Monday, May 6, 2024

Recent restaurant nostalgia

An outbreak of restaurant nostalgia seems to have broken out recently, if a couple of posts that sprang up on my news feeds recently is any indication. Various social media posts mooned over once-popular...

Hot off the presses

The new issue of Food & Dining Magazine is on the street. The racks are being filled now, and distribution should be complete by the end of the day. Click "Find A Copy" to find...

Bourbons Bistro to fete distiller Jimmy Russell

Tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 13, Bourbons Bistro, 2255 Frankfort Ave., will host a four-course Wild Turkey Bourbon dinner to recognize Wild Turkey’s master distiller Jimmy Russell’s 60 years in the industry. At the dinner, Russell will...

Lamas to use a cookbook for special dinner!

Of course, it will be his own cookbook, the forthcoming "Southern Heat" written with Gwen Pratesi, who will be a guest at the event. The dinner marking the publication of Anthony Lamas’s first cookbook...

My father would have approved of this

My old man was a laboring man, a skilled welder who fabricated and repaired big machinery. When he would stop in at a bar after work, there was only one drink for him, a...

Profile: Exchange Pub + Kitchen

With the Exchange Pub + Kitchen, Ian Hall has taken a historic New Albany building and transformed it into a stylish restaurant that would fit right into SoHo. With the Exchange as an anchor,...

Shariat returns to Louisville with purchase of Henry’s Place

 A press release Thursday caught most of us by surprise.  Chef Anoosh Shariat announced that he take over operation of Henry’s Place, 4864 Brownsboro Rd., Monday, August 11. “I am excited at the opportunity to...

Mentor and mentees join forces for Bourbon dinner

On Aug. 18, Seviche chef Anthony Lamas and three other chefs who worked under him as sous chefs and then went on to start restaurants of their own, will reunite at Loop 22, 2222...

Varanese beer dinner to feature Against the Grain brews

Tuesday, August 12, 6:30 p.m., Varanese, Frankfort Ave., will host a 4-course dinner pairing special dishes with a variety of beers concocted by Against the Grain Brewery, 401 E. Main St.  Brewery Owner and...

August is Lobster Month at Limestone

Continuing their summer monthly menu specials, Limestone, 10001 Forest Green Blvd., will offer a special lobster celebration Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights through the end of August. The dinner will include a cup of lobster...