by John LaFollette
‘Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Its doors have been shuttered for nearly a year, and La Bodega, the tapas bar adjacent to De La Torre’s on Bardstown Road, is finally ready to celebrate its grand re-opening in style.
Damaged in a fire in November 2008, La Bodega will re-open with a month-long celebration starting October 2nd [...]

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by John LaFollette
‘Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Beer No Matter Where It’s From: Fans of football and good beer have a great day ahead  Saturday.  Flanagan’s Ale House will host an event dubbed East Coast, West Coast, No Coast, in which brewing giants Dogfish Head (from Rehoboth Beach, Del.) and Stone (San Diego, Calif.) meet brewmasters from [...]

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A sad note we received. . . 
Louisville’s venerated Café Metro is closing this weekend. For good.
The restaurant’s last day of operation will be Saturday, Sept. 19th.  Despite such heroic rescue efforts like Chef Gary Byler, Jr.’s new small plates menu, a more casual atmosphere in its new piano bar, and specially themed events such as [...]

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Bite-sized effort — Velocity half-assed its way through its annual restaurant and dining guide, which hit newsstands July 29.  The special issue features tiny blurbs — called “bite-sized morsels” on the cover (cute) — on some 500 restaurants, including at least a few that have been closed for some time.  The issue is great if [...]

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by John LaFollette
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Gerstle’s set to grow; Vikings set to still suck: Having cleared its final re-zoning hurdle last week, Gerstle’s is poised to begin an expansion project that will allow the St. Matthews/Crescent Hill bar to accommodate a great deal many more Vikings fans this football season.  The plan is to use [...]

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by Tim Griton
‘Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
The bohemian in me enjoys the Highlands in the summer. For people watching, punctuated by good grub, there may not be a more eclectic place in the city. Bardstown Road stays clogged with residents and visitors alike all enjoying the artistically commercial vibe (or commercially artistic, depending on your point [...]

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In a world lousy with wine dinners, Lillyís and Gemelli Wine+Spirits go niche with a vegetarian meal featuring organic wines. OK, it’s a big niche. Organic wine sales are rising at three times the rate of wine sales overall. Still, in a world where wine dinners almost by definition build toward a Big Red Wine/Big [...]

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by Leslie Stewart
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Here in the heart of bourbon country, even premium single malt scotch whisky can be a tough sell.  The natives – even those of us with Scots-Irish ancestry – have never really been brought up to fully appreciate the subtle nuances of heather and other such woodsy, grassy flavors that [...]

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By Jessica Elliott
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Coming Soon: Fans of Zaytun Mediterranean Grill will be happy to know that its owners are opening a second location in the Highlands at the old Diamante Bar and Grill location. The new location will specialize in small seafood dishes and will have a bar.
Support Our Farmers: The Food Literacy [...]

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By Kelly McKnight
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
For a little place, La Gallo Rosso delivers big on food.
I love Italian cuisine and have a long-held belief:  if you can’t cook the simple stuff, leave the veal in the kitchen.  When I say simple stuff, I mean the staples like Spaghetti & Meatballs or Lasagna. I’m no novice, [...]

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by Jessica Elliott
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Now Open: Captain Pepper Jack’s is a new restaurant on Taylorsville Road across the street from Bowman Field, offering menu items such as chicken and dumplings, lamb gyro, and babaganoush. [HotBytes Forum]
Double Vision: After more than a year away from the restaurant business, Anoosh Shariat will oversee the opening of [...]

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For Lent, Louisville’s favorite barbecue joint will be adding several meatless selections, including seafood and veggie entrees, to the menu at all four Mark’s Feed Store locations.
Fish lovers will have choices such as the Salmon Burger for $7.49, Salmon Salad for $8.99, and the Fried Fish Sandwich. The Fried Fish Sandwich will be available in [...]

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Stroll the aisles, and you spot foods such as durian, feferoni, listovi za sarmu, kiseli kupus and maftoul. Take a closer look at the labels, and you notice brand names you’ve most likely never seen before: Mahlad, Jadro, Domacica, Gazda, Goya, Piernizki, Rondo, Dobrova, Jadranka, Vava, Conchita, Swad, Dana, Cacique, Sultan, Ziyad.
Snoop around a little [...]

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Okay, talk amongst yourselves about how awesome this coconut bundt cake from Cafe Lou Lou is:

The Beginning

Three Minutes Later

We tore it up! You have to go get some. Marsha may be the best baker in town.
In other news, two great stories from David to come tonight/tomorrow.

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It looks like bubble tea has finally made its way to the ‘Ville. And, of course, the first shop dedicated solely to this fad beverage will make its debut on Bardstown Road. I noticed the sign for VT’s Bubble Cup a couple of weeks ago and had meant to go and check it out, but [...]

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