Thursday, April 25, 2024

Chef Harold Baker meets Bobby Flay

But whether he beat Bobby Flay, we will have to wait to November to find out. Last Thursday, Harold Baker, Executive Chef at Gary’s on Spring, competed on the Food Network show “Beat Bobby Flay.”...

Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail lands on National Geographic’s 10 Best Spring Trips for 2013.

So National Geographic has named the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Tour a "Best Spring Trip" for 2013. Well, we’ll be darned—and darned proud. Seems the yellow-bordered magazine of our youths, the one packed with photographs of...

Lamas to cook sustainable seafood dinner at James Beard House

For his sixth outing at New York City’s culinary mecca, the James Beard House, Thursday, July 10, Anthony Lamas of Seviche–A Latin Restaurant, Bardstown Rd., will create a dinner using sustainably-harvested seafood. For several years...

More Raising Cane’s; fewer Applebee’s

The sixth Louisville location of the increasingly but inexplicably popular Louisiana-based fast food chain Raising Cane's, which specializes in chicken “fingers” (breaded and fried strips of tenderloin and breast meat) will open in the...

A winter treat: tamales and tequilas Mondays at Mayan Cafe

Monday evenings, January through March, Mayan Cafe, Market St., will offer tamale and tequila specials, in addition to the regular menu. Aged craft tequilas will be paired with Chef Bruce’s handmade tamales, with different...

Fork + Bottle dinners to start at Proof on Main

It is always fun to see what new ideas restaurants come up with to give new tweaks to the always-reliable wine dinner. Starting Thursday, Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m., Proof on Main, 702 W....

New menus at Asiatique and Brasserie Provence

With the fall weather comes new menu ideas from many restaurants. Two such restaurants undergoing seasonal change that have come to our attention are Asiatique, 1767 Bardstown Rd., and Brasserie Provence, 150 N. Hurstbourne...

Chef Brings a Taste of Louisville to Olympics in Sochi

It's a good thing Derby Day is still about 2 1/2 months away.  That will give David Danielson, executive chef for Levy Restaurants at Churchill Downs, some time to decompress from cooking at the...

Hilltop Theater to become Red Herring Cocktail Lounge

The iconic Clifton neighborhood movie palace, the Hilltop Theater, hasn’t shown a movie in decades, and has been under various stages of renovation and adaptation for a number of years now. But soon the...

Old Louisville’s Slice deli closes suddenly

Owner and chef Matt Davis has closed his sandwich shop and deli, Slice, at 1161 S. Second St., citing a number of factors related to the physical constraints of the building, sociological issues involving...