Friday, April 26, 2024

Celebrate Spring on 8UP’s rooftop patio

8UP Elevated Drinkery & Kitchen, the classy restaurant and bar atop the Hilton Garden Inn at 350 W. Chestnut St., will re-open its rooftop bar and lounge tonight, Thursday, March 31, with a special...

America. The Diner. is now defunct

Dustin Staggers’ effort to capture the spirit of the always-open, breakfast-anytime-of-the-day-or-night ambience of the American diner, which he called America. The Diner., has closed as of last Saturday, about nine months after it opened...

If you are sad about U of L’s disappearance from the NCAAs, Monkey Wrench...

Dennie Humphrey, owner of The Monkey Wrench, 1025 Barrett Ave., an inveterate Cardinals’ fan, will throw a rooftop party Friday, March 25 to try to assuage the anguish of U of L basketball fans...

NuLu to celebrate spring with bock beer festival

Dating back to medieval Germany, bock beer, brewed to be slightly more alcoholic than traditional lagers, was a traditional marker of spring. It was started in the depths of winter, and aged for release...

Special dinners feature champagne, West Coast wines

Two more special wine-focused dinners from premier restaurants offer great value, off-the-regular-menu dinners and the chance to sample a range of interesting value-oriented wines, along with easy-to-swallow discussions of how the wines are made,...

Bring Your Child to Dinner at 610 Magnolia

610 Magnolia owner Edward Lee is very happy that Food TV is encouraging children to become fascinated by the food culture at ages that are younger than what most fine dining restaurants allow.  Working...

Beer-unch at Harvest tomorrow

That new portmanteau word, “beer-unch”, is to call attention to a different sort of meal pairing. Harvest, 624 E. Market St., is collaborating with Goodwood Brewing Co., around the corner on 636 Main St.,...

Easter dining

Easter is a popular holiday for restaurant eating. All those who have been to church for the first time since Christmas get in the mood to have a nice, end-of-Lent celebration in a good...

Jefferson Bourbon dinner at 8UP

On Wednesday, March 16, 8UP Elevated Drinkery and Kitchen, 350 W. Chestnut St. atop the Hilton Garden Inn, will host a 3-course dinner, each course paired with a cocktail made with Bourbon from a...

Renovated Speed Museum to include café

Once, way back when, the Speed Museum had a café right off the sculpture court, run by several different operators over the years. But when the Speed closed for renovation three years ago, food...