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(Web Editor / Columnist / Feature Writer) An entrepreneur, educator, and innovator with more than a quarter-century of hands-on experience and expertise as a brewer, restaurateur, and commentator. As the leader of New Albany’s Sportstime Pizza/Rich O’s Public House (which later became New Albanian Brewing Company), Baylor played a seminal role in Louisville’s craft beer renaissance. Currently, he is the beer director at Pints&union in New Albany. Baylor’s “Hip Hops” columns on beer-related subjects have been a fixture in F&D since 2005, and he was named the magazine's digital editor in 2019.
 Here is the text from Dundee Tavern's announcement at Facebook last week. 🎉🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉🍕 Good News!!🍕 Dundee Tavern is announcing we are becoming the 10th location of Derby City Pizza in the Greater Louisville area. We will change our name,...
Karen and Jon Riddle, who got their start with the fast casual Chicken Salad Chick franchise four years ago in Jeffersonville, will open another CSC location at Oxmoor Center (7900 Shelbyville Road in St. Matthews) on Wednesday, April 24. https://foodanddine.com/chicken-salad-chick-fast-casual-restaurant-coming-to-jeffersonville-town-center/ If...
“Edibles & Potables” is our Sunday morning slot for stories that range beyond our metropolitan Louisville coverage area. Dad’s Coffee, located at 2204 Dundee Road in the Highlands, will close on April 27. While the loss of an independently-owned coffee shop...
Yes, we know: EVERYONE within a hundred-mile radius of Louisville is familiar with the Kentucky Oaks, but just in case outsiders are tuning in, here's a pertinent refresher encouraging them to join in the fun. The Kentucky Oaks race is...
https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/vol_81_-_spring_2024/18 Our editor-in-chief and columnist Marty Rosen surveys The Cottage Inn (570 Eastern Parkway) for the current print edition of F&D (Spring 2024). The venerable Highlands eatery closed briefly in 2021 owing to pandemic disruptions, but new owners Kevin and Daniela...
A few weeks ago I was asked about the wooden church pews that may or may not still offer seating on the pub side at NABC’s Pizzeria & Public House in New Albany, formerly Rich O's Public House and...
(This week's "Hip Hops" will appear on Thursday 18 April) Today restaurateur Jared Matthews revealed that The Black Rabbit (122 Sears Ave. in St. Matthews) has been sold. The new owners are Sherman Lewis, Herman Lewis and Keith Kelley. Matthews offered his...
In 2024 Apron Inc. is staging happy hour “friend-raisers” at different locations on the last Wednesday of each month. The next event takes place on Wednesday, April 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Monnik Beer Co. (1036 E....
The inaugural Louisville Taco Week came about in 2021, making this year's iteration the fourth, which starts today (April 15). Why the whole week? The organizers have your answer: “Because Taco Tuesday Isn't Enough.”  Participating restaurants include Agave & Rye, Bakersfield,...
Apparently I don't get out much; then again, perhaps the flat white has not made the long trek to come from abroad and roost amid Louisville's caffeinated trend-consciousness. A flat white is a coffee drink consisting of espresso and steamed milk....