Friday, April 19, 2024

PROFILES

Profiles of Restaurants, Chefs, Restauranteurs, Food Growers, Food Purveyors and more.

A Winning Legacy: Matt Winn’s Steakhouse at Churchill Downs

Matt Winn’s Steakhouse — The First Restaurant Open Year-round at Churchill Downs in 145 Years. Take a tour of Matt Winn's Steakhouse ________________________________________________________________________ To Celebrate Derby Day, we are taking another look inside Churchill Downs' newest restaurant. (This story...

Chef Q&A — Logan Sandoval

Logan Sandoval doesn’t look like your average chef. For one thing, he looks more like he should be running a Gold’s Gym than a kitchen. Sandoval began lifting weights in high school in Los...

Profile — Chad Coulter of LouVino and Biscuit Belly

From Pharm to Table A couple of young pharmacists are the entrepreneurs behind LouVino. (Originally published in the Summer 2019 issue of Food & Dining)  It’s early in the evening on a weeknight, and the sleekly contemporary,...

Wagner’s Pharmacy — Restaurant Profile

Wagner's Pharmacy | 3113 Fourth St. | 502.375.3800 (This story originally appeared in the Spring 2023 print issue.) Alive and Kickin’ After 101 years, Wagner’s is still Churchill Downs, and Churchill Downs is still Wagner’s. Standing at the Fourth...

Chef Q&A: Anthony Lamas

Anthony Lamas followed a girl to Kentucky from California in 1994. While that relationship didn’t last, Louisvillians have benefited from his marriage of Latin flavors and Southern ingredients ever since. After stints at several local dining...

Profile: The Hub — Doing a lot of good things well in one place

Louisville is a city of neighborhoods with distinct characters and residential charm. And many, like Clifton, Butchertown, Germantown and Portland, are experiencing renaissances as a younger generation chooses walkable urban neighborhoods with restaurants, services...

PERSONALITY, STYLE AND CREATIVITY SHINE AT LE MOO

Louisville is quickly becoming famous as a world-class food city. Its evolution in this regard over the past 25 years has been remarkable. From a few solitary outposts, the area has developed an abundance...

Vincenzo’s is ideal for a wedding anniversary meal — today, in fact

https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/summer_2023_vol._78_/30 From F&D's Summer 2023 issue, our 20th Anniversary compendium, comes this profile of Vincenzo's Italian Restaurant (downtown at 150 S. Fifth St.) Read it at the issuu link, and at some point when time...
Fernando Martinez, owner Ole Restaurant Group and El Taco Luchador

Profile — Fernando Martinez of El Taco Luchador and Olé Restaurant Group

Building an Empire Fernando Martinez has built a culinary empire in Louisville with staples like Havana Rumba, Mussel & Burger Bar and El Taco Luchador. Now he wants to expand beyond the city limits. (Originally published...

The Fish House – F&D’s restaurant profile

The Fish House | 1310 Winter Ave. | 502.568.2993 (This story originally appeared in the Summer 2021 print issue.) Moving to the Head of the Line Twenty-two centuries ago, when the Greek mathematician Archimedes was figuring out...