Relish: Susan Seiller embraces high-flavor, healthful food in an underserved location.
After selling Jack Fry’s in 2008 following a wildly successful two-decade run, Susan Seiller, 58, took a break to travel, hike, and take up the African djembe drum.
Far from retirement, those years were a...
$10 Challenge — Sitar Indian Restaurant
Not your everyday buffet. Sitar delivers flavor and variety, all piping hot.
My undergraduate years sowed the seeds of my frugality. Scholarships took care of my major college expenses, but the paycheck I received from the...
$10 Challenge: Check’s Cafe
The gentrification of Germantown is on display across the two and four-tops of Check’s Café.
Thirtysomethings new to Germantown sit elbow to elbow with boomers who may have been visiting Check’s for decades. But the...
Bistro 1860: Old Friends Partner to Create a New Fine Dining Experience
Where Brownsboro Road ends its downhill run at Beargrass Creek sits a two-story farmhouse built 153 years ago when the surrounding area was bucolic farmland rather than today’s odd blend of residential and industrial.
Now...
Manny & Merle’s: Tony Palombino’s latest brainstorm, adds country funk to Whiskey Row
Tony Palombino is at it again.
The dining-concept king who brought fish tacos and potato-topped pizza to Louisville is now serving up “ModMex” cuisine washed down with bourbon and tequila and followed by a chaser...
Kentubano daydreamin’: Marcos Lorenzo and his Havana Rumba and Mojito family of restaurants
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Louisville, best known for bourbon, the Kentucky Derby and Muhammad Ali, is now home to the fastest-growing Cuban community in the country. The current print edition of F&D (Spring 2024) features my profile of restaurateur...
Guaca Mole “en Fuego”
For those of you who chose French over Spanish in high school,
The translated title of this terrific story is Guaca Mole on Fire. (So there you have it … all the Spanish we know...
Main Street Cafe: Keeping Ahead of the Curve — New school deli and café...
The sign outside says Main Street Deli, but inside and on the menu, the name is Main Street Café. That discrepancy is a sign—literally—that this East Main dining spot is evolving along with its...
$10 Challenge — Bristol Bar & Grille
In doing research for this review (and by “research,” I mean eating out a lot), I noticed four types of people who spend their afternoons at the Bristol Bar & Grille —
ladies who lunch,...
