Saturday, May 18, 2024

Red Herring Celebrates First Birthday & Derby With Special Bites, Live Music & Mint...

Red Herring, 1757 Frankfort Ave., is celebrating its first birthday Derby week and is throwing the biggest bash in town. Starting Saturday, April 28 through May 5, this cocktail lounge will be offering  live...

Mike Linnig’s, State Fair staple, bows out this year

For almost a quarter century, hungry Kentucky State Fair attendees could count on a hearty fried fish meal–and ongoing musical entertainment–at the huge tent in the front of the exhibition halls run by Mike...

Taste of South Louisville at Churchill Downs

On Saturday, Aug. 20 from 6 - 8:30 p.m. the South Louisville Community Ministries will host the 7th annual Taste of South Louisville at Churchill Downs Millionaires Row. About 20 Louisville restaurants from the...

Tour France at Varanese Wine Dinner

Tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 6:30 p.m.Varanese, 2106 Frankfort Ave., is hosting a Tour de France Wine Dinner featuring six wines from different regions of France paired with a 6-course dinner. The special guest...

The long wait is over. Monnik Brewery opens today in Germantown

Patrons of Check’s Café and other Germantown frequenters have been watching the slow but steady progress of the renovation of the old Zeppelin Café space at 1036 E. Burnett Ave. for some months now....

Afternoon Archive: Taco night is colorful, fun and easy — just add tequila

Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow ... that's right, literally #TacoTuesday. Today's (early) Afternoon Archive provides a few suggestions for those aiming to celebrate at home.  --- Who doesn’t love tacos? The mere mention of the word...

Kentucky’s $40 million restaurant relief fund has opened to applicants

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear's pre-Thanksgiving Executive Order 2020-968 closing the state's restaurants and bars to indoor service until December 13 came with the promise of a carrot in the form of an edict dedicating...

East of Chicago joins plethora of pizza joints

 It seems we may be in a race to see what saturates the market first–hookah cafés or pizza places. The newest addition to the ever-expanding choices of pizza restaurants is East of Chicago, the first...

Hauck’s Corner preview, 52nd Annual World Championship Dainty Contest

There's a lot to unpack here, so to begin, let's define our terms for the benefit of those out-of-towners who might be scratching their heads. What is Schnitzelburg, anyway? Schnitzelburg is a special part of the...

Beshear signals a pre-Christmas end to Kentucky’s indoor dining shutdown

Arguably the most important food and dining news item to commence the current week came yesterday when Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signaled a respite of the Thanksgiving-period indoor restaurant service shutdown. Marty Finley has the...