Rumplings, we hardly knew ye; Welcome, Epic Sammich Co.
Dustin Staggers and his partners have closed Rumplings, 2009 Highlands Ave., but a short run for the business had always been the plan, according to Staggers. The small, easily adaptable space was envisioned from...
5 new restaurants open out in the ‘burbs
After a recent spate of abrupt restaurant closings, it is nice to be able to report on several new restaurants that have opened or are about to open around the area. Jeffersontown gets a...
Bourbon & Bowties to benefit Kosair Kids
Twenty-six local chefs from many of Louisville's best restaurants will prepare specialty hors d'oeuvres at the sixth annual Bourbon & Bowties: A Taste of Corbett's, from 6:30-10:30 p.m. June 11. The fundraiser for Kosair...
J’ville KingFish opens riverside patio
If you have a restaurant on the banks of the Ohio, why not actually go down to the banks of the Ohio? The KingFish at Riverside Dr. in Jeffersonville, Ind. has opened On the...
The old Tumbleweed to be Doc’s Cantina
If the Louisville tradition that once a place is established in people’s minds, it is indelible (see: old Sears, the corner where Hasenour’s used to be, the old Y, Stewart’s, among others), it will...
Special dinners coming up in June
Restaurants all around town and even out in the state will be offering special wine, beer and bourbon-focused dinners this month. Â Here is the list we have so far; one of them is sure...
ReSurfaced returns, with a Bourbon theme
ReSurfaced, the pop-up-urban-happening-street-festival-hipster-event that drew good crowds last year has returned, opening today , June 4, in the same place, the vacant site behind building facades at 615-621 W. Main St. ReSurfaced will be...
Three abrupt closings roil the dining/entertainment waters
The closing of long-time country/pop music venue and dance hall Jim Porter’s Good Time Emporium has been in the wind for a while, the property bought by the Metropolitan Sewer District for a major...
Highlands Bristol a hive of activity
That active hive is on the roof of the Bristol Bar & Grille, 1321 Bardstown Rd. Restaurant manager Pete Peters worked with Ginger Davidson of Geez Beez to install and maintain the hive on...
Hillbilly Tea and Loop 22 close
Two interesting local restaurants have closed in recent weeks, reducing temporarily the depth of cool funky places to eat in town. Hillbilly Tea, 120 S. First St., and Loop 22, 2222 Dundee Rd., have...