Robin Garr

Delicious tofu takeout at Heart & Soy

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I’m pretty sure I unleashed a small rant last autumn when the Delta variant was coming on, threatening to retreat into takeout dining until things blew over a bit. I didn’t actually do that. I’m vaccinated, and now boosted too, so what, me worry? But the other day, eyeing news reports … Continue reading Delicious tofu takeout at Heart & Soy →

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When KFC gets faux chik’n, plant-based meat’s time has come

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com If you still think the recent wave of faux meats made from plants is just a passing fad that won’t last, consider this: On Monday, KFC rolled out Beyond Meat’s new plant-based chicken nuggets for a short-term test at all 4,000 U.S. shops, boxed not in the traditional red but a … Continue reading When KFC gets faux chik’n, plant-based meat’s time has come →

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Simply Mediterranean brings Lebanese flavor

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Back in the late winter of 1984, I did my first restaurant review for The Louisville Times. I enjoyed a great dinner at a short-lived Lebanese restaurant on Bardstown Road with a Lebanese-American friend who spent a short time at the city’s afternoon paper before moving on to bigger things. Here … Continue reading Simply Mediterranean brings Lebanese flavor →

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Two more closings end a bleak 2021

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com And the hits just keep on coming. It seems appropriate, in a meta kind of way, to quote a hit by the musician and songwriter Michael Nesmith, who died this month, to mark the passing of two more Louisville restaurants as the year nears its close. Both spots – Faces Bar/Bistro … Continue reading Two more closings end a bleak 2021 →

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Why leave? Local chef becomes a full-time Dad

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Just about a year ago, sadly listing about 30 favorite restaurants that had closed forever during the first full year of Covid-19, I wrote, “the arrival of a pandemic that none of us saw coming at this time last year turned 2020 into a swirling black whirlpool that didn’t make anyone … Continue reading Why leave? Local chef becomes a full-time Dad →

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Eggholic lights up egg dishes with Indian flavors

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Eggs are popular. Most people love them for breakfast, lunch, and even breakfast-for-dinner. So it’s no surprise that egg-centric eateries draw crowds in Louisville. Wild Eggs landed some 15 years ago; Con Huevos brought its Mexican flavors to our world of eggs in 2015. Now Eggholic has come to town to … Continue reading Eggholic lights up egg dishes with Indian flavors →

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The Great Resignation: Why a CIA-trained chef quit

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com If I was asked to name a local chef most likely to join the Great Resignation, I would never have thought of Meghan Levins. Yet now she’s a full-time webinar monitor for a national virtual education firm. Look at Levins’ biography, you might think, “There’s a chef for life.” She’s been working … Continue reading The Great Resignation: Why a CIA-trained chef quit →

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Derby City Pizza scores with pizza and pasta

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Everybody knows that I’m a huge fan of pizza, but I have my standards! I like pizza best the way they make it in New York City, or even Italy: It’s good bread, flatbread, with toppings added proportionately, not overloaded. You want a thin but substantive crust, and you want a … Continue reading Derby City Pizza scores with pizza and pasta →

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D. Nalley’s owner gives an MBA’s-eye view of the supply-chain roller-coaster

Imagine yourself as the owner and cook at a popular short-order diner. Suddenly you look around and discover that the price of your cooking oil has tripled, and you can’t buy biscuits for love or money. Those challenges make things tough when your customers are looking for breakfast all day and the many fried delights … Continue reading D. Nalley’s owner gives an MBA’s-eye view of the supply-chain roller-coaster →

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Mussel & Burger Bar’s wacky concept seems normal now

Early in 2013 when Mussel & Burger Bar opened its first shop in Jeffersontown, I couldn’t help but make fun of this previously unimagined combination. “‘Let’s go get some burgers and mussels,’ said no person ever,” I wrote, chortling. Now, 8 1/2 years later, Mussel & Burger Bar’s founders have moved on to other ventures, but … Continue reading Mussel & Burger Bar’s wacky concept seems normal now →

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Shalimar stands the test of time

I fell in love with Indian food a mighty long time ago, when the curry houses that surrounded London’t Victoria Station offered me a delicious – and cheap – refuge while the very young me was seeing London on £5 a day. But it took a lot longer before Indian food came to Louisville, a … Continue reading Shalimar stands the test of time →

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Shortages and Covid fear foretell another bleak winter

Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Winter is coming. Will it be another bumpy ride for local restaurants? Can we do anything to help? As I see it, we’re facing an alarming trifecta of troubling problems as Pandemic Winter II draws near: • Even with widespread vaccination, we haven’t achieved herd immunity. Covid is still around, the Delta … Continue reading Shortages and Covid fear foretell another bleak winter →

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Simple, delicious American fare at Cheddar Box Too

Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I don’t guess it comes as a major surprise to disclose that I’m a huge fan of world food. Follow my foodie trail and you’ll usually find me checking out another Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Venezuelan, African or other delicious immigrant-cuisine meal. That goes double during these pandemic-remnant times when simple economics … Continue reading Simple, delicious American fare at Cheddar Box Too →

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Memories! Recalling the restaurants we loved and lost

Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com If you have lived in Louisville for more than a year or so, you’re surely mourning at least one favorite restaurant that isn’t with us any more. A lot of us are mourning dozens! The restaurant business is a rough road, and success is far from guaranteed in a business with very … Continue reading Memories! Recalling the restaurants we loved and lost →

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Currito impresses with flavorful grains, greens, and more

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I don’t review chain restaurants often. I’d much rather talk about Louisville’s great independent local eateries. But when a new corporate shop like Currito comes to town and people tell me the food is really good, I’m willing to take a look. I believe the last time I did such a … Continue reading Currito impresses with flavorful grains, greens, and more →

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