Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Apron, Inc Awards Ballotin’s Paul Tuell, Chef Ellen Gill McCarty

Apron, Inc held its annual fundraiser "Taste of Independents" on Sunday at the beautiful Olmsted. As people wandered and enjoyed the band, silent auction and tasting of many bites and beverages, Apron, Inc announced...

Julie DeFriend named GM for 8UP

Julie DeFriend, who has had a long and varied career in several top area restaurants, has been named General Manager at 8UP Elevated Drinkery & Kitchen, the restaurant atop the Hilton Garden Inn at...

It’s starting to look a lot like Derby

Perhaps the cold weather will have retarded the blossoming of the  dogwoods enough so that that mystical concurrence, Derby and dogwoods in bloom, might actually happen this year. As we wait to see, Derby Festival...

Shirley Mae’s, Quills earn “Best” titles

Two iconic Louisville dining spots have recently earned recognition in their respective fields. Shirley Mae’s Café, 802 S. Clay St. has been listed # 66 of The Daily Meal’s list of "America's 75 Best...

TripAdvisor named Mussel & Burger Bar among the America’s Best Burger Joints

The praise keeps rolling in for Louisville restaurants, and this time ace restaurateur Fernando Martinez’s Mussel & Burger Bar, 9200 Taylorsville Rd., gets a major nod. TripAdvisor (self-proclaimed as the world’s largest travel site) announced...

Louisville Chefs bring home more accolades.

“Best Chefs America Presents: The American South,” the first in a series of regional guides to American cuisine, has recognized a number of Louisville chefs. Included in 2014 edition are Bobby Benjamin, Adam Burress, Kathy...

AAA gives Louisville restaurants love with Diamond ratings

The Automobile Club of America – which every knows as AAA – has released its 2016 Diamond ratings, the way it distinguishes top restaurants, and five Louisville restaurants are among the top tier in...

A Taste of Independents to benefit APRON

APRON Inc., a nonprofit that provides financial assistance to employees of local independent restaurants in need of help with emergency expenses, will benefit from a dinner Sunday, July 10, at The Olmsted. Dubbed “A...

DiRoNA Conference in October another feather in cap of Louisville food scene

Chefs and restaurateurs from the U.S., Canada and Mexico will meet in a Distinguished Restaurants of North America conference Oct. 5-8 at the Brown Hotel. DiRoNA was founded in 1990 to raise dining standards and...

USA Today: Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail makes list of ’10 amazing road trips’

OK, so we already knew this, but it’s always nice to see the out-of-towners acknowledge it: Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail landed on USA Today’s list of 10 amazing road trips. The story, which ran in late...