OPENINGS & CLOSINGS

Family ties: Sweet Colada opens in Shelby Park

There’s a new Cuban cafe located at 1113 Logan St. in Shelby Park: Sweet Colada (Facebook/Instagram). Reporting at Louisville Business First, Michael L. Jones has the details. Cuban restaurant Sweet Colada brings family legacy to Shelby Park Sweet Colada is (owner Nachely) Martinez’s first restaurant, but she’s been in the business most of her life. […]

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Unice’s Kitchen Bar & Grill is open in West Buechel

Wikipedia gets us started. In terms of geography, Liberia is a West African nation situated on the Atlantic Ocean. Liberian cuisine refers to the cuisine of Liberia. It is centered on unique dishes of rice, cassava, plantain, yam, tropical fruits and vegetables (potatoes, greens, cassava leaf, okra, cabbage), as well as fish, meat and more. […]

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Love is blue: Corridor Bar closes but hopes to return

Corridor Bar, a “rum and agave forward” study in blue located at 712 E. Market St. (on the contested border of new-school NuLu and old-school Phoenix Hill), has closed following a three year run. Perhaps the most relevant parting passage from the blue parting artwork at Instagram is this: “we hope to be back in […]

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By Golly’s, coming in August to where the Hooters used to be in Clarksville

It’s all about the food, folks. At Epic Eeats, our mission is to bring an innovative casual dining experience to the communities we serve. We want to be a leader in the restaurant industry, being known for quality food, local community engagement, and overall positive impact on our team members. The Epic Eeats vision is […]

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Mark’s Feed Store’s location in Deer Park to close Aug. 24

The location of Mark’s Feed Store Bar-B-Q & Catering at 1514 Bardstown Road in Deer Park (only colloquially the “Highlands”*) will cease operations following a final business day on August 24. Another Place Sandwich Shoppe ran here through 1993 and was replaced by the short-lived Nick’s Dixie Pig (“someone needs to understand that meat can […]

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A Chicken Cock Whiskey tasting room in NuLu (where Gertie’s used to be)

The oddity in this story is that Gertie’s Whiskey Bar made a final Facebook post on June 14 and then promptly disappeared without a trace, seemingly overnight. According to Stephen P. Schmidt at Louisville Business First, that’s because the lease ran out at month’s end. Hence the new occupant at 821 E. Market St. (NuLu […]

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Mo Mo’s Catering & Noshery has a new Irish Hill storefront

Recently I struck up a chat via email, and instead of paraphrasing it, let’s consider Amber Marquez-Boggs’ message as a lightly edited information release. We thank her for the background. The business in question is the recently expanded Mo Mo’s Catering & Noshery at 619 Baxter Avenue in Irish Hill (strictly speaking, the Highlands begins […]

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Mushroom coffee and other health tonics at Elixir Cafe in Crescent Hill

You may recognize 2714 Frankfort Ave. as the longtime bastion of Heine Brothers Coffee. In 2021, Crescent Hill Coffee debuted in this space, vacated by Heine Brothers because the building lacked drive-thru capability. Crescent Hill Coffee is now sharing the shop with Elixir Cafe, which is not to be confused with Elixir Kombucha. Elixir Cafe […]

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The multi-use Jubilee Field in Merriwether plans an August debut

Out here in the (Jubilee) Field, a bar by the “new” Bard, and coming soon Not exactly a cyclops for a mascot, but let’s not quibble. A project announced a while back is coming to fruition coming in 3 … 2 … 1 … For the latest about Jubilee Field (529 E. Burnett Ave. in […]

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Gordon Biersch closes downtown at Fourth Street Live

I seem to have misplaced an entire decade. My profile of Gordon Biersch appeared in F&D’s Fall 2015 issue. Now it can serve as a requiem. Hip Hops — Gordon Biersch: Still Leading with Lager Indeed, Louisville’s Biersch has reached terminal gravity, leaving only one “standalone” Biersch in the USA (Myrtle Beach FL), as well as […]

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J-Town Big Bites comes in, because WNB Factory went out

It has been two years since our last glance at WNB Factory, a chain/franchise eatery founded in Atlanta in 1997. Apparently it has been tough sledding for WNB’s local franchisee, as two of the three Louisville area locations have closed: 3733 Lexington Road in St. Matthews, and 10224 Taylorsville Road in Jeffersontown. As for the […]

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Chain Currito franchises in Louisville set to triple by 2026

There’ll be second and third chain Currito locations in Louisville by early 2026, joining franchises in Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The existing Currito is situated at 6460 New Dutchmans Pkwy. in St. Matthews. As for who is planting these many widely scattered geographical seedlings, we look to the Queen City. Thunderdome Restaurant […]

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Dive Bar on Frankfort will rise where The Hub was in Clifton

What is a “dive” bar? The term dates to times when such terminology actually meant something real and concrete, as opposed to the Cosplay Era we currently inhabit. At Beervana, Jeff Alworth offers a thought: Observations from a Dive Bar (today’s cover photo of Kay’s in Portland is borrowed from Jeff’s article). My professional need […]

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Cold Smoke Bagels will relocate to Mashup Food Hall in PhoenixLu

Cold Smoke Bagels introduces itself (web site): Created by chef & owner Sasha Chack in 2019, Cold Smoke is a tribute to the beloved bagel shops and bar mitzvah brunches of his youth with a celebration of the flavors of Eastern European Jewish cuisine filtered through the kiddush clubs and casual noshing of a young […]

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HaiFry opens today in Tyler Park with Osaka-style Japanese food (menu included)

(Many thanks to Colin Cranston at HaiFry for these details) HaiFry, a new restaurant from the legendary Toki “Dragon King’s Daughter” Masubuchi, opens today (Monday, June 23) at 1126 Bardstown Road, former home of DKD in Tyler Park. Hours: Sunday through Thursday, 4:00 p.m. to midnight; Friday and Saturday, 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. We […]

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