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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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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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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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To be or not to be: Black Jockey’s Lounge renovations still on pause

Turning back the pages to 2020: “A black + woman owned restaurant and lounge. We are where the community comes together over great food, lively music performances and cocktails.” Encore on 4th to be rebranded as The Black Jockey Lounge I’m not sure where those four and a half years went, but direct your attention […]

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A Memorial Day observance, 2025

“Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.” — Elie Wiesel The following essay first appeared at Food & Dining Magazine in 2021. It strikes me as useful and appropriate to pause now and then and reflect on universals, of which this surely is one. Today […]

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Dan Dry’s Kentucky Derby 151 photos: The Run for the Roses

Derby 151 was soggy; might as well embrace it: “At 5-1 odds, Sovereignty was able to hold off the favorite Journalism and win the 151st Kentucky Derby” (at WLKY). Sharing Dan Dry’s work this week has been a great pleasure; I felt as if I occupied a front row seat at Churchill Downs. Enjoy this […]

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Dan Dry’s Kentucky Derby 151 photos: Our Kentucky Oaks, 2025

For 22 years, Food & Dining Magazine readers have known and appreciated Dan Dry’s photography. ‘Nuff said. What they may not know is that Kentucky Derby 151 is Dan’s 47th year documenting the race and its milieu at Churchill Downs. I’ll do the math for you: that’s 31% of all the Kentucky Derbies ever. Dan […]

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Dan Dry’s Kentucky Derby 151 photos: Thurby

For 22 years, Food & Dining Magazine readers have known and appreciated Dan Dry’s photography. ‘Nuff said. What they may not know is that Kentucky Derby 151 is Dan’s 47th year documenting the race and its milieu at Churchill Downs. I’ll do the math for you: that’s 31% of all the Kentucky Derbies ever. Dan […]

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Dan Dry’s Kentucky Derby 151 photos: dawn workouts and the backside at Churchill Downs (2)

For 22 years, Food & Dining Magazine readers have known and appreciated Dan Dry’s photography. ‘Nuff said. What they may not know is that Kentucky Derby 151 is Dan’s 47th year documenting the race and its milieu at Churchill Downs. I’ll do the math for you: that’s 31% of all the Kentucky Derbies ever. Dan […]

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Dan Dry’s Kentucky Derby 151 photos: dawn workouts and the backside at Churchill Downs (1)

For 22 years, Food & Dining Magazine readers have known and appreciated Dan Dry’s photography. ‘Nuff said. What they may not know is that Kentucky Derby 151 is Dan’s 47th year documenting the race and its milieu at Churchill Downs. I’ll do the math for you: that’s 31% of all the Kentucky Derbies ever. Dan […]

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MeeshMeesh Incubator Kitchen’s Khao Boys is open for Thai at Trellis Brewing

A few months back, I was delighted to devote my “Hip Hops” print column to a profile of Trellis Brewing Co. (827 Logan St.), with photos by the inimitable Dan Dry. Given that the format of a column openly incorporates the writer’s opinion, kindly indulge me when I say that the beers at Trellis are […]

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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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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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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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