Thursday, April 25, 2024

World Cafe potentially bringing restaurant to Whiskey Row

City goverment insiders are talking with a great deal of enthusiasm about a successful music/dining concept coming here from Philadelphia. We heard chatter about this concept more than a year ago as they looked at buildings...

Westport Whiskey and Wine shines in Market Watch feature

How about this bit of love for the home team? Westport Whiskey & Wine was showcased in a feature story in the December issue of Market Watch. According to a news release, “The Market Watch article...

Learn all about country ham at “Hamcrafted”

Thursday, Dec. 8, at 6 p.m., Copper & Kings brandy distillery, 1121 E. Washington St., will host a workshop that will reveal the secrets of country ham, one of the state’s great food treasures....

In memory of Houston Jones, real estate broker and restaurant guru

The Louisville restaurant scene has lost a major player and a great friend with the death Thursday of Houston Jones. A wine lover, a businessman who understood the rigors of running a restaurant, and...

Bring your dog to brunch

Saturday, Aug. 2, 7:30-9:30 a.m.,The Café, 712 Brent St., will host the first Bark Brunch, described as “a fun event for food and pet lovers.” The first 25 dogs to accompany their owners will...

Craft House to expand into  Germantown

Craft House, the all-local beer pub and restaurant that has been a successful idea in Crescent Hill, at 2636 Frankfort Ave. has announced plans to open a second location in Germantown, at 1030 Goss...

Did you miss local talent on TV cooking shows? Set your DVR and catch...

It’s always a hoot to see people you know on TV. (Why that is is one of the mysteries of the Modern World, in my estimation.) Anyway, Edward Lee begins his co-host duties this...

Louisville dining gets notice in two new lists

Thrillist has come out with one of their periodic ‘‘best of....” lists, this one entitled “Louisville’s 8 Hottest New Restaurant Openings.” Like all such lists (such as the Saveur story I will get to...

Get the skinny about country ham in Coomes’s new book

Of note in the realm of pig news, F&D’s spirit columnist Steve Coomes (whose recent F&D article explains the intricacies of tequila very nicely, and discusses the affinity of that spirit with our native...

Tired of Lenten Fish Fries? Try St. James’ Pasta Fridays

Back in the Middle Ages, Christians were prohibited from eating any meat at all during Lent. Fish was permitted, regarded, somehow, as equivalent to fasting (go figure).  Thus the now quaint and largely disregarded modern...