Roger Baylor

Hip Hops: The shocking fate of an innovative brewer in pre-Prohibition New Albany

I’m writing a book about beer, and the first of several deadlines is today. Speaking as an expository writer (my efforts at fiction have always been abysmal), one must learn in order to teach. Consequently, research began in January, and the only sure thing is that more of it will land on the cutting room […]

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Kentucky Bourbon Fest Distiller’s Dinner with Angel’s Envy, Savor at River House, Apr. 30

This year’s edition of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival takes place from September 5 – 7 in Bardstown, Kentucky. However, everything in its right place: the Kentucky Derby precedes the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, and the Shepherd Insurance Great Steamboat Race happens prior to the Run for the Roses — hence, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival Distiller’s Dinner […]

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Mashup Food Hall is coming to PhoenixLu this summer

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). Mashup Food Hall introduces itself. Strictly speaking, the new project is located in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood, but who are we to quibble? Mashup Food Hall is […]

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Authentic flavors of Honduras at the new Trujillo Restaurant in Okolona

Here’s Wikipedia with the pitch. Honduran cuisine is a fusion of Mesoamerican, Spanish, Caribbean and African cuisines. Coconut and coconut milk are featured in both sweet and savory dishes. Regional specialties include sopa de caracol, fried fish, tamales, carne asada and baleadas. Other popular dishes include meat roasted with chismol and carne asada, chicken with […]

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New Albany name change: Petra Mediterranean, formerly Aladdin’s

To my knowledge, the newly dubbed Petra Mediterranean Restaurant (37 Bank St., part of the Underground Station retail plaza) is the only locally-owned, independent (bricks ‘n’ mortar) purveyor of Middle Eastern food in Southern Indiana. Google corroborates this, but if I’m mistaken, please let me know. Operating until now as Aladdin’s, the Sajaja family business […]

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In the East End, Quezadillas Bar & Mexican Grill has debuted

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). Quezadillas Bar & Mexican Grill opened in February and is located in the East End at 2300 Terra Crossing Blvd #104, which crosses Old Henry Rd. a […]

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Hip Hops: My earnest pursuit of Żywiec Porter (1987 – 2002 – 2018)

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). — (Originally published on April 12, 2021.) In the spring of 2002, I chartered a minibus and a dozen of us took a trip through Hungary, Slovakia, […]

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Locos has departed Fourth Street Live

For aficionados of Cordish Co.’s lineup of Fourth Street Live chain restaurant links, there is an unfortunate departure to report. The closing of Locos (412 S. Fourth St.) actually occurred earlier in the month, as Louisville Business First’s Michael L. Jones reports. Locos closes Fourth Street Live location amid rising costs Locos co-owner Cory Starcher […]

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Swig will bring “dirty” drive-by sodas to Jeffersonville

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). Louisville welcomes the “Original Dirty Soda” chain, this hitherto unknown beverage being a creation traceable to Utah, and a desire to avoid alcohol and caffeine by artfully […]

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Edibles & Potables: South Shore bar pies are “sort of like snowflakes”

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). “As various families perfected their own recipes and as cooks carried their trade secrets from kitchen to kitchen, these simple pies, perfect for slugging back with a […]

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Chubby Ninja debuts in Middletown

Chubby Ninja opened in Middletown early March at 12951 Shelbyville Rd. The large menu includes chashu (Japanese braised pork belly), bao, ramen and sushi, and early returns suggest that the restaurant’s all-you-can-eat sushi is going to be a big draw. Here’s the current AYCE menu and terms. Two hours max, people. (I’ve drawn from Louisville […]

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“Local restaurants rally for public awareness amid River Road closures”

Awareness is key, so let’s begin by making the point that the Louisville Water Company is fully aware of the impact of the River Road residual line project on several local restaurants. Louisville Water is like many in this community – we love supporting local restaurants. We know our construction project along River Road means […]

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Scott Hand Day is today, at Monnik Beer Co.

Never forget. Scott Hand was a singular figure in Louisville brewing history, and it is fitting that Monnik Beer Co. (1036 E. Burnett Ave.) honors his memory each year. Join us at Monnik (on Thursday, March 20th) to celebrate a very dear friend of ours, Scott Hand. We’ll be releasing a special beer we call […]

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Jerusalem Kitchen to have a new home in Logan Street Market

Reporting at Louisville Business First, Michael L. Jones has the scoop on Jerusalem Kitchen’s prospective return following a little more than a year’s hiatus. The restaurant serves Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes. Owner Sami Barghouthi explains his choice of Logan Street Market (1001 Logan Street), and Jones provides the back story. Restaurant to reopen in […]

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Perú Peruvian and Latin Cuisine is open in Middletown

Peruvian cuisine reflects local practices and ingredients including influences mainly from the indigenous population, including the Andean and Amazonian cuisine, and cuisines brought by immigrants from Europe (Spanish cuisine and Italian cuisine), Asia (Chinese cuisine and Japanese cuisine), and Africa (Maghrebi cuisine and West African cuisine). Without the familiar ingredients from their home countries, immigrants […]

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