Thursday, April 25, 2024

Kentucky Taco Company Opening Store Near U of L Campus

Like a couple of college kids who got bored and started piling random delicious ingredients on tortillas, Charlie Neal and Steve Higdon of the Kentucky Taco Company have been offering the weird, the bizarre...

The Comfy Cow is moooving on to franchising

Looks like The Comfy Cow ice cream and dessert company could soon add a new item to its menu: franchise opportunities. The three-unit concept has been a hit since opening in 2009, and along the way...

Couvillion (PHOTOS) Opens April 16, Features Local Ingredients in Deep Southern Dishes

Couvillion, Louisville’s new deep south restaurant in the former Finn’s building at the Germantown Lofts at 1318 McHenry St, is set to open April 16. The restaurant will be open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and...

Himalayan Restaurant open now

In a rather quick turn-around, especially by restaurant-renovating standards, Himalayan Restaurant opened yesterday at 1578 Bardstown Rd., in the space that had been Brownie’s The Shed sports bar. Though the owner, Teknath Niraula, is...

Beer-unch at Harvest tomorrow

That new portmanteau word, “beer-unch”, is to call attention to a different sort of meal pairing. Harvest, 624 E. Market St., is collaborating with Goodwood Brewing Co., around the corner on 636 Main St.,...

Dundee Tavern to change hands and name, keep the ambience

The Dundee Tavern, long-time anchor of the dining and entertainment corridor along Dundee Rd. off Bardstown Rd. at the Douglass Loop, has been sold to Chris Ross and Susan Conway, who have worked as a...

Chicken chain ousts El Camino

Is Louisville slowly losing its weirdness? News has broken that another chain restaurant is moving into the Highlands; worse, it is displacing one of Bardstown Rd.’s most popular spots, El Camino. According to a story...

It’s official: The old Tumbleweed will open as a Mexican restaurant

Signing a lease makes it official in the minds of lawyers. Only when the first burrito is served will it be official in the minds of local diners, but all is set for the...

Ryan’s Steakhouse Buffet closes

Ryan’s Family Steakhouse, 5338 Bardstown Rd., has closed, a casualty of the bankruptcy filing of Buffets LLC, which operates Ryan's Buffet, HomeTown Buffet, Country Buffet, Fire Mountain Buffet and Old Country Buffet. The company...

More Raising Cane’s; fewer Applebee’s

The sixth Louisville location of the increasingly but inexplicably popular Louisiana-based fast food chain Raising Cane's, which specializes in chicken “fingers” (breaded and fried strips of tenderloin and breast meat) will open in the...