Saturday, April 27, 2024

Restaurants to watch out for

A good way to close out the first half of the year is to make note of the number of proposed restaurants that have been announced in recent weeks, new businesses that have expressed...

Prospect Cast Iron Steakhouse closes

Cast Iron Steakhouse announced last week that it is closing its Prospect location at 6325 River Rd. New owners of the property and of several adjacent lots have plans for a new development, and...

Butchertown pizzeria slated to open today

If all goes well (always a useful disclaimer when talking about new restaurants), Butchertown Pizza Hall will open its doors today, June 19. Chef Allan Rosenberg, who founded Papalino’s Pizza and ran it for several...

Cafe Lou Lou becomes Lou Lou Food + Drink

Jared Matthews had plans to make changes to the venerable Café Lou Lou, 106 Sears Ave. when he bought it from founder Clay Wallace last spring. Now those changes have begun, starting with a...

Yafa Café to re-open downtown

Yafa  Café, the little Middle Eastern place on the corner of Theater Square that gave way last year, along with the Fourth Street BBC and the latest failure of the Derby Clock to run...

Cooking@Millie’s offers how-to classes

A spanking new and elegantly fitted out space offering cooking classes by local chefs has opened at 340 W. Chestnut St., between the Henry Clay and Hilton Garden Inn. Cooking@Millie’s has 16 2-person cooking...

D. Nalley’s closed once more

Everyone’s favorite retro eating spot, D. Nalley's diner at 970 S. 3rd St., which reopened at the beginning of this year, is closed once more, and a “For Sale” sign is posted on the...

BoomBozz St. Matthews closes; new restaurant, music venue to open

The churn in the local restaurant world is ongoing, and always interesting. In the most recent opening and closing news, BoomBozz Craft Pizza and Taphouse, 3939 Shelbyville Rd., will close Saturday, May 20. But...

Beechmont gets popsicle shop

Cocoberry Pops is the newest addition to the eating choices in the Beechmont area, which has quietly been adding ethnic restaurants and cafés for several years now. Cocoberry Pops, owned and operated by Bipin...

Grind plans slider bar

The deluxe burger concept that Jesse and Liz Huot developed first in their Grind Burger food truck, and then in Grind Burger Kitchen, now at 829 E. Market St. is not enough for their...