Thursday, March 28, 2024

A restaurant closes, and a chef leaves

Recent announcements of the closing of a long-time Highlands ethnic restaurant, and the resignation of the chef at a popular downtown dining spot portend some changes to the local eating scene. Francisco Elbl, owner of...

“Das Meal At Science Hill” to benefit service industry workers

Wednesday, Jan.  28 starting at 5:30 p.m., Science Hill Inn, 525 Washington Street, Shelbyville, will offer a special “German meal with a Southern flair,” to benefit Apron, Inc., an organization that helps food industry...

Dine Around for APRON to benefit service workers

Restaurant industry workers–chefs and line cooks, servers, bar tenders, dishwashers and other back-of-the-house essential workers–are notoriously less protected by worker benefits such as sick leave and health insurance. When financial hardships caused by illness...

“Back of the House Brawl” will earn chefs bragging rights

Monday, Jan 26, at 7 p.m. Garage Bar, 700 E. Market St., will be the site of the first ever Louisville BOH Brawl, a cooking competition open to the best of Louisville's professional chefs. The...

Beer with a Scientist nights begin again at Against the Grain

Beer with a Scientist–a series of casual seminars designed to share scientific knowledge with interested amateurs–is beginning a new series of sessions at Against the Grain Brewery, 401 E. Main St. Begun late last year...

Restaurant tid-bits, January edition

As the festivities of the New Year wind down into the odd everyday ups and downs of January–one day biting cold, a week later balmy breezes confuse crocuses into poking up buds–several note-worthy happenings...

New Waffle House location set to open in February

Neither being the butt of stand-up comedians’ jokes nor the advancement of civic infrastructure can keep a Waffle House down. The Jeffersonville, Ind. outpost of the iconic blue-collar 24/7 eatery was razed in 2013...

California burger chain to start grilling in old La Bodega space

When Chad and Lauren Coulter last year bought the properties at 1606 and 1604 Bardstown Rd. when Maggie and Miguel de la Torres retired from their restaurant business, they opened the popular Louvino in...

In memory of Houston Jones, real estate broker and restaurant guru

The Louisville restaurant scene has lost a major player and a great friend with the death Thursday of Houston Jones. A wine lover, a businessman who understood the rigors of running a restaurant, and...

Dinner and movie at Seviche

The cool idea of eating a special dinner with a menu related to a food-themed movie, and then watching the movie, was popular enough at Seviche, Bardstown Rd., that the event will be repeated...