Saturday, April 20, 2024

Eggs Over Baxter to play musical chairs with America. The Diner.

Dustin Staggers’ much-anticipated opening of his America. The Diner in the one-time laundromat space at 814 Cherokee Rd. met with enough opposition from his neighbors at that site across the street from Cave Hill...

Vote now to keep Louisville #1

Yes, as of this morning, Louisville was leading in the voting for the USA Today Readers’ Choice best local food scene towns. There are 20 nominees on this year’s list – perennials like New...

Special dinners offer great value

Diners in the know keep an eye peeled for any of the special dinners area restaurants periodically offer, highlighting special wines or beers, with off-the-usual-menu dishes that showcase the ingenuity of the chefs. In...

Coal’s Artisan Pizza opens second oven in Middletown

The new shopping center, Madison Station taking shape at 11615 Shelbyville Rd, on the corner of Madison, will be the site of the second location of  Coals Artisan Pizza, which has established a solid fan base at...

Madeleine Dee to open Fond, an artisanal grocery, on Frankfort Ave.

Madeleine Dee, whose personal chef business No Place Like Home has been pleasing clients with her preparation of elaborate private dinners for several years now, is planning to open a specialty grocery store at...

If you like chain restaurants, there are more coming to Louisville

Several national restaurant chains not well known in the area are eying expansion into Louisville, and planning to open outlets in the near future.  Which Wich sandwich shops is opening a location at Old Brownsboro Crossing later...

Bill Mellilo soon to open Silvio’s

Fans of the Mellilo family’s restaurant cooking are looking forward to a new venture, to be called Silvio’s, which is taking shape in St. Matthews, at 104 Fairfax Ave., the site of a few...

Shariat plans second restaurant, a casual family spot

In less than a year after returning to Louisville and opening Anoosh Bistro at 4864 Brownsboro Center, Anoosh Shariat has plans to open a second restaurant, within a stone’s throw of his first place....

Strati Wild Italian closes after short Highlands run

The experiment by Eggheadz LLC, the developers of Wild Eggs and Wild Rita's,  to expand into fast casual Italian food has ended with the abrupt closing of Strati Wild Italian, at 1702 Bardstown Rd. A posting on the...

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...