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Chef in a Box (Nov. 19, 20): Gustavo’s Mexican Grill in Prospect, featuring owner Gustavo Reyes

Gustavo’s Mexican Grill (Prospect) is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  Food & Dining Magazine continues to preview the forthcoming Chef in a Box offering. It’s a tasty fundraising project dating to the summer of 2020, benefiting APRON Inc.’s ongoing grant program. The Chef in a Box promotion […]

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“Off the Eaten Path” at The Service Station Restaurant in Old Louisville

In our current Fall 2025 print edition, Marty Rosen profiles Kendell Sheppard’s The Service Station Restaurant (208 E. Burnett Ave. in Old Louisville), with delicious photography by Dan Dry. OFF THE EATEN PATH │ Fine Dining Roots, Comfort Food Soul: The Service Station offers an astonighing menu coming from a compact corner kitchen helmed by […]

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“Gerstle’s Gets Serious about Food”: F&D’s Fall 2025 profile of a century-old dive bar landmark

In our current Fall 2025 print edition, Cary Stemle profiles Gerstle’s (3801 Frankfort Ave. in St. Matthews), with delicious photography by Dan Dry. PROFILE | Gerstle’s Gets Serious about Food: Ever since he bought Gerstle’s in 2008, Erik White has wanted the century-old dive bar to serve great food. It never worked out ― until he […]

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David Danielson’s new brunch course: äta to be remade as The Hen House  

Chef and owner David Danielson has revealed that his äta Restaurant (Brownsboro Center, 4864 Brownsboro Rd. in Windy Hills) is to be rebranded as The Hen House Café & Provisions, and remade into a brunch restaurant with an updated menu and business hours. The final dinner service for äta will come on Saturday, October 25. […]

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“The Saing Family’s Pad Thai Story”: F&D’s profile of Simply Thai

In our current Fall 2025 print edition, Roger profles Simply Thai, with delicious photography by Dan Dry. PROFILE | The Saing Family’s Pad Thai Story: The Saing family founded the St. Matthews location of Simply Thai in 2006, and a second branch in fast-growing Middletown in 2012. While Thailand’s cuisine reflects the country’s positioning as […]

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Chef in a Box (Oct. 15, 16): Home Cuisine, featuring chef Chip McPherson

Please read carefully; this month CIAB pickup directions differ from the norm. The folks pictured here are (left to right): chef Tina Hardison; Home Cuisine owner Sandy Pike; and chef Chip McPherson. Home Cuisine is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  Food & Dining Magazine continues to […]

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Chef in a Box (Sept. 17, 18): Mise en Place, featuring chef Jake Brockman

(Mise en Place, founded by Chef Jake Brockman in 2020, is a catering- and personal chef-oriented service offering scratch-made cuisine specifically designed to support recovery.) Mise en Place is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  Food & Dining Magazine continues to preview the forthcoming Chef in a Box offering. […]

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Brittany Kelly named executive chef at North of Bourbon

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Brittany Kelly (@chefbrittanyck) North of Bourbon’s new executive chef introduces herself at Instagram. Hello, I’m Brittany Kelly, and thank you for visiting my page. I grew up in Estill County, where my grandfather taught me the importance of sustainable cooking and making the most […]

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“The Original Pour”: F&D’s profile of Bourbons Bistro at 20

As we celebrate Bourbons Bistro’s 20th anniversary in 2025, who remembers the establishment’s audacious foundational broadside, which appeared on t-shirts almost a decade prior to former mayor Greg Fischer’s invention of the term “bourbonism” as Louisville’s civic mantra? Bringing bourbon back one sip at a time. And so the comeback has proceeded, two decades hence. Bourbons […]

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“From the Levant with Love”: F&D’s profile of MeeshMeesh Mediterranean

In F & D’s current print edition, Cary Stemle profiles MeeshMeesh Mediterranean and its rising young chef, Noam Bilitzer, with photos by Dan Dry. PROFILE | MeeshMeesh MeeshMeesh Mediterranean (the name derives from the Hebrew word for apricot) opened in September 2023 to immediate acclaim and a reservation list booked two months out ― even […]

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Chef in a Box (Aug. 20, 21): Morning Fork, featuring chef/co-owner Geoffrey Heyde & co-owner Emily Heyde

  Morning Fork is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  Food & Dining Magazine continues to preview the forthcoming Chef in a Box offering. It’s a tasty fundraising project dating to the summer of 2020, benefiting APRON Inc.’s ongoing grant program. The Chef in a Box promotion continues […]

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Brunch seven days a week at Morning Fork in Clifton

I was asked to clarify the status of the Forks on Frankfort in Clifton (Morning Fork and Fork & Barrel), only then realizing that I’d missed the most recent update at the beginning of July. Apologies for the omission. Note that the two concepts previously had shed one building, merging at 1722 Frankfort Ave. This […]

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Edibles & Potables: Why do eateries turn up the volume?

We dropped into a local restaurant for lunch just before noon on a Monday in July and elected to sit at the bar. The hip hop-influenced contemporary pop music was so loud that I could barely hear the bartender, so we moved outside, where it was far too hot, but the traffic at an urban […]

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Chef in a Box (July 16, 17): River Road BBQ, featuring chef/owner Krissy Davis

River Road BBQ  is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  Food & Dining Magazine continues to preview the forthcoming Chef in a Box offering. It’s a tasty fundraising project dating to the summer of 2020, benefiting APRON Inc.’s ongoing grant program. The Chef in a Box promotion continues […]

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