Depending on whether you’ve got a date lined up for a Valentine’s dinner out, the following advice from Esquire magazine dining guru John Mariani could be just-in-time helpful. In his Feb. 12 column at Esquire.com, Mariani gives seven detailed tips on what to do and not do to make a Valentine’s dinner memorable. A sampling […]

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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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If you’ve ever watched the show, “Deadliest Catch,” on Discovery Channel, you have a greater appreciation for the effort it takes to haul Alaskan king crab from the frigid ocean depths to your dinner table.
Whether that makes you scramble to Morton’s The Steakhouse for its annual surf and turf special is another matter. But at […]

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The Courier-Journal recently reported both Seviche locations (1538 Bardstown Road and 2929 Goose Creek Road) will close on Sundays through the end of April. Maybe that’s a hint as to when the Bardstown Road site’s patio will reopen (fingers crossed!)

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If your February plans for romance include a swell dinner out, better get on the horn and call your fave spot to get a table on Feb. 14. Valentines Day is one of the busiest dinner nights all year at U.S. restaurants.
Park Place on Main’s (515-0172) Chef Jay Denham is rolling out a $75-per-person feast […]

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Just a month after spending $3 million and countless hours opening Corbetts, owner-chef Dean Corbett has set another goal: a Mobil Dining Guide five-star rating.
“I want it. I will get it. Or I’ll die trying,” Corbett told The Courier-Journal.
His ambition is a lofty one, to say the least. Casa Grisanti, which closed in 1991, was […]

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Seems no one told the gang at Park Place on Main you’re not supposed to wear whites after Labor Day (perhaps because few care about that rule). So they’ve cooked up a great fundraiser idea to help the Home of the Innocents: a Winter White Party on Thursday, Dec. 6.
The good news is this group […]

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