Saturday, April 20, 2024

Galt House invading Whiskey Row

Galt House owner/operator serves three shots of new business to Whiskey Row. Insider Louisville: Three new locally-owned restaurants will soon be filling out the rapidly-growing Whiskey Row on Main Street downtown. Al J. Schneider Company – owner/operator...

Structural problems plague Hilltop Tavern

Anyone who has lived in and struggled to maintain an old building can commiserate with the problems (old plumbing, weakened floor structure) that forced Hilltop Tavern, 1800 Frankfort Ave., to close suddenly earlier this...

Dining out on Thanksgiving

Perhaps not as popular a dining date as Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving nevertheless draws many people to restaurants, for two good reasons: the food is prepared by someone else, and there is no cleanup. And,...

Asiatique’s new menu and Thursday wine dinner

Normally, we put new menu information in our press release section because it’s not always news. The new lineup at Asiatique, however, is an exception because, well, it’s exceptional. Asiatique executive chef and co-founder Peng...

Lilly’s hosting extravagant Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon dinner Nov. 13

Don’t sleep through this news, even though it contains the name, Rip Van Winkle … If you like Pappy Van Winkle and count yourself among the famously frustrated bourbon fans who never even get to...

Josh Moore: A Rising Star Ready To Shine

Scattered around the fields of Josh Moore’s farm in Taylorsville are several pieces of antique farm equipment. To some they might look like rusting hulks, but Moore appreciates the way time and weather have turned...

Jay’s Cafeteria getting new life as business incubator

The glory days of Jay's Cafeteria are long over. Before it closed six years ago, it was a meeting place for politicians from across the city, families dining after church on Sunday, and those-in-the-know...

A profile of Fernando Martinez — whose The Place Downstairs opens this week

Fernando Martinez has the golden touch with restaurants. Here’s why 2014 will be his biggest year yet. It’s December 2013, and Fernando Martinez is weeks away from opening two new restaurants: a taqueria in the...

Does Governor Beshear’s mask mandate stand? COVID-19 would like to know

Perhaps tellingly, Joe Sonka's story this afternoon at the Courier Journal is filed under "politics," not "public health" or "civic responsibilities." Will Beshear's mask mandate go into effect today? Judge's order may put it 'up...

July 4th feasting at the booths in 19th century New York City

Before microwave ovens, food trucks and UPS-airlifted fish; before Lite beer, ABC permits and uniform drinking ages; and before Viagra, penicillin and Rolaids—before a great many aspects of modernity as we regard such today,...