Friday, April 26, 2024

Food for life: IdeaFest hosting Local Food: The Power to Change event on Sept....

OK, Louisville, we’ve relied on the “professionals” long enough to convert all that local food talk into action. It’s time that more of us got down to learning how to tap into what’s already...

Heritage-breed Hog + ‘Pappy’ + Star Chefs = annual feast at Proof

If you’ve never been to the annual Hog and Barrel dinner at Proof on Main—and you’ve got $125 lying around for a splurge meal—it’s highly suggested you seek a reservation ASAP. It’s arguably one...

Field-to-Fork dinner to benefit Food Literacy Project

Thursday, Sept. 18, 5:30 p.m., 8 chefs from Louisville’s top restaurants will collaborate to create a dinner to benefit the Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm, the only local 501(c)(3) organization providing farm-based education...

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...

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...

TropiCuba closes, ends a short run in Clifton

On Monday, June 22, Tropicuba, 2206 Frankfort Ave, posted this notice on their Facebook page: "TropiCuba will be temporarily closed as of today, June 22nd, until further notice." When I drove by on Saturday, June 27,...

Newest Martinez restaurant slated for December opening

Mercato Italiano will be the name of the newest addition to the Ole Restaurant Group portfolio when it opens later this year in Norton Commons. The casual Italian restaurant and Italian food market will...

Doc’s Cantina opens tomorrow

The long-awaited renovations to the old Tumbleweed space at 1201 River Rd. are now complete, and Doc’s Cantina will open for lunch tomorrow, April  5 at 11 a.m. The newest addition to the restaurant portfolio...

Highland Morning expands into St. Matthews

The popular Bardstown Rd. breakfast and brunch restaurant Highland Morning, which always seems to have a crowd outside and inside whenever I drive past, is planning to open a second location in St. Matthews....

Let’s catch up on some new dining additions

In the last few weeks, several new restaurants have opened here and there around the area, or have announced that they soon will. It is time to catch up on what is new. At the...