Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Additions and changes to the dining mix—and January is barely over

Paying no attention whatever to whatever the handlers of Punxawney Phil claim about winter, the spring issue of F&D is about the hit the stands, with a running list of the recently opened restaurants...

Distiller Fred Noe to pour drinks at Bourbons Bistro

Monday, Feb. 9, beginning at 6:30, Jim Beam master distiller Fred Noe will be the guest bartender as Beam rolls out its new Jim Beam Bonded bourbon at a launch party at Bourbons Bistro,...

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom Explorer Series features coffee pale ale

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom’s Explorer Series has exposed customers to a variety of unusual beer selections in the last year or so. The third iteration of this series involves the collaboration of Left...

La Gallo Rosso to reopen in Mellwood Center

La Gallo Rosso, the long-time Bardstown Rd. favorite that closed last year,  will return, with chef Annette Saco again at the helm. After losing her lease, and trying another venture, Saco is re-opening her...

A restaurant closes, and a chef leaves

Recent announcements of the closing of a long-time Highlands ethnic restaurant, and the resignation of the chef at a popular downtown dining spot portend some changes to the local eating scene. Francisco Elbl, owner of...

“Das Meal At Science Hill” to benefit service industry workers

Wednesday, Jan.  28 starting at 5:30 p.m., Science Hill Inn, 525 Washington Street, Shelbyville, will offer a special “German meal with a Southern flair,” to benefit Apron, Inc., an organization that helps food industry...

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...

Beer with a Scientist nights begin again at Against the Grain

Beer with a Scientist–a series of casual seminars designed to share scientific knowledge with interested amateurs–is beginning a new series of sessions at Against the Grain Brewery, 401 E. Main St. Begun late last year...

Restaurant tid-bits, January edition

As the festivities of the New Year wind down into the odd everyday ups and downs of January–one day biting cold, a week later balmy breezes confuse crocuses into poking up buds–several note-worthy happenings...