Thursday, May 9, 2024

Celebrate local brewers during Craft Beer Week

Craft beer Week, the celebration of the local brewers’ art and science, runs from today, Sept 11 through Sunday, Sept. 20 – a very long week, no matter how you parse it, but that...

September is Bourbon Heritage Month, so celebrate, already!

Bourbon Heritage Month has been a national observance since 2007, the kind of promotional gimmick that just about every industry uses to call attention to its products. But surely this promotion is worth noting, for...

Upcoming special dinners of note

For those knowing souls who keep a lookout for the delights of special dinners offered by local restaurants, a couple of notable such events are on the horizon. On tap in the coming weeks...

“Lou’s Brews” bike ride celebrates local beer making

Mayor Greg Fischer has begun touting Louisville’s growing craft brewing presence, wanting to make the local beer scene as visitor friendly as is the Urban Bourbon Trail. To that end, he has commissioned "Lou's...

Get free chicken for a year at Joella’s Hot Chicken!

There is a catch, of course. You have to be among the first 100 customers (18 years old minimum) to stream through the doors of Tony Palombino’s latest restaurant concept when it opens Tuesday,...

Milkwood starts “Young Chef Pop Up Series”

Friday, Aug. 28, MilkWood, 316 W. Main St. will offer the first in a new series of Pop-up Dinners to be prepared by up-and-coming young chefs from the region.  The first of this group...

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...

Copper & Kings takes a stab at making gin

Brandy distillery Copper & Kings, 1121 E. Washington St., likes to experiment a bit, and allows their distillers Brandon O'Daniel and Alan Bishop to try out different ideas. One of those experimental ideas has...

Celebrate Farmers Markets at Rainbow Blossom

Sunday, August 23, noon to 3 p.m., Rainbow Blossom Natural Food Market, Lexington Rd. in St. Matthews, in cooperation with Slow Food Bluegrass, will host its annual Farmers Market Celebration. The regular weekly Sunday Farmers Market...

Could the State Fair top the donut burger? Yep. Meet the Philly cheesesteak donut...

With school begun, can the State Fair be far behind? Sweaty students sit antsy in their seats, barely able to contain their eagerness to get out to the fairgrounds to check out the cool...