Louisville food scene again recognized by industry group
Louisville continues to get notice in “best” lists compiled by one promotional group or another. This time it is the World Food Travel Association that has named Louisville the top contender in the category...
Le Moo gets national notice as a Top 25 Steakhouse
There are a lot of “Best” lists going around, an inevitable result of our clickbait age. But, recognition is recognition, and a new Louisville restaurant has recently been so recognized.
The Food Network has included...
8UP listed on Open Table’s Top 100
The on-line restaurant reservation site has mined its data and found the 100 “hottest” restaurants in America, based on the reviews to their site. 8UP Elevated Drinkery & Kitchen, atop the Hilton Garden Inn...
Goodwood Lager named best in state by Food & Wine magazine
In their recent state-by-state survey of craft brews, focusing on lagers, Food & Wine magazine determined that Goodwood Brewing Co.’s Louisville Lager deserves the crown for Kentucky beers.
The Food & Wine story considers craft...
AAA gives Louisville restaurants love with Diamond ratings
The Automobile Club of America – which every knows as AAA – has released its 2016 Diamond ratings, the way it distinguishes top restaurants, and five Louisville restaurants are among the top tier in...
Guy Genoud of Brasserie Provence named state’s top restaurateur
Last month the Kentucky Restaurant Association bestowed a variety of honors on owners and workers in the state’s restaurant industry. Among the most notable of the awards was the naming of Guy Genoud, owner...
Louisville again makes a “Best” list for food
Last year I was getting irked that places like Portland, Maine and Charleston kept getting media notice as great food cities, thinking, “How about Louisville already?” And now that the ol’ River City has...
National G names Louisville one of the world’s best food cities!
Unfortunately, what catches the National Geographic’s editors’ fancy, and therefore merits this seemingly exalted notice, is merely the Hot Brown, which the magazine’s web page describes as “an open-faced turkey sandwich on Texas toast...
Winston’s John Castro looking to win big at breakfast
John Castro, executive chef at Winston’s and culinary instructor at Sullivan University, has entered a contest, the Hometown Breakfast Battle, sponsored by Thomas’s English Muffins, hoping to beat out the 135 other chefs competing...
Alas! Lou comes in at # 2
Last Friday USA Today announced the winners of their Best Local Food Scene readers’ poll, and Louisville’s food scene did not garner enough vote to come in on top. But it was second, topping...