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Lexington’s Great Bagel & Bakery is about to open a branch in Middletown

From seed to slice, we partner with fifth-generation organic farms to grow grain just for you—stone-milled fresh and baked into every bite. Rest easy. Your daily correspondent’s favored garlic bagel, lox and cream cheese are available at Great Bagel & Bakery. With this crucial factor determined, let’s dive in. Great Bagel, which has two locations in […]

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Hip Hops: “The Beer World According to Spike,” a 1999 polemic

I tend to get testy whenever someone who works in the craft beer business takes to praising insipid High Life or bland Banquet. That’s because craft beer exists as an explicit rejection of the mainstream, which at one point 40-odd years ago was an effective monopoly of one principal beer style manufactured by a tiny […]

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In Jeffersonville, Hooters leaves its building by the river

Over at Louisville Business First, the inimitable Michael L. Jones highlights another round of Hooters breastaurant reductions, this time in Jeffersonville. The standard corporate gobbledygook quote is a nice touch, indeed. Hooters closes Jeffersonville location A statement on the Hooters website says the company does not plan to close but is making changes to ensure long-term stability […]

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Conditions are foggy as La Chasse and The Champagnery are shuttered

To put it mildly, this story is confusing. Consequently, let’s allow the social media chronology over the past ten days to do the talking. On July 18, it was revealed that Isaac Fox, front man at the long-running La Chasse (1359 Bardstown Rd.) would be stepping away to focus on The Champagnery (1764 Frankfort Ave.) […]

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Edibles & Potables: Food halls, from Market at Malcolm Yards to Hietalahden Kauppahalli

In 2022 we booked an Airbnb in Minneapolis and took a few days off to see the Twins play the Tigers (twice), search for home plate from the team’s former ballpark as ensconced at Mall of America, explore the respective Twin Cities downtown districts (the other is St. Paul, of course), eat a lot, and […]

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Distillery 64’s Liquid Legends Fest debuts Sat., Aug. 9 in New Albany

Distillery 64 (Facebook) opened in 2021 at 800 E. 8th Street, Suite 113 in New Albany, offering a range of spirits distilled on-site, 70-plus cocktails, and a short list of snacks and apps. Normal business hours are 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday. Distillery 64’s inaugural Liquid Legends Fest arrives on Saturday, August […]

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Parkway Diner for breakfast and lunch (where Cottage Inn used to be)

The Cottage Inn, a 96-year-old staple of the St. Joseph neighborhood (570 Eastern Parkway), closed for good in May with the promise of an imminent succession. The Cottage Inn closes, with the forecast calling for new ownership For the record, the Parkway Diner now has been underway for a little over a month. Michael L. […]

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Family ties: Sweet Colada opens in Shelby Park

There’s a new Cuban cafe located at 1113 Logan St. in Shelby Park: Sweet Colada (Facebook/Instagram). Reporting at Louisville Business First, Michael L. Jones has the details. Cuban restaurant Sweet Colada brings family legacy to Shelby Park Sweet Colada is (owner Nachely) Martinez’s first restaurant, but she’s been in the business most of her life. […]

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Hip Hops: Does beer knowledge matter? If so, how do we know for sure?

Does knowledge matter? If so, how do we know for sure? Such a discussion might have occurred at the agora in Athens, with Socrates merrily harassing thoughtless passers-by. The question might also be ripped from today’s headlines, as when Secretary R.F. Kennedy Jr. lip syncs Pink Floyd in a post to X: “We don’t need […]

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Unice’s Kitchen Bar & Grill is open in West Buechel

Wikipedia gets us started. In terms of geography, Liberia is a West African nation situated on the Atlantic Ocean. Liberian cuisine refers to the cuisine of Liberia. It is centered on unique dishes of rice, cassava, plantain, yam, tropical fruits and vegetables (potatoes, greens, cassava leaf, okra, cabbage), as well as fish, meat and more. […]

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4th Annual Fox Fest at the Fox Den in St. Matthews on Sat., Aug. 2

The 4th Annual Fox Fest will take place on Saturday, August 2 in St. Matthews at The Fox Den (3814 Frankfort Avenue), with two stages and street eats. This year’s musical headliner is Nappy Roots, with a solid undercard of Softspoken, Foxbat, Throwback Thursday, Soul Circus, Mary Mary, Sigmatic, Ipcus Pinecone, End of Me, Josh Logan […]

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Love is blue: Corridor Bar closes but hopes to return

Corridor Bar, a “rum and agave forward” study in blue located at 712 E. Market St. (on the contested border of new-school NuLu and old-school Phoenix Hill), has closed following a three year run. Perhaps the most relevant parting passage from the blue parting artwork at Instagram is this: “we hope to be back in […]

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By Golly’s, coming in August to where the Hooters used to be in Clarksville

It’s all about the food, folks. At Epic Eeats, our mission is to bring an innovative casual dining experience to the communities we serve. We want to be a leader in the restaurant industry, being known for quality food, local community engagement, and overall positive impact on our team members. The Epic Eeats vision is […]

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Mark’s Feed Store’s location in Deer Park to close Aug. 24

The location of Mark’s Feed Store Bar-B-Q & Catering at 1514 Bardstown Road in Deer Park (only colloquially the “Highlands”*) will cease operations following a final business day on August 24. Another Place Sandwich Shoppe ran here through 1993 and was replaced by the short-lived Nick’s Dixie Pig (“someone needs to understand that meat can […]

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APRON Inc.’s “Happy Hour Friend-Raiser” at Red Yeti (Wed., July 30)

In 2025 APRON Inc. is staging happy hour “friend-raisers” at different locations on the last Wednesday of each month. The next Happy Hour Friend-Raiser is a patio party taking place on Wednesday, July 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Red Yeti, 256 Spring St. in Jeffersonville.  The prospectus: Complimentary Green River Distillery and […]

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