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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Sliders on wheels: White Castle food truck coming to Louisville
So we’ve learned 400-unit White Castle is launching a pair of food trucks: one in Louisville; the other in the chain’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
According to a report in BusinessWeek—which none of us thought covered things like Slider Truck deployments—in a few weeks, White Castle CraveMobiles will be dispatched first for private functions, then loosed upon public roads to spread the chain’s gospel of gaseousness.
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Granite City to bring craft brew, wood-fired pizza and seafood to Hurstbourne Lane
Minneapolis-based Granite City Food & Brewery restaurant plans to open a new restaurant on Hurstbourne Lane about this time next year.
With 28 units, Granite City is known for its extensive and wide-ranging menu featuring wood-fired pizzas, flatbreads, seafood, sandwiches, burgers, salads … you get the drift … about 90 freakin’ items, according to a news release from the company. Click here to see the lineup.
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Beer Engine brewpub eyeing 2013 opening in Germantown
If you know the process of any new restaurant opening, you’re likely aware that physically opening the facility often happens faster than the civic approval process.
Such is the case with Beer Engine, the microbrewery from Danville, Ky., that wants to open a second unit in Germantown in the old Zeppelin Café (1036 East Burnett, cattycorner from Check’s Café).
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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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Surprise! Sidebar at Whiskey Row now open to the public
Though the official grand opening of Sidebar at Whiskey Row isn’t scheduled until May 14, the better burger, cocktail-centered, classy-casual restaurant officially opened to the public this week for both lunch and dinner.
Located at 129 N. Second Street (directly across from the KFC Yum! Center, which will make it a prime spot for pre- and post-game grub), operating hours are 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Wednesday, and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
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Furloughed Meat cocktailers to shake at Angel’s Envy ‘pop-up bar’ on Main
Here’s a cool and unexpected Derby Week bar opportunity: Angel’s Envy (the super-premium bourbon made by master distiller Lincoln Henderson) is hosting a pop-up bar from tonight through Sunday at 400 E. Main St., right across from Slugger Field.
Hours are Thursday 4-9 p.m. and Friday through Sunday 5 p.m.-12 a.m. As is the case with any bar, all must be 21 or older to enter.
For a temporary spot, it’s purty cushy. Check out the picture.
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Cheers! Falls City brewing opens tasting room Saturday
File this one under… FINALLY!
David Easterling has talked about it for a long time, but come Saturday at noon, the owner of Falls City Beer will open his new tasting room at 545 E. Barrett Ave.
It is not a bar where you can expect to get beer by the glass. According to Easterling, it is a place designed as a stop to familiarize yourself with new Falls City products and get your growlers filled.
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Sidebar at Whiskey Row opening pushed back until May
Whether you’re an eager customer or a restaurant owner, there are few things more aggravating than a delayed restaurant opening. So common are these events that the old saying in the restaurant industry is, “Every opening is just one government inspection away,” though the government isn’t always to blame.
In the case of restaurants like Sidebar on Whiskey Row, a new operation going into a very old building, it’s commonly a construction issue. The building is more than 150 years old, and according operating partner Rich Ruth, putting modern toys into an ancient chest is causing a few delays.
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