Attention, folks! The Louisville Beer Store has opened!
The store, dedicated to specialty craft beer (!), has won a special spot in our heart. Craft bottles, growlers, beer flights, tastings, daily food stuffs from The Patron. Hello, heaven.
Located on the corner of Shelby & Market, we plan on moving in to the store [...]

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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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by John LaFollette
‘Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Original. And Extra Original — Louisville Originals, the organization of local, independent restaurants, now has more than 10,000 members in its 7-month-old rewards program.  Members of the program accumulate points each time they eat at Louisville Originals restaurants and can exchange those points for gift certificates.  To celebrate the milestone, [...]

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by John LaFollette
‘Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
New menu worth the hike: The Westport General Store’s tradition of serving fine southern cuisine in a comfortable (if remote) setting and at comfortable prices will continue with some new menu items.  The restaurant has announced a new menu from Chef Rafael Hernandez that will include a “smokehouse section” featuring [...]

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by Jessica Elliott
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
The reopening of Browning’s at Louisville Slugger Field has been somewhat of a local success story – after closing in March 2008 because of the recessing economy, it was reopened by partners Anoosh Shariat and Paula Barmore.
I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Shariat and Barmore at [...]

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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 Jessica Elliott
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Celebrate Healthy Living: This Saturday, May 30, the healthy-living businesses in Westport Village are hosting Healthy You Healthy Planet, a festival featuring speakers, health screenings, chair massages, healthy food, and live music, all to promote the adoption of healthier lifestyles. This event also kicks off the start of the Westport [...]

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by Lindsay Baisch
The Derby Festival is about epic proportions: it features the most explosive fireworks show in the nation, the biggest hats and the greatest two minutes of horse racing in the world. But last weekend, in the heart of Germantown, people were content to celebrate on a smaller scale.
Saturday, April 25 was the 17th [...]

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Derby City Espresso and Cake Flour:

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Although the state of the local economy has seen more businesses closing than opening, there have been some exceptions to the rule in Louisville.
With the opening of a Sol Aztecas a couple of weeks ago in the old Sweet Pea’s Southern Bistro location, diners got another restaurant option among the string of eateries along Frankfort [...]

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Jay Denham, executive chef at Park Place, likes to bring his dinner guests close to the source of their food. On Saturday, September 27 at 6:30 p.m., Denham and his culinary team will host the Second Annual Kentucky Farm Dinner at Ivor Chodkowski’s Field Day Farm at 9001 Limehouse Lane. The cost is $65 per [...]

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by Zak Owens
Remembering Ferd’s- People are missing Ferd Grisanti’s, which closed 2 1/2 months ago. Well, they miss Ferd’s when it was actually good. The C-J’s Ron Mikulak has received an influx of mail regarding the late J-Town institution, including some recipes. [C-J]
International Fun- Louisville will once again be hosting the International WorldFest Labor Day [...]

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by David Dominé, The Bluegrass Peasant
Unless you’ve been hiding under a culinary rock for the last few decades, you’ve most likely heard of Capriole Farms, the family-run dairy located in southern Indiana that has garnered no small amount of fame for its award-winning cheeses. Goat cheeses.
In 1976 Judy Shad moved with her husband and three [...]

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By Jessica Elliott
Well, Since You Asked Nicely: Roger Baylor, co-owner of the New Albanian Brewing Company in New Albany, is taking advantage of the recent push to buy locally-grown food by asking people to drink locally-brewed beer in this week’s LEO. If you need an excuse to make it a beer night, you’ll want [...]

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By Zak Owens 
Hot Brown Praise – The cowboys at CMT love the Hot Brown, and who could blame them? While we don’t know if we’d go as far to call the Hot Brown a “luxurious sandwich,” there’s no denying the appeal of the Louisville original, served at the Brown Hotel.  The Nashville writer’s short piece [...]

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