Dine Around for APRON to benefit service workers
Restaurant industry workers–chefs and line cooks, servers, bar tenders, dishwashers and other back-of-the-house essential workers–are notoriously less protected by worker benefits such as sick leave and health insurance. When financial hardships caused by illness...
“Back of the House Brawl” will earn chefs bragging rights
Monday, Jan 26, at 7 p.m. Garage Bar, 700 E. Market St., will be the site of the first ever Louisville BOH Brawl, a cooking competition open to the best of Louisville's professional chefs.
The...
New Waffle House location set to open in February
Neither being the butt of stand-up comedians’ jokes nor the advancement of civic infrastructure can keep a Waffle House down. The Jeffersonville, Ind. outpost of the iconic blue-collar 24/7 eatery was razed in 2013...
Feast on a New Cuban Revolution at Cena
Wednesday and Thursday, January 21 and 22, Cena Italian Trattoria, 9200 Taylorsville Rd., will host a very special dinner, for which Cena owner Fernando Martinez will collaborate with several guest chefs for a New...
Russell’s Reserve Bourbon Dinner at Varanese
Thursday, Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m., Varanese, 2106 Frankfort Ave., will start its 2015 series of special dinners with a bourbon dinner featuring the Bourbons of Russell's Reserve. The event will be another celebration of...
Gargouille Collection wine dinner Jan. 15 at Brasserie Provence
The wine dinners that restaurants offer periodically are always great eating experiences, excellent values, and informative about wines that might not be on everyone’s radar. The next such opportunity for special off-menu dishes, introduction...
Major in spirits at Woodford’s Bourbon Academy
Woodford Reserve Distillery, 7855 McCracken Pike, Versailles, will offer four one-day Bourbon Academy immersion classes, covering all aspects of the the craft of distilling, at various times in the new year.
The class includes an...
Experience French cooking in the New Year
A good New Year’s resolution that is easy enough to keep is to pledge to learn a few new recipes this year, and to actually cook them. the Picarescala Culinary Institute is ready to...
New Year’s Eve at local restaurants
New Years Eve is a party time for everyone–except those poor restaurant industry workers who will be serving. So tip like you are Sinatra (I think that means tip big; I would hate to...
Here are some ideas for dining out during the upcoming holidays
There are lots of reasons for dining out during Christmas other than that the neighbor’s dogs stole your Christmas dinner. And, though Chinese restaurants are the classic choice, there are lots of other possibilities...
