Time to plan for special dinners
Two special dinners this week highlight the range of local chefs’ interests and ambitions. Thursday, Nov. 2, Varanese, 2106 Frankfort Ave., will host its second annual Pork and Pinot dinner, pairing wines from around...
History in the glass on the menu during De La Torre’s Raventos wine dinner...
Louisville diners are treated to lots of wine dinners, but this one appears to be a bit special.
The De La Torre’s (1606 Bardstown Rd.) Raventos wine dinner, set for Wednesday, May 22, at 7...
If you are sad about U of L’s disappearance from the NCAAs, Monkey Wrench...
Dennie Humphrey, owner of The Monkey Wrench, 1025 Barrett Ave., an inveterate Cardinals’ fan, will throw a rooftop party Friday, March 25 to try to assuage the anguish of U of L basketball fans...
Louisville restaurateurs move south for new venture
Louisville chef Bobby Benjamin, of La Coop: Bistro a Vins and restaurant concept guru Brett Davis, one of the owners of DC Management Corp. which owns Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse & Raw Bar, have...
Spanish Wine Dinner at Varanese
The wine dinners at Varanese, 2106 Frankfort Ave., give chef John Varanese and his crew a chance to branch out beyond the regular menu, and show the breadth of their kitchen skills.
The next such...
Coomes’s ham book inspiration for dinner at Seviche
Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m., Seviche chef Anthony Lamas will serve a 4-course dinner to celebrate the publication of “Country Ham:A Southern Tradition of Hogs, Salt and Smoke" by F&D columnist Steve Coomes.
As...
Winston’s hosts Orin Swift Cellars wine dinner
Thursday, Sept. 25. Chef John Castro of Winston’s, 3101 Bardstown Rd on the Sullivan University campus, will offer a 5-course menu paired with wines from the Orin Swift Cellars, which crafts interesting wines from...
That Place Downstairs opens in lower level of Mussels & Burgers Bar
It has been a busy couple of years for Fernando martinez, his wife Cristina, and his ever-growing crew. His fourth new restaurant, That Place Downstairs,is set to open next Thursday (March 27th).
Martinez, who started...
Grasshoppers is gone; After-party hopes to make debt go away too
An "After-party" to celebrate Grasshoppers Distribution, mourn its passing, and raise funds to retire its debt will take place Monday, March 17, 5-8 p.m. at Harvest, 624 E. Market St.
The effort to connect local...
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...
