Friday, March 29, 2024

Barret Bar and Grill gets 3 stars

Barret Bar and Grill has come a long way with its food program So, perhaps it's not surprising that the Courier Journal's Marty Rosen gave them three stars. Click to read the review...

World Cafe potentially bringing restaurant to Whiskey Row

City goverment insiders are talking with a great deal of enthusiasm about a successful music/dining concept coming here from Philadelphia. We heard chatter about this concept more than a year ago as they looked at buildings...

Cena to replace The Place Downstairs

New brooms sweep clean, they say, and newly appointed executive chef at The Place Downstairs Allan Rosenberg has swept away owner Fernando Martinez's original fine dining concept, and with Martinez's blessing will inaugurate the space below...

Kevin Ashworth named executive chef at 610 Magnolia

610 Magnolia, Edward Lee’s flagship restaurant of his mini-empire which includes Milkwood downtown at Actors Theatre and Succotash in D.C., has a head man in the kitchen. Last week Kevin Ashworth was named 610’s...

Red Yeti taps its first beer

The popular new Jeffersonville brew pub Red Yeti, 256 Spring St. near the Big Four pedestrian bridge, has been making a name for itself and developing a following for its tasty food, but now...

TropiCuba closes, ends a short run in Clifton

On Monday, June 22, Tropicuba, 2206 Frankfort Ave, posted this notice on their Facebook page: "TropiCuba will be temporarily closed as of today, June 22nd, until further notice." When I drove by on Saturday, June 27,...

“Pay what you can” restaurant opens in Portland

The Table, 1800 Portland Ave., is Louisville’s addition to a restaurant trend popping up in communities across the country. The Table allows customers to “pay what they can,” a community effort to feed those...

Downtown gets pita shop and another Starbucks

Pita Pit, an international sandwich chain, is moving into the long-empty former J. Gumbo’s spot at 434 W. Jefferson St., at the corner of South Fifth. The downtown location will be the second outlet...

Against the Grain creates bands with beers schedule

Against the Grain Brewery, 401 E. Main St., has come up with an idea so natural that it is surprising no one else has come up with it before. They have created a summer...

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...