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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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 Leslie Stewart 
Thanks to my good friend Denton Randall, I was able to obtain an invitation to the “soft” opening of the Café Metro’s new piano lounge Thursday.  As the former jazz director for WFPL, I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t recognize the pianist at the baby grand, nor could I manage to find out [...]

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Pricey, elegant Caffé Perusa opens this month: Business First reports Caffe Perusa, an upscale restaurant featuring American continental cuisine, will open in Stony Brook Village (9200 Taylorsville Road, the southwest corner of Taylorsville Road and Six Mile Lane) Feb. 21. The restaurant will be owned and operated by Rodulfo Pantoja, a local real estate developer.The [...]

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Susan Seiler, the longtime owner of the venerable Jack Fry’s Restaurant, is passing the torch next month to Stephanie Meeks, the restaurant’s manager.
Seiler said she’d achieved all her goals for the restaurant and that her work in the restaurant industry was done.
Terms of the sale have not been released, though Seiler said there won’t be [...]

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