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Tailspin Ale Fest is turning 12 and The Bar Belle reports from the front

Our colleague Sara “The Bar Belle” Havens has a Tailspin scoop. The always solid Tailspin Ale Fest that kicks off warmer weather each year finally is a 12-pack years old. I feel like I’ve been attending this crazy beer fest much longer than a dozen years, but perhaps I’m just old. It’ll be held Saturday, […]

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Edibles & Potables: On tariffs, food costs and rough sailing ahead

“Many people think of California as the garlic capital of the world when, in fact, most of our garlic comes from China” — Southern Living As readers already know, as of Saturday afternoon tariffs have been placed on all imports to the United States from Mexico, Canada and China. Stated simply at Wikipedia, “a tariff […]

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In Belgium, “relaxed rules on cafe terraces from pandemic are phased out”

Few of us care to think back to the COVID pandemic in search of lessons applicable to hypothetical events in the future. It’s what we should be doing, but humans tend not to think in these terms. We just wish to settle back into our routines (the late Beatle, George Harrison, referred to this as […]

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Hip Hops: Why I’m pumped about Monnik’s new Rose Hill Lager Haus

Hi, I’m Roger, an erstwhile “beer guy” charged with holding down this digital fort in quiet desperation, or something like that (the metaphors flow like craft cocktail programs in frantic times like these). Today is not customarily “Hip Hops” day, but I drink the pint I’m dealt/handed/poured, which comes to me from Amanda Hancock at […]

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LEE Initiative, APRON Inc. establish the Bluegrass Bartenders Fund

Yesterday The LEE Initiative and APRON Inc. jointly announced the establishment of the Bluegrass Bartenders Fund. The information release is repeated here verbatim. — LOUISVILLE, KY — The LEE Initiative and Apron Inc. are proud to announce the launch of the Bluegrass Bartenders Fund, a dedicated hardship relief initiative designed to provide financial support to […]

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Hip Hops: San Francisco’s Toronado beer bar at the crossroads

Here’s the text from Toronado’s feed at Instagram. Beer Week 2025 (Feb. 7 – 16) will be a special occasion for the Toronado family. After 38 years, our owner and founder Dave Keene is retiring and selling the business. This marks the end of an era for the generations of beer drinkers that have shared […]

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The Greater Louisville Food Council’s roadmap for food in neighborhoods

As “Dry January” mercifully concludes, allow me to catch up to some old “foodie” news, as reported by Morgan Watkins at Louisville Public Media. Sorry I missed this, but on the other hand, there’s still ice in the backyard. Community-led plan would remake Louisville’s food economy A new Greater Louisville Food Council will work to […]

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Carali’s Rotisserie Chicken (No. 7) is open in Fern Creek

Here is the Carali’s back story as a reminder: Carali’s name shows the uniqueness of their amazing restaurant. CA is for Carlos (Owner), RA is for Rafael (Owner), and LI is for Rafael’s mother, Lidia, who has passed away. Lidia’s dream was to open a restaurant, and Carali’s has made that dream a reality. Stop […]

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Edibles & Potables: Pie & mash with jellied eel? Don’t mention the “G” word

With advancing age has come a graceful acceptance of my latent Anglophilia. Much of this serenity owes to the creeping realization that proficiency in any of the continental languages is unlikely; consequently, a thwarted expatriate’s aspirations might as well be confined to areas where the Mother Tongue is spoken. There but for chronic linguistic underachievement, […]

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Noam Bilitzer is a James Beard semifinalist for best chef in the southeast

Rewind to the summer of 2023. MeeshMeesh Mediterranean to open in August at the former Wiltshire on Market space Among other achievements in its brief history, Meesh Meesh has singlehandedly brought the word “Levantine” back to Louisville. Now the restaurant’s executive chef, Noam Bilitzer, is a semifinalist for the prestigious 2025 James Beard awards. WDRB […]

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Nook & Nowhere is in route to Shelby Park (formerly Trouble Bar)

Trouble Bar’s last night is NYE, but there’s a secret something to come Previously it was revealed that the owners of Trouble Bar in Shelby Park (1149 S. Shelby St.) were embarking on a plan to shape-shift their concept in 2025. Accordingly, the business closed at year’s end, and the reinvention began. Now, thanks to […]

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Clifton down a Cajun as J. Gumbo’s closes

Add another chapter to the long-running saga of J. Gumbo’s, as reported by Michael L. Jones at Louisville Business First. J. Gumbo’s location closes A location of a Louisville-based, fast-casual Cajun restaurant chain closed last week. The J. Gumbo’s at 2109 Frankfort Ave. is now available for lease. The more than 1,300-square-foot restaurant, which opened […]

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MoonDog reinvents Pho Ba Luu in Butchertown

Over at the Courier Journal, Lennie Omalza has the rundown of how Pho Ba Luu has become MoonDog (1019 E. Main St.) — in some ways the same, in others quite different. Pho Ba Luu gets new life as MoonDog, a one-of-a-kind Vietnamese spot in Butchertown I caught up with owner/operator and partner Tin Le, […]

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The Fat Lamb’s My Old Kentucky Home Visiting Chef Dinner is Feb. 9

(Wait, can it really have been six years since I profiled The Fat Lamb? — RB) The Fat Lamb (2011 Grinstead Dr. in the Highlands) has announced a special upcoming event: “My Old Kentucky Home Visiting Chef Dinner,” to be held on Sunday, February 9, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Chef Christian Hunter (Atelier Restaurant in […]

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House of Marigold’s second location, coming in summer to Norton Commons

The House of Marigold (10310 Shelbyville Road in Middletown) was profiled by Cary Stemle in Food & Dining Magazine’s Fall 2024 edition (Vol. 83). A group of young women have just finished their meals, and now they’re lining up for photographs in front of the restaurant.  Painted white with gold trim, the façade features the […]

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