Thursday, March 28, 2024

Sunday is Brandy Alexander Day, so celebrate at 8UP

These made-up, industry-promoted National Celebrate Days are goofy, but observing them can be fun. 8UP Elevated Drinkery & Kitchen, atop the Hilton Garden Inn, 350 W. Chestnut St., will do their best to make...

Get bashed on bacon, bourbon and beer tomorrow

Tomorrow, Saturday, January 23, starting at 7 p.m., Mellwood Arts Center, 1860 Mellwod Ave., will host the B3 Bash, a benefit party for Kosair Charities. Entertainment will be provided byTony & the Tan Lines,...

Lydia House to add ramen at dinner

Need a steaming bowl of curly noodles in broth?  Ramen is turning up on restaurant menus more and more these days, and Lydia House in Germantown, 1101 Lydia St., is the latest to add ...

Clifton’s newest hot spot The Hub opens tonight

It has taken a while for the old tire store and garage on Frankfort Ave. to morph into The Hub, but now all the work and wait is over. Following a couple of days...

Royals Hot Chicken shakes down with week of soft openings

The new year promises to see the opening of several long-announced and long-awaited restaurant openings. One of the most anticipated is Louisville’s second entry into the Nashville-style hot chicken movement, Royals Hot Chicken, the...

Newest Martinez restaurant set to open in Norton Commons

The energy of OLE Restaurant Group, Fernando Martinez’s restaurant management company that owns and operates, among other properties, Mussel & Burger Bar, El Taco Luchador and Guaca Mole, is not losing any steam. Its...

Learn about whiskey by making it at Moonshine U.

Sure, you can take distillery tours and go to tasting sessions, but, if you really want to understand making whiskey, like learning to swim or riding a bike you have to do it yourself....

MozzaPi ready to settle down in Anchorage

It’s been a long, slow road for one of the first and most enduring of Louisville’s food trucks, MozzaPi. Owner Tom Edwards has established a steady catering business with the wood-burning oven mounted on...

Local food retailer Root Cellar to close Dec. 31

Ron Smith, owner of The Root Cellar, the small, sincere purveyor of local produce, cheese, pasture-raised meats, gourmet mushrooms and locally produced value-added products such as Weisenberger Mills grits, will close his business for...

Big Momma’s free Christmas dinner needs helpers, contributions

For seven years now Big Momma’s Soul Kitchen, at 4532 W. Broadway, has served a free Christmas dinner to everyone who showed up at the door. Last year, over 1000 dinners were provided, and...