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Press release focus: Dog Haus’ Aloha Soopah (Spam) Slider

As your friendly digital editor, each week I sift through numerous press releases pertaining to food and dining, often marveling at the distinct, consistent style they manage to exhibit. At times, it’s fun to share press releases in their entirety, so that readers can see exactly what I must endure peruse on a weekly basis. In […]

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Edibles & Potables: Spare me the “speakeasy,” tearbender

(This essay originally was published here.) Allowing for the possible exception of Mick Jagger, we’re all destined to awaken one morning and find that we’ve pole-vaulted past the invisible line in the sand that delineates prevailing fashion. Whether or not we ever cared about “cool” in the past, from this point forward the choice is […]

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Brace yourselves: more chain tacos are coming

The less said about this story, the better, because satire tends to lose its bite when situated on every over-developed stroad corner with a drive-thru, and if there’s anything I can’t stand, it’s flavorless Satire Lite. But I’m sure Barstow CA is lovely in spring, when the Mojave Desert blooms. Here with the taco story, welcome […]

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A Taste for Life has been canceled in 2025

I had the preview ready, but there is breaking news. The text: To our sponsors and supporters, It is with sadness that Four Pegs Smokehouse and Bar, NAMI Louisville, and The Pete Foundation have decided to cancel A Taste for Life in 2025 with hopes of further strengthening the event next year. As community based […]

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The final day for Patrick’s in Crescent Hill is Sat., June 14

Patrick’s (Facebook) at 3202 Frankfort Avenue in Crescent Hill will close permanently following service on Saturday, June 14. Solid information is scant, but the general consensus seems to be that the bar’s lease is expiring, and the building’s owner is headed in a different direction. Here’s a brief profile from 2008. Neighborhood bars become local […]

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The drive-through Dutch Bros Coffee coffee chain is bringing broistas to Forest Hills

“Hip Hops” is off this week. “Dutch Bros Coffee is a drive-through coffee chain headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon, with company-owned and franchise locations throughout the United States.” Reporting at WHAS11, Jay Skebba dishes on the impending arrival of another drive-through coffee option, with the first unit coming to Forest Hills later this summer. Dutch Bros […]

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Chef in a Box (June 18, 19): äta Restaurant, featuring owner & chef David Danielson

äta Restaurant 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 on […]

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The St. Matthews Summer Fest returns on Sat., June 21

St. Matthews Summer Fest returns on Saturday, June 21, benefitting the St. Matthews Fire and Rescue Benevolence Fund. The admission-free event takes place from 12 Noon to 10:00 p.m. along Frankfort Avenue between Lexington Road and Bauer Avenue, as well as in the Gerstles parking lot. Highlights include: St. Matthews Firefighters BBQ Competition, featuring both […]

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Edibles & Potables: Is there a right way to say “taco”?

During the past few weeks, tacos seem to be enjoying an inexplicable resurgence, even though they never really went away. I’ve been seeing the word “taco” everywhere on social media, and it started me thinking about first causes, although I must concede that chicken is not my personal favorite choice of taco filling. At the […]

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Hot off the presses: The Summer 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine has hit the streets

The Summer 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. Subscribe to our award-winning print publication and have it delivered to your door each issue. FEATURES PROFILE | MeeshMeesh: Well before a prestigious James Beard Award nomination raised Chef […]

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In Butchertown, YachtSea offers boat drinks, fancy hot dogs and oysters

Previously in March of 2024, F & D had a look at Michael L. Jones taking an exclusive glance in advance at YachtSea, a bar and eatery coming to Butchertown in the summer of ’24. As of May 28, 2025, the new bar is open at 111 N. Wenzel in the Butcher(town) Block, and Jones […]

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Name change: Milo’s is now Mochi Wren (in downtown New Albany)

I live in New Albany but still managed to miss this name change in early May, so let’s catch up. Milo’s Boba and Bakery remains as it was at 154 E. Main Street in downtown New Albany, and ownership is the same, but the business is now known as Mochi Wren. Here’s an explanation (obviously […]

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Hip Hops: Wernesgrüner Pils, a fine beer on a budget (at Aldi)

Today, a truncated “Hip Hops.” Worry not; I’ve grown no less wordy in my dotage, but the time demanded by undertaking to write an actual book, and simultaneously working on two book-length (internet only) projects, suggests a rigorously disciplined use of my time. And … if you know me, it should be obvious that discipline isn’t […]

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Noah’s Kitchen projects a June 18 opening in the East End

Noah’s Kitchen (9850 Von Allmen Ct.; East End) projects a June 18 opening. Currently there is more information about the eatery’s mission than its menu. A chef-driven café and pizzeria specializing in elevated breakfast dishes and artisan pizzas served morning through evening. Founded by Adam Ursprung, every dollar of profit is funneled into Noah’s Movement—his […]

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Jaymar Japanese Grill & Sushi debuts in Schnitzelburg

Jaymar Japanese Grill & Sushi has opened in Germantown/Schnitzelburg at 1039 Ash St., formerly home to Six Forks Burger Co. (cover photo credit: Germantown -Schnitzelburg FB Group). Michael L. Jones has all the coverage at Louisville Business First. Jaymar Japanese Grill & Sushi opens in Schnitzelburg Jaymar Japanese Grill & Sushi is operated by a group […]

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