Thursday, March 28, 2024

PROFILES

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

Heitzman’s — Going strong after four generations.

It all started in 1891, when her great-granddad, Jacob Heitzman, opened Heitzman’s Bakery. In 1924, her grandfather, Charles, took over. In 1954, her parents took the helm and added a catering division. Fifteen years...

Pick 3 — Wild Rita’s Profile

When Todd Blue needed someone to re-invent the 445 E. Market St. space once occupied by terrific restaurants like Primo and Mozz, he contacted an expert. J.D. Rothberg, who made his mark in Louisville creating...

Crescent Hill Craft House

It remains a golden age for craft beer in America, but while artisanal brewing continues to grow and prosper on Kentucky soil, another satisfying libation retains the bulk of bragging rights in the Commonwealth. It’s...

St. Charles Exchange: A Side of History

St. Charles Exchange once again encourages guests to linger in Victorian-era building. TThrough their décor and menu offerings, many restaurants in Louisville transport you to another place, but St. Charles Exchange transports you to another...

“Decade: The March of Time,” a restaurant profile by Cary Stemle

https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/f_d_fall_2023/20 Cary Stemle interviews Andy Myers, Matt Johnson and Chad Sheffield, who re-evaluated their experiences at Decca and opened Decade (where Butchertown Grocery and Blind Pig used to be). PROFILE – Decade: When the distinguished NuLu restaurant...

Lotsa Pasta — Finding new ways to keep the customers coming in

A closer look at Lotsa Pasta, a Louisville deli.

Vincenzo’s is ideal for a wedding anniversary meal — today, in fact

https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/summer_2023_vol._78_/30 From F&D's Summer 2023 issue, our 20th Anniversary compendium, comes this profile of Vincenzo's Italian Restaurant (downtown at 150 S. Fifth St.) Read it at the issuu link, and at some point when time...

Ditto’s Grill and Stevens Deli: “The Art of Figuring it Out”

https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/summer_2023_vol._78_/38 Until F&D's contributing writer Cary Stemle schooled me, I had no idea that the 1920s-era building at 1114 Bardstown Road, which became home to Ditto's Grill and Stevens Deli, previously had been "a Model...

Ward 426

On April Fool’s Day 2014, Chefs Dean Corbett and Shawn Ward and their partners took over the kitchen of The Brewery. To long-time followers of the two high profile chefs, it might have seemed like...

From Good to Great — Anchorage Cafe spreads its creative wings

Something from here, and a bit from there, falls nicely into place at the Anchorage Café — an upscale (or is it traditional?) coffee shop in the heart of “downtown” Anchorage. A creation of Bruce...