to get one at Mayan Café.
Why not? Because co-owners Bruce Ucan and Anne Shadle are as serious about serving fresh drink as much as they are about serving fresh food.
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Good Restaurant Reads
If you liked ‘Kitchen Confidential,’ try these:
Anthony Bourdain is credited with creating the subcategory of “restaurant books” with his industry tell-all, “Kitchen Confidential,” though some other dandies came before it.
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Zagat Guide picks Sunergos as Louisville’s best stop for coffee
We bet that headline means “fightin’ words” to some who take their coffee and coffee houses personally.
The morning brew is not only a prized pick-me-up, people attach feelings to the coffee house experience—even when their noses are buried in their iPads and they’re not talking to anyone.
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Wiltshire to add another foodie Mecca.
From the team that brought you Wiltshire Pantry (one of the top rated catering companies in the state) and Wiltshire on Market (a solid favorite in NuLu’s hot restaurant row) is on the verge of another new venue — a retail bakery and café.
The appropriately named Wiltshire Pantry Bakery and Café will be located at what was most recently Joe Davola’s (901 Barret Avenue), just down the road from the Lynne’s Paradise Café.
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