Cochon Heritage BBQ party challenges competing chefs, dazzles eating guests
Annie Pettry was nervous without need. Her voice quavering slightly while she read her menu entries for the Cochon Heritage Barbecue contest held Sunday, Decca’s shy and talented executive chef told 20...
View ArticleSteve Coomes: Kathy Cary reopening La Peche Gourmet to Go and Café after...
Kathy Cary isn’t sure whether she’s feeling creative or crazy, but the owner of Lilly’s: A Kentucky Bistro, is preparing to expand her business this October by reopening of La Peche Gourmet to Go and...
View ArticleIdeaFest serves up ‘Local Food: Power to Change,’ daylong focus on building...
Real and lasting change, however, has to happen at the grassroots level, which is one of many things IdeaFestival hopes to effect with its one-day Local Food: The Power to Change event. That’ll take...
View ArticleOuita Michel opens Smithtown Seafood in Lexington, Kentucky’s first...
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Few places contain as wide an array of pleasing aromas as the building at 501 West Sixth Street in Lexington. About half of its 90,000 square feet—originally home to a Rainbow Bread...
View ArticleCheers! Both Louisville Brewfest AND Kentucky Bourbon Festival underway this...
“To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life’s problems!” —Homer Simpson If you like alcoholic beverages, this is the week to drink in Kentucky. Last Friday, Louisville Craft Beer Week got...
View ArticleTasty Restaurant Briefs: Zach Everson exits Eater Louisville, Ruth leaves...
Momma said there’d be weeks like this … more breaking restaurant news than we can possibly squeeze into five days worth of posts. So, we did the considerate thing, saving you time by condensing...
View ArticleMore tasty news bits: Chef Lee’s new bourbon, Chef Lamas’s TV show, Blind...
This week is absolutely nuts for restaurant news. If you didn’t see yesterday’s post, start there. And trust us, we can’t print the half of what we’re being told about new projects underway. • Edward...
View ArticleAlltech Kentucky Gathering leading horses, people to Lexington for a bash in...
I hereby nominate Dr. Pearse Lyons for governor of Kentucky! Why? Because we need his type: • A business leader who is dynamic and visionary. He needs to be running more than Alltech, the $750 million...
View ArticleMartinez trio to open higher-end The Place Downstairs restaurant in Jan.
The partnership of Fernando, Christina and Yaniel Martinez is well on its way to opening its third restaurant in less than three years. To be called The Place Downstairs, the informal but higher-end...
View ArticleHeat over Meat leads to Blind Pig’s defeat … and some happier news
Slaughterhouse live! The long-running dispute between owners of The Blind Pig and Meat, the cocktail lounge located above it, will finally end when the barn gate closes on the Pig this Saturday. Owners...
View ArticleNew Brasserie Provence gives locals a glimpse into an authentic French...
Since a trip to France remains near the top of my bucket list, I’ll have to take Guy Genoud’s word for it that his new restaurant, Brasserie Provence, 150 N. Hurstbourne Pkwy., is “not exactly what...
View ArticleGreat Flood Brewing sets Highlands taproom opening for early 2014
Great news! The partners behind Great Flood Brewing plans to open a taproom in the Highlands early next year. Bad news is thanks to the recent government shutdown, that opening was pushed back at least...
View ArticleRemarkable rebound: Better fundamentals, better profits … Papa John’s
Anyone remember five years ago when Papa John’s stock (Nasdaq under the symbol “PZZA”) traded (mid-recession) at about $16 a share? Well, anyone other than founder, CEO and chairman John Schnatter, who...
View ArticleCheers! Commonwealth Tap wine, beer and bourbon bar opens in Norton Commons
Following a week-long soft opening that was unexpectedly busy, Commonwealth Tap, 9411 Norton Commons Blvd., had its official ribbon cutting last Friday to a good crowd eager for a higher-end, but not...
View ArticleMoonshine University students learn distilling isn’t as simple as it looks
If all you knew of making whiskey was what you’d seen on the hit TV show, “Moonshiners,” you might imagine it easy work. But as 14 students at the daylong Oct. 18 session of Moonshine University...
View ArticleSteve Coomes: Some complain mayor’s restaurant-bourbon tourism team neglects...
“Your job as sales managers isn’t to light a fire under people. Your job is to find those salesmen already on fire and pour gasoline all over them!” —Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker Louisville...
View ArticleTo become a national player, Louisville’s restaurants need a better ‘bench’
A key element in the Louisville Cardinals men’s NCAA basketball championship last year was its bench. When starters were injured or needed a breather, or Coach Rick Pitino decided it was time for a...
View ArticleThe Lynn Winter saga continues, Martinezes to open two, El Camino chef walks,...
Here’s proof that truths surrounding the restaurant scene here are stranger than any skillet-fried fiction. Lynn Winter, the charismatic and mercurial creator-operator of Lynn’s Paradise Café, told The...
View ArticleJosh Bettis takes exec chef position at the Brown, aims to contemporize...
As The Brown Hotel‘s new executive chef, 43-year-old Josh Bettis has a multi-part plan: contemporize the menu at The English Grill; maximize local food resources; and leave the Hot Brown exactly as it...
View ArticleEl Taco Luchador’s late opening pushes unveiling of The Place Downstairs to...
This story has been updated to reflect new information about the opening date. If you’ve already laced up that Santa-faced bib in anticipation of El Taco Luchador’s planned December opening, then I...
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