It’s that time of year. The time for ghouls and ghosts and goblins. And Kentucky has its fair share of them. In case you missed my article on food and phantoms in the October issue of Kentucky Monthly, here’s a recap of the best places to grab a bite with the boogeyman in the Bluegrass.
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Cuddly acquisition for prickly El Nopal: Business First reported that Mexico Timpico, operator of El Nopal (translated “the cactus”) in So. Indiana, has scooped up three Los Indios restaurants in the same area. The story didn’t say whether the restaurants will be rebadged as El Nopals, but it’s likely they will. The story did say [...]

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Health board investigators are analyzing samples of 27 different foods possibly involved in the widespread food-borne illness outbreak at Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville on Easter Sunday. According to news reports, 70 people have suffered symptoms common to food poisoning—cramps, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and dizziness—following meals there.
Sanders general manager Louise Riley told Fox-41 News [...]

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After opening briefly on Tuesday, Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville closed its doors again after 28 customers fell ill after dining there on Easter Sunday (the restaurant always closes on Mondays). State health board tests have yet to determine what caused the patrons—28 out of 3,000 who dined there that day—to suffer from stomach cramps, [...]

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Twenty-eight customers of Claudia Sanders Restaurant in Shelbyville fell ill on Easter Sunday after dining at the restaurant. According to a WHAS-11 report, all infected suffered diarrhea, vomiting and/or stomach cramps. Some said symptoms set in as quickly as 30 minutes (unusually fast for a food-borne illness), while others said they felt sick about six [...]

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