Restaurant tid-bits, October edition
I. Mesh restaurant opening date postponed
Mesh, the fine-dining concept being developed by Indianapolis-based Cunningham Restaurant Group, at 3612 Brownsboro Rd., has had its opening date postposed until February, 2015. The former site of Azalea...
The Bourbon Review lauds 8 Louisville bars
The Bourbon Review, a Lexington-based publication whose coverage is easily deduced from its name, has surveyed the country region by region to determine the 60 top bourbon bars nationwide. Eight of them are in...
Bourbons Bistro to fete distiller Jimmy Russell
Tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 13, Bourbons Bistro, 2255 Frankfort Ave., will host a four-course Wild Turkey Bourbon dinner to recognize Wild Turkey’s master distiller Jimmy Russell’s 60 years in the industry.
At the dinner, Russell will...
National accolades for El Camino, Comfy Cow and Mussel and Burger Bar
Three national publications, one analog print and two digital, have recognized three Louisville restaurants in a “Best of” category. The South’s premier upscale slick, Garden & Gun, listed El Camino, 1314 Bardstown Rd. in...
Ramsi Kamar to be feted as Food Hero
Ramsi Kamar, who is owner, along with his wife, of Ramsi Cafe on the World, Bardstown Rd., is one of three farmers to be honored as Local Food Heroes of 2013 at a Farm...
TripAdvisor named Mussel & Burger Bar among the America’s Best Burger Joints
The praise keeps rolling in for Louisville restaurants, and this time ace restaurateur Fernando Martinez’s Mussel & Burger Bar, 9200 Taylorsville Rd., gets a major nod.
TripAdvisor (self-proclaimed as the world’s largest travel site) announced...
Lamas to cook sustainable seafood dinner at James Beard House
For his sixth outing at New York City’s culinary mecca, the James Beard House, Thursday, July 10, Anthony Lamas of Seviche–A Latin Restaurant, Bardstown Rd., will create a dinner using sustainably-harvested seafood.
For several years...
Get the skinny about country ham in Coomes’s new book
Of note in the realm of pig news, F&D’s spirit columnist Steve Coomes (whose recent F&D article explains the intricacies of tequila very nicely, and discusses the affinity of that spirit with our native...
Important swine news: kudos for Down One Bourbon Bar
Restaurant Hospitality magazine, which covers the restaurant trade, recently declared the Three Little Pigs sandwich served at Down One Bourbon Bar, 321 Main St., as the best barbecue sandwich in the country.
The handsome, below-street...
Boombozz gets major shout-out from Pizza Today
Restaurant industry magazine Pizza Today ran a major feature in its May 2014 issue about Louisville pizza and craft beer magnate Tony Palombino, written by the magazine’s managing editor.
The story begins by noting the...
