PROFILES

We live in a microwave world where most people expect to get what they want immediately. But Chef John Varanese is proof that a little delayed gratification can be just as sweet. Varanese fell...

After 30 years, Equus and its owner-chef Dean Corbett are still cooking for fans in St. Matthews In August, Equus reached a milestone few restaurants in Louisville's history have achieved: 30 years in operation. Chef-owner Dean...

Matt Weber will be the first to tell you he’s not part of Louisville’s chef fraternity. But he is part of a restaurant family of sorts, working since he was 18 in Nancy Shepherd’s Uptown...

The little girl who learned to cook in her grandmother's New Mexican kitchen has grown up to bring a sophisticated option to the candy connoisseurs of Louisville Metro. A few years ago, 29 year-old Erika Chavez-Graziano...

Burress and Mucerino pair-bonded at Sullivan College ten years ago and worked their way together through kitchens including Blu, Jeff Ruby’s, and Seviche before opening Hammerheads, the popular gourmet-bar-food dive in Germantown. In February —...

Patrick Roney spent 10 years working as a private chef on yachts. He moved to Louisville two and a half years ago with one goal in mind – to work at the Oakroom, Louisville’s...

A closer look at Lotsa Pasta, a Louisville deli.

Wagner's Pharmacy | 3113 Fourth St. | 502.375.3800 (This story originally appeared in the Spring 2023 print issue.) Alive and Kickin’ After 101 years, Wagner’s is still Churchill Downs, and Churchill Downs is still Wagner’s. Standing at the Fourth...

Chilakiles Restaurant (5600 National Turnpike) has maintained a regular Facebook presence throughout the pandemic period, and is celebrating Cinco de Mayo today until 8:00 p.m. Last year Michael L. Jones profiled the South End...

Josh Moore grows his own—produce, that is, on a 10-acre farm near Taylorsville. When the fruits and vegetables are ripe, they end up plated at Volare, where Moore is executive chef and partner. Outside the...