Friday, May 3, 2024

A good week for special dinners

Late summer seems to energize local chefs and stimulate their desire to stretch and try some new things, which they then put on menus for special dinners. This week you can try pairings of...

North End Café launches Brunch Happy Hour and Bloody Mary Bar

Wake up the weekend with North End Café’s Bloody Mary Bar and Happy Hour Available for brunch every Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For $7 per person, patrons can indulge their inner...

Coomes’s ham book inspiration for dinner at Seviche

Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m., Seviche chef Anthony Lamas will serve a 4-course dinner to celebrate the publication of “Country Ham:A Southern Tradition of Hogs, Salt and Smoke" by F&D columnist Steve Coomes. As...

A busy week for special restaurant events

The next week or two will see a number of special dinners, restaurant celebrations and openings.  Saturday, Aug. 19, 502 Bar & Bistro, 10401 Meeting St. in Norton Commons, celebrates summer with low country bourbon...

A short compendium of restaurant news

Panera swears off artificial food additives: Panera, the national soup, salad and sandwich chain with over 1800 outlets nationwide, has announced that it will eliminate artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners and preservatives from its food over...

Gaze into your crystal (basket)ball and win pizzas for a year

We all know Friday will be crazy throughout the state.  UK and U of L go head to head in the NCAA basketball tournament; the winner advancing to the Elite 8.  To celebrate the...

Harvest Bourbon dinner to support new performers’ group

IdeaFestival gets an early start with a dinner Tonight at  6 p.m. at Harvest, 624 E. Market St., in collaboration with Four Roses Bourbon and Legends nightclub. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit YADDA,...

Mike Linnig’s, State Fair staple, bows out this year

For almost a quarter century, hungry Kentucky State Fair attendees could count on a hearty fried fish meal–and ongoing musical entertainment–at the huge tent in the front of the exhibition halls run by Mike...

St. Matthews El Taco Luchador opens today

Chef Fernando Martinez’s Olé Restaurant Group’s popular quick-serve restaurant, El Taco Luchador, purveyor of fresh, tasty tacos, tortas and Latin side dishes, will open the highly-anticipated second location at 112 Meridian Ave. The space...

La Rosita owner to open Israel’s Delicias de Mexico Gourmet

La Rosita Mexican Grill made a splash when it first opened a few years ago in New Albany. The little storefront quickly won fans with its very tasty, uncompromisingly Mexican home-style cooking. At that...