OPENINGS & CLOSINGS

Parlour Pizza in, Derby City Pizza out (where Dundee Tavern used to be)

At Louisville Business First, Michael L. Jones reports that the Belknap neighborhood is about to witness a pizzeria swap at 2224 Dundee Rd., onetime home of Dundee Tavern. Parlour Pizza takes over former Dundee Tavern property Louisville-based Neace Ventures has acquired the former Dundee Tavern property in the Highlands for a new Parlour Pizza + […]

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The Misfit Lou and The Hereafter both have departed

This message seems to have appeared last week at The Misfit Lou and The Hereafter’s social media accounts. It was a good run, just shy of three years. Their last day at 119 S. 7th St. (downtown) was Friday; we bid them farewell.  — There’s really no good way to say this, so we’re just […]

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La Raíz Mexican restaurant is coming to Butchertown (in place of Nami)

 Located on the famously disputed border of Butchertown and NuLu, La Raíz Mexican restaurant will replace the departed Nami Modern Korean Steakhouse, which departed around Thanksgiving time in 2025. La Raiz Mexican restaurant to open in former Nami space, by Michael L. Jones (Louisville Business First) La Raiz will be located at 835 E. […]

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Burritos as big as … BTW, Louisville’s nocturnal fave La Bamba is no more

La Bamba to take a break, tear down and rebuild It is perhaps unusual that I can provide readers with the exact date of my first and only visit to La Bamba. The British band Gomez was touring in support of its then-current album “How We Operate,” and played at Headliners Music Hall on October […]

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News and Tribune reports that Baer’s City Winery in New Albany is “permanently closed”

The scoop goes to Molly Gregory at the News and Tribune. Baer’s City Winery in downtown New Albany closes ‘permanently’ Baer’s City Winery & Brick Oven Kitchen, a downtown New Albany business next to Bicentennial Park, has closed its doors permanently. A sign on the door Tuesday reads “permanently closed.” Baer’s City Winery, otherwise known […]

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Magnolia Bakery is open in Phoenix Hill — maybe. Or tomorrow, and if not, then next Tuesday

I just did a round of Google and social media searching to determine whether the much discussed local franchise of NYC’s Magnolia Bakery is, as yet, open for business. The choices, as gleaned from five widely ranging minutes of diminishing returns, are: not open at all, already open, will be opening Tuesday the 18th, won’t […]

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The Exchange NuLu is now open at Hotel Genevieve

The week’s top Louisville dining story originates in NuLu, where The Exchange NuLu at Hotel Genevieve officially opened yesterday (Wednesday, August 12). Reservations can be scored at OpenTable. Your correspondent is a card-carrying New Albanian, naturally patriotic when it comes to planting flags on yonder side of the river. As such, this opening is uncommonly delightful. […]

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Good Belly Sandwich Shop to close at the end of August

On August 3, Good Belly Sandwich Shop (2216 Dundee Rd. in the Belknap neighborhood) announced that it will close at the end of August. Good Belly opened in 2023 at the former Silly Axe Cafe in Douglass Loop. The text from co-owner Jess Bookin: There is no easy way to say this. After much consideration […]

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The AF-less Chef Morris and his new Stelly’s Sandwiches & Such (at Logan Street Market)

(The “Hip Hops” beer column is taking the week off. But there’s a fresh episode of “40 Years in Beer,” here: New Albany’s brewing history, prior to NABC resuming it.) Chef’s back. Goss Ave. Deli in Germantown closed in June following a short run, but owner/operator Eric Morris quickly pivoted to a relocation plan, which […]

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Basilico Cafe is up and running where Corner Cafe used to be in Lyndon

Basilico Cafe has repurposed the former Corner Cafe (9307 New La Grange Rd. in Lyndon), with an entirely new yet familiar menu, and a new chef (Cody Noe) but with several key Corner Cafe employees retained. Basilico Café takes over Corner Café space, by Michael L. Jones (Louisville Business First) The restaurant was launched by Raj […]

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Beechmont Bakeshop’s opening day is slated for August 15

Michael Hargrove and Danielle Beebe first announced their prospective bricks ‘n’ mortar bakery last September, and following a whole lotta prep work, opening day in the South End is almost here: Saturday, August 15. Beechmont Bakeshop will be operating inside Foxing Books (1314 Bluegrass Avenue), where the bakery already has been doing pop-ups. It also has […]

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Taqueria La Oficina opens in Clarksville

A staggering volume of American evenings out occur at tables groaning beneath the weight of tacos and margaritas. We adore all varieties of Latin American food, perhaps because surprises are few at many area grills, cantinas and taquerias, which rely on tried and true recipes, and provide dependable service with estimable bang for the buck. […]

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Bae’s Baekery has relocated and is now baking ’round Cherokee Triangle

Bae’s Bakery (by some accounts, it’s “Baekery“) began in Old Louisville and outgrew the building, then moved to Clifton and outgrew the building, and now is firmly ensconced at 1021 Bardstown Rd. in Cherokee Triangle right across the street from the Original Highlands, hoping not to outgrow the building (briefly it housed Oddbird Bakery, a […]

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Mimi’s Ethiopian Restaurant to open this August in Deer Park

“I’m in favor of liberalizing immigration because of the effect it would have on restaurants. I’d let just about everybody in except the English.” — Calvin Trillin (born 1935), American writer (from the New Yorker magazine) International cuisine continues to expand, bringing flavors from most corners of the planet into Louisville’s neighborhoods. Since I’m old enough to […]

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Dough Boy Pizza is open in downtown New Albany

The new Dough Boy Pizza, located at The Breakwater apartments (411 E. Spring St.) in downtown New Albany, is a brand extension of Dough House Pizza in English, Indiana. The space previously hosted the fondly remembered 8th Street Pizza. Reporting at the News and Tribune, Molly Gregory has an overview: Pizza by the slice: New […]

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