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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Breakfast'
Some Places to Pull For
July 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Bardstown Road · Bars and Pubs · Breakfast · Chains · Charity · East End · Mediterranean · Reviews · Shiraz · St. Matthews
FDA Chides Cheerios
May 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
by Tim Griton
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
How are you controlling your cholesterol? Are you eating right?
Right.
Eating right seems to be the hardest thing these days, but we thought we had a panacea with the General Mills juggernaut Cheerios. You’ve seen the playful commercial with the husband and wife competing to see who would reach their goal [...]
Wild Eggs #2 Hatches in Westport Village
February 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Shane Hall and business partner J.D. Rothberg have opened the second Wild Eggs location in the ‘Ville.
The popular breakfast-brunch-lunch concept occupies 4,800 square feet at the Westport Village shopping center in the former Bountiful Bread restaurant. According to Business First, Hall and Rothberg, as Eggheadz LLC, signed a 10-year lease with renewal options with Underhill [...]
Tags: Breakfast · Chains · Chefs · East End · Napa River Grill · Openings · Westport Village
Gut Reaction: MMJ’s Patrick Hallahan
November 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s another Gut Reaction with local writer Cindy Lamb, who wanted to know about the dining habits of Patrick Hallahan, the Louisville-born drummer for My Morning Jacket. Here’s what she discovered:
Thoughts of home and all the trimmings while on tour can be bittersweet for the emotional appetite. What this one Louisville boy [...]
Tags: Barbecue · Bardstown Road · Bars and Pubs · Breakfast · Cooking · Independents · Jack Fry's · Kroger
Thanksgiving Dinner Out is a Great Option
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Looking to stay out of the kitchen this Thanksgiving? Don’t worry, there are a number of Louisville restaurants that will be open on Turkey Day.
Two of my favorites are the English Grill and J. Graham’s Café at the historic Brown Hotel. On Thursday, November 27 the English Grill has dinner seating times at 12:30, 12:45, [...]
Tags: Bardstown Road · Breakfast · Bristol Bar & Grille · Brown Hotel · Downtown · East End · English Grill · Indiana · Menu · Proof on Main · Prospect
Try Fava in Georgetown
November 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Looking for a little slice of Americana less than an hour’s drive from Louisville?
Head east and try the food at Fava’s in Georgetown. Fava’s is an old-fashioned soda-fountain kind of place that has been catering to hungry Georgetownians since 1910 when Susie and Louie Bertolini Fava opened a confectionery shop on Main Street. Although the [...]
Tags: Breakfast · Cooking · Ham · Hamburgers · Home Cooking · Independents · Ribs · Sandwiches · Seafood
Wild Eggs Will Open Second Store in Westport Village
November 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Owners J.D. Rothberg and Shane Hall have signed a lease to open a second location for their breakfast/lunch concept known as Wild Eggs at Westport Village this winter. The second location will have more than 4,800 square feet, an increase of approximately 700 square feet compared with the original restaurant on Dutchmans Lane.
The Swope Design [...]
Tags: Breakfast · Brunch · Chefs · East End · Independents · St. Matthews
New Owner for Juanita’s Burger Boy
July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Last month, we reported that Juanita’s Burger Boy, at the corner of Brook and Burnett, was up for sale.
What do you know? Dan Borsch saw the post and started looking into the business, and closed on his purchase of the business and building in mid-July.
Borsch and his brother R.J. plan to continue operating the business, [...]
Tags: Breakfast · Dives · Hamburgers · Juanita's · Old Louisville
Gut Reaction: John Yarmuth
July 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
We’re thrilled to welcome Cindy Lamb, who once wrote a regular, semi-famous column in LEO called “Gut Reaction.” We thought it might be a good idea to revive the column here, and since Cindy’s days at LEO came during the “Yarmuth Era” at the alt-weekly, it seemed only natural to have the Congressman sit in [...]
Tags: Breakfast · Brunch · Downtown · Toast on Market
Book Touts Recipes from Bluegrass B & B’s
July 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments
by David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant
A new cookbook touting the culinary delights of many of the state’s best bed-and-breakfast establishments recently hit the shelves. Room at the Table showcases signature recipes from more than 30 inns around the commonwealth with appealing color photography and easy recipes that will tempt you to make reservations for [...]
Tags: Bed and Breakfast · Breakfast
Anoosh Fans: Wait ’til This Year
June 20th, 2008 · No Comments
by Zak Owens
Anoosh Shariat is planning his new business in Holiday Manor, and we’ve got some fresh details. Anoosh’s Bistro and Anoosh’s A.M. are expected to open by the end of 2008. The two will share the same building but have separate entrances.
Anoosh’s Bistro will feature Shariat’s signature take on Mediterranean and American cuisine. [...]
Tags: Anoosh Shariat · Breakfast · Chefs · East End
Round-up: tastings, updates and potent potables
February 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Now baking at Bountiful Bread: Westport Village’s newest client is Bountiful Bread, a bakery and sandwich café that, looking at its Web site, appears to be a neat place. This is the second store for the Albany, N.Y.-based company whose sandwich and salad menu is quite broad. BB serves breakfast as well. It’s located at [...]
Tags: Bars and Pubs · Bread · Breakfast · Bristol Bar & Grille · Impellizeri's Pizza · Park Place on Main · Pizza
Starbucks bucks breakfast sandwiches
February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
In an effort to return to what he calls the “Starbucks experience,” formerly retired founder and CEO, Howard Schultz, said the chain will end its warm breakfast sandwich program.
In a New York Times piece, Schultz claims the company’s efforts to be everything to everybody—in this case, compete with fast-food chains for early-morning share of stomach—over [...]
Tags: Breakfast · Coffee Houses · Gift cards · Sandwiches · Starbucks
Grab a Bowl of Cereal
January 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Dietitians say breakfast is the most important part of the day, but based on where Americans are getting theirs, it’s becoming the most expensive and the most caloric meal.
A story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution points out how breakfast eaten at fast-food restaurants is soaring. Those operations have breakfast down to a science and their biggest [...]


























