Wednesday, April 2, 2025

PROFILES

Profiles of Restaurants, Chefs, Restauranteurs, Food Growers, Food Purveyors and more.

Cinco de Mayo 2: The family recipes endure at Mi Casita

Our 2019 profile of Mi Casita Parrilla Mexicana focused on the eatery's perennially popular downtown location, which has temporarily suspended operations owing to the...

Cinco de Mayo 1: New Albany iconic … Israel’s Delicias de Mexico Cuisine

It would be difficult to overstate the impact that Israel Landin's food has made on residents of New Albany, as well as diners throughout...

Restaurant Profile — Al Hamra Halal Mediterranean Buffet & Feast

A Chef-Driven Celebration of Middle Eastern Cuisine in All its Colorful Glory For Louisville-area diners who’ve come to enjoy Arabic cuisine via the menus served...

Restaurant Profile — Israel’s Delicias de Mexico Gourmet

1515 E. Market St., New Albany, IN | 812.725.9139 Americans are accustomed to salesmanship, so a smidgen of skepticism would be understandable when one menu-gazes...

Restaurant Profile — Mi Casita

520 S. Fourth St., Louisville, KY | 502.315.0666 On a crisp autumn Thursday at lunchtime there was plenty of foot traffic on Fourth Street in...

Restaurant Profile — Chilakiles

Chilakiles 5600 National Turnpike, Louisville, KY | 502.632.2000 The Sierra Madre mountain ranges crisscross the state of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, dividing it into regions with...

Profile — Pizza Lupo

Bitter in Balance Max Balliet is not bitter. (Originally published in the Fall 2019 issue of Food & Dining) In fact, he carries himself with a...

Profile — The Bourbons Bistro Legacy

Putting the Urban in Bourbon (Originally published in the Fall 2019 issue of Food & Dining)  “Irish Hill is the Louisville neighborhood you find when...

Profile — The Manhattan Project

All in the Family Father and son duo, Kevin and Erick Strnatka, operate The Manhattan Project with help from the rest of the family. (Originally published...
Fernando Martinez, owner Ole Restaurant Group and El Taco Luchador

Profile — Fernando Martinez of El Taco Luchador and Olé Restaurant Group

Building an Empire Fernando Martinez has built a culinary empire in Louisville with staples like Havana Rumba, Mussel & Burger Bar and El Taco Luchador....