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APRON Inc.’s “Happy Hour Friend-Raiser” at Martini Italian Bistro (Wed., April 30)

The Spring 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online (or read it at issuu). 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 takes place on […]

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SmashD on Frankfort, a new burger restaurant in Clifton (where J. Gumbo’s used to be)

SmashD on Frankfort is new to 2109 Frankfort Ave. in Clifton (the former J. Gumbo’s space), describing itself as “a quick serve smash burger restaurant serving burgers, sides and milkshakes,” and “offering dine-in, carry-out, Uber Eats and Door Dash.” SmashD shares ownership with Frankfort Avenue Liquors & Wine, just a few yards away: “You can […]

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R.I.P. Chef Ellen Gill McCarty

Ellen Gill McCarty died last weekend, and the tributes on social media testify to the impact she had on family, friends and diners during a long and noteworthy culinary career. We’ve lost a true talent, and an even truer friend. Chef Ellen brought joy to every table—she loved making people smile with every bite. Her […]

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Cultivated Table & Sip House opens in New Albany today (Monday 14 April)

Your daily correspondent is a resident of New Albany, where Matt and Jessica Bergman’s rehabilitation of the Wilcox Block (133-135 E. Market St.) is the stuff of local legend. They bought the historic building in 2006, which at that juncture was a ramshackle eyesore, and by 2007 the street-level commercial space was ready for occupancy.* […]

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Edibles & Potables: Welcome to “post-literate (lipstick effect) little treat culture”

Nowadays on Google, thoughtfully sifting through the options in search of something real amid the sheer weight of insulting dross has been relegated to the vapors, because AI gives you the summary right up front (whether it is accurate, or not). Customarily I push past AI and commence my merry daily regimen of zapping misinformation […]

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Oddbird Bakery’s last day is tomorrow (Sunday 13 April)

Oddbird by Quills, we hardly knew ye. The short-lived bakery at 1021 Bardstown Road in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood posted notice of its imminent demise at Instagram; the final day is tomorrow (Sunday 13 April). Hey friends and fam 💜 It is with our deepest regrets to inform you that this Sunday, 4/13 will be […]

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The Fair to fill the former Toast space in downtown New Albany

Viva Hospitality Group’s previous Mexican-themed eateries are well-known in SoIN: La Catrina, Señor Iguanas and Sleepy Rooster. Earlier this week reporter Brooke McAfee of the Jeffersonville News and Tribune revealed a new Viva project in downtown New Albany that extends the group’s culinary range into “New American cuisine.” New restaurant planned for Toast on Market […]

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Chef in a Box (April 16, 17): Red Yeti, featuring Chef Michael Bowe

Thursday morning update: Red Yeti’s chef in a box is SOLD OUT.  The Red Yeti 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, […]

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Hip Hops: Confessions of a beer-loving Europhile

Today’s column is excerpted from 40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Five: The end of the beginning (1989-1990), an installment of my serialized memoir of a career in beer. Part 76 was published in March, and more are on the way as time allows; read them free of charge at my website, and find the series […]

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APRON Inc. responds to flooding with emergency support for restaurant workers

Earlier today, we looked at the flooding situation overall. Flooded with memories, metro Louisville experiences a thunderous silence Two hours later, I received a message from APRON Inc. APRON Inc. Responds to Back-to-Back Flood Crises: Emergency Support Needed for Independent Restaurant Workers Louisville, KY — Louisville’s independent restaurant workers are facing an unprecedented crisis after […]

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Flooded with memories, metro Louisville experiences a thunderous silence

As the Oasis front man Liam Gallagher is known to say, it has been “biblical” for local businesses thus far in 2025. There have been interruptions in January owing to snow and ice, multiple flooding events including the current all-timer, a subsequent first-ever-weather-related cancelation of Thunder Over Louisville, disruptive Doge blitzkriegs and gutting tariffs, and […]

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Letters from Lelia’s Kitchen: “Cooking with Eggs” (and shakshuka lessons)

In our current print edition, Lelia Gentle recounts a shakshuka lesson offered by a helpful North African cab driver in New York City: “You must roast the peppers and tomatoes yourself. Don’t used the canned ones!” She offers two additional egg recipes: okonomiyaki (a Japanese cabbage pancake, similar to a frittata) and shirred eggs, a […]

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Edibles & Potables: A Bay Area wine bar where every glass is priced the same

Today, a Bay Area wine bar where every glass is priced the same, everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came. Something like that, at least. Truth be told, wine knowledge isn’t one of my strengths, even if I drink more gratifyingly modified grape juice today than during earlier periods of my life. […]

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Golden Hour to benefit the Bluegrass Bartenders Fund, by The LEE Initiative & APRON Inc.

The Spring 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online (or read it at issuu). Apron Inc. and The LEE Initiative have come together to create the Bluegrass Bartenders Fund, supporting those who make our hospitality scene exceptional. The Golden Hour on […]

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Meesh Meesh’s Noam Bilitzer is a finalist for “James Beard Best Chef: Southeast” award

MeeshMeesh, a manifestation of Chef Noam Bilitzer’s childhood dining room table, is a Levantine-focused restaurant in Louisville’s Nulu neighborhood, exploring the vibrant flavors shared throughout Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and beyond. MeeshMeesh’s owner/chef Noam Bilitzer has been named as a finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: Southeast award. An information release offers […]

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