by Jessica Elliott
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Mark Your Calendar: The Louisville Original second-quarter discount gift certificate sale will begin at 10 a.m. on July 16. [Originals]
Contemporary Piano Bar: Dress up like F. Scott Fitzgerald and bring your date to the Brown Hotel lobby bar on Thursdays and Fridays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. to enjoy half-price [...]

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by Jessica Elliott
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent

Now Open: A new Jimmy John’s just opened on East Market Downtown. Michelle from Consuming Louisville suggests ordering Jimmy John’s from Derby City Espresso and enjoying the best of both worlds. Perfetto Pizzeria, a new Italian Deli on Linn Station Road, is now serving up sandwiches, salads, and pizza by [...]

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The Bristol Bar and Grille on Main Street will present a dinner featuring artisan winemaker Heather Munden of St. Francis Winery on Monday, Feb. 23 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Munden is the winemaker at St. Francis Winery in California and she has made wine in Italy, Australia, Chile and New Zealand. Her creative interests [...]

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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, [...]

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The Louisville Downtown Management District has come up with a way for Derby City diners to get the most for their culinary buck. It’ll be called Fleur De Licious, and it’s a week-long celebration of Downtown Louisville’s cuisine. This is the third year it’s taking place. From Monday, October 20th to Saturday, October 25th various [...]

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by David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant
I’ve been eating high on the hog lately. Monday night was a Bastille dinner at the Bristol in Jeffersonville, and yesterday I had lunch at Napa River Grill. Last week I did dinner at Morton’s and at Avalon. I think I might be developing a goiter. Maybe it’s time to [...]

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By David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant
Bastille Day is over and they celebrated it in high style across the river at the Bristol Bar and Grille’s Jeffersonville location. I checked it out last night and it’s worth the trip to the ‘Ville’s “sunny side.” If you missed it, don’t worry, though, because the French food and [...]

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By David Dominé, the Bluegrass Peasant
Bon appetit! (Said in my best, most warbly Julia Child voice.)
It seems that every country around the world has its classic meat-and-potatoes combination to satisfy hungry appetites, and in the French-speaking parts of Europe, steak frites would fit the bill. This winning combination of juicy, pan-seared beefsteak with crispy sticks [...]

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Coming Back: Eats has been on hiatus for a few weeks, but thanks for welcoming us back.
Almost All In: You might want to check out the 16th Annual Taste of Frankfort Avenue on June 22. $40 will get you into the event at the Clifton Center, where more than 20 area restaurants will be showcasing [...]

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Bardstown Road Farmers Market opens Saturday: Take heart, locavores, solid proof the long, cold winter is officially over is the sale of spring’s first local produce this weekend at one of the area’s favorite farmers markets. As always, the market will be held in the Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church parking lot (1722 Bardstown Road), and [...]

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The ever-observant foodies over at Louisville Hot Bytes passed along these tidbits in the site’s forum.
Stratto’s in Clarkesville closed on Easter Sunday, but will live on, sort-of, as a catering site for the Bristol Bar and Grille set to open in the same town later this year.
Editor Robin Garr reported BLUMediterranean Grille and Bar (in the [...]

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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 [...]

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Lentini’s out, Jarfi’s in on Bardstown: For some time, rumors swirled that Jarfi’s Bistro would leave the Kentucky Center for the Arts, a site it has occupied for five years, for a more customer-accessible spot. Apparently that’s happening in April in the restaurant home to Lentini’s for at least the better part of my 43 [...]

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Bristol Bar & Grill slashes wine prices. Here’s a key reason why I love independently owned restaurants (no, I’m not anti-chain): Their owners can do whatever they want, whenever they want to boost business. That’s precisely what Bristol is doing by slashing prices on its 50-bottle wine list to retail level for the rest of [...]

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The Bristol Bar and Grille in Prospect is hosting its “Four-Course February” special, every Thursday at its Prospect site. The prix fixe deal costs $30 (tax, tip and beverage not included) and will change weekly. Click on the dates below to see Chef Michael Vissing’s menu for each Thursday: Feb. 7; Feb. 14; Feb. 21; [...]

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