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...
The chili harvest is starting, and Chuy’s celebrates
The green chili harvest in Hatch, New Mexico, the chile capital of the world, is the occasion for a long weekend festival, with parades, Chile Queen crowning, jalapeño eating contests, dances and other festivities.
Chuy’s,...
Wine dinners fill up fast with food and wine cognoscenti
With the popularity of special wine dinners around town by those in the know, who realize what a good value they are, how they showcase chefs’ originality and culinary scope, and how they introduce...
Smoketown USA, the Café to be featured on Food Network tonight
Tonight, Monday, Aug. 10, Food Network’s “Southern Fried Road Trip” will encounter Kentucky foods, featuring Louisville’s Smoketown USA, the funky barbecue restaurant and flea market at the corner of Oak and Logan Sts., and...
Special dinners offer great value
Diners in the know keep an eye peeled for any of the special dinners area restaurants periodically offer, highlighting special wines or beers, with off-the-usual-menu dishes that showcase the ingenuity of the chefs. In...
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...
Decca “Beats & Eats” features Latin food and dirty South hip hop
The July edition of the late night Beats & Eats event at Decca’s Cellar Lounge, 812 E. Market St., will be Thursday, July 23, from 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. The “beats” will be provided by...
Summer Southern dinner–with special guests–at The English Grill
Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. food writer and former Louisvillian Ronni Lundy will be joined by Paul Fehribach, chef at Big Jones in Chicago, for a special Southern cuisine-themed dinner at The English...
Argentinian Wine Dinner at Bistro 1860
Tuesday July 21 at 6:30 p.m., Bistro 1860, Mellwood Ave., will host a dinner featuring the wines of Bodega Benegas, of Argentina. Edwin Olivieri, Import Manager for the winery, will be on hand to...
If you happen to get thirsty at Forecastle….
July music festivals are likely to be hot and steamy places, where attendees need to hydrate and get in the spirit, so to speak, of the fun around them. The organizers of Forecastle have...
