Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Smoketown USA, the Café to be featured on Food Network tonight

Tonight, Monday, Aug. 10, Food Network’s “Southern Fried Road Trip” will encounter Kentucky foods, featuring Louisville’s Smoketown USA, the funky barbecue restaurant and flea market at the corner of Oak and Logan Sts., and...

National Geographic gives shout-out to Moonshine U.

National Geographic has a long reputation of hyperbole in headlining its stories, but hyperbole is part of marketing, right? And whether or not the wording is a bit exaggerated, it is always fun to...

Bourbons Bistro achieves international recognition as Bar of the Year

On February 8 during a live-streamed broadcast of the "Icons of Whisky" awards, Bourbons Bistro was recognized as "Bar of the Year." The awards were sponsored and presented by American Whisky Magazine. The complete awards...

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...

Local Chef Ed Lee news – new TV show, a pair of restaurants and more

There is a lot of Ed Lee news in recent weeks. Restaurateur Edward Lee, of 610 Magnolia and Milkwood renown locally, in addition to opening soon Whiskey Dry at Fourth St. Live!, is planning a...

Jewish Family & Career Services salutes international Americans with the 2020 Mosaic Awards

The nonprofit Jewish Family & Career Services (JFCS) was founded in 1908 and provides comprehensive human services in the Louisville area. JFCS ... serves the entire community with programs focusing on family, work, education, older...

Icons of Whisky: Bourbons Bistro is Bar of the Year (again)

For the second year in a row, Bourbons Bistro was awarded Bar of the Year (2023), a sub-category of the prestigious Icons of Whisky awards presented by American Whisky Magazine. The Icons of Whisky Awards...

It’s starting to look a lot like Derby

Perhaps the cold weather will have retarded the blossoming of the  dogwoods enough so that that mystical concurrence, Derby and dogwoods in bloom, might actually happen this year. As we wait to see, Derby Festival...

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...

Big honor: Louisville chosen to host James Beard Foundation Boot Camp

We know, the headline ain’t so sexy, but we’re sticking with the facts and hoping you read further—because this event is significant for li’l ol’ Louisville. Our fair city has been chosen to host the...