by Tim Girton
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
When you’ve got a new product that has already flopped once, albeit in a slightly different form, how do you successfully reintroduce it to the American pubic?
Call Oprah and let her give it away for free.
That had to have been the thinking in the marketing department at Louisville-based Yum! Brands [...]

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by Leslie Stewart
Ville Voice Eats Correspondent
Everyone’s heard of exorbitantly priced hamburgers – those usually made with Kobe beef, truffles, and other exotic ingredients that produce a lavishly presented sandwich resembling nothing you’d find at even the more upscale steakhouses.
But would you pay $50,000 for a chicken burger?  The National Chicken Council would, and did – [...]

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Despite the dismal economy, Chick-fil-A will open a new stand-alone restaurant at 5001 Shelbyville Road on Thursday, January 8th that will add 65 new jobs to the local economy.
And this won’t be your run-of-the-mill grand opening, either. With their tailgate-type atmosphere and free goodies, Chick-fil-A openings have become so popular that there are groupies who [...]

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by David Dominé, The Bluegrass Peasant
Our Best Restaurant, a small family-run eatery with roots in Smithfield, Ky., recently opened its third store off of 10th Street on Holman Lane in Jeffersonville.
This comes on the heels of the grand opening of a Preston Highway location in the fall of last year. The first restaurant opened [...]

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Iron Chefs in Town: There’s been a lot in the news lately about nutrition and the importance of eating right. To help make the point that good eatin’ is good for you,  the Community Farm Alliance and Urban Fresh are hosting an Iron Chef competition in the West End. The dearth of healthy food [...]

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Some quick criticisms and compliments on meals had around town.
Stick to the sandwiches at McAlister’s Deli: I’ve long been a huge fan of McAlister’s Deli, its superior sandwiches, fantastic service (where do they—and Paul’s Fruit Market for that matter—find all those handsome, helpful teens? Must be a Glenview-area thing) and its kid-friendly menu. The chain [...]

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Yum! Brands officials announced Pizza Hut will begin delivering pasta items in April.
That’s right: delivery pasta. Hmm.
When it comes to delivery, pasta isn’t at all like pizza or Chinese food: the only two foods I can think of that fare well on wheels. (Well, OK, chicken wings do OK, but not great.) Chefs will tell [...]

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Full disclosure: I hate the Duck Dance song. Hate, I tell my picky 9-year-old, who uses the word to describe certain dishes his dad cooks, is such a strong word that it should rarely be used — especially when the guy who does his cooking controls his bedtime. But when it comes to this wretched [...]

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If you’re hosting a Super Bowl party this weekend and want to do less work and have more fun—just the opposite of what I tend to do when I entertain—then here are some restaurant-centered tips for making the bash much easier. These picks are designed to save time and cash and please your guests.
Pizza: My [...]

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