Robin Garr

A stroll down restaurant Memory Lane

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Covid, Delta, Omicron, BA.5, bah! Sometimes it seems as if the pandemic will never end. In fact, the experts say, it’s more likely to shift from pandemic to endemic status, which isn’t much better since it’s essentially acknowledging that it will always be around, like the flu or common cold. While … Continue reading A stroll down restaurant Memory Lane →

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Tandoori Fusion offers artistic Indian creations

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Thoughts inspired by a recent meal at Louisville’s Tandoori Fusion restaurant: Fusion cuisine has been around for centuries, going back as far as Chinese restaurateurs coming up with chop suey to please western consumers in 1850s California, and maybe even to Marco Polo and his noodles. But the concept didn’t get … Continue reading Tandoori Fusion offers artistic Indian creations →

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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should: Menu edition

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com When a new friend or neighbor finds out that one of my jobs involves writing restaurant reviews, their first response is usually something like this: “Wow! You get to eat out at a different restaurant every week? That must be great!” Why yes! Yes it is! It’s fun to try new … Continue reading Just because you can doesn’t mean you should: Menu edition →

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Buy Local Fair Louisville July 30!

Buy Local Fair Louisville 2022! Saturday, July 30. noon – 6 pm Louisville Water Tower Park 3005 River Road Free Admission! Parking: $6 in advance (purchase here) $8 at the gate, bicycles free. Parking is one of the ways LIBA raises funds to continue our Buy Local/Keep Louisville Weird campaigns. Sorry, no animals (besides service … Continue reading Buy Local Fair Louisville July 30! →

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We enjoy the chicken and the egg at Chik’n & Mi

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I’m not going to say I’ve solved the ancient riddle about whether the chicken or the egg came first, but I can tell you that we enjoyed both those good things and more in a delicious brunch at Chik’n & Mi. It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that the fare … Continue reading We enjoy the chicken and the egg at Chik’n & Mi →

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Napa wine maker comes to town to make bourbon

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I’ve often joked that Louisville’s effort to build bourbon tourism as a gigantic revenue source looks like a plan to turn Louisville into an urban version of the Napa Valley. Since the late 1800s, Napa has lured tourists to come visit wineries, learn about wine, taste the stuff, and not incidentally, … Continue reading Napa wine maker comes to town to make bourbon →

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MozzaPi’s pizza remains near and dear to my heart

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I’m pretty sure I’ve told you before that pizza is one of my favorite foods. I can’t think of a one of Louisville’s 60-some pizzerias that I would flatly reject. Well, possibly some of the national chains, unless I was really hungry. I mean, what’s not to like about pizza? It’s … Continue reading MozzaPi’s pizza remains near and dear to my heart →

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Like food? Learn about food justice. This form can help

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I’ve liked food for a long time. Coming of age in the time of Julia Child and James Beard and culinary stars like that, it didn’t take me long as a young adult to get interested in cooking and dining out. But a funny thing happened on the way to the … Continue reading Like food? Learn about food justice. This form can help →

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For a top-notch Sichuanese meal, call J-a-s-m-i-n-e

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com China’s $1.4 billion population in 2022 is roughly four times the size of our 335 million people, and all those hungry Chinese enjoy, depending on where they live, at least eight major regional cuisines dating back thousands of years. So why is it, if we don’t think twice about enjoying the … Continue reading For a top-notch Sichuanese meal, call J-a-s-m-i-n-e →

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Everything – well, some things – you wanted to know about appetizers

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Appetizers! There’s something about simply hearing the name that gets your taste buds working, or mine, anyway. It even sounds so much more appealing than the hoity-toity French “hors d’oeuvres,” am I right? So what is an appetizer, anyway, and where did this idea of offering a small, tasty bit before … Continue reading Everything – well, some things – you wanted to know about appetizers →

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Bavarian-inspired Common Haus Hall, a great new arrival

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com The beloved German restaurant Gasthaus closed last month after nearly 30 years of delighting us with delicious schnitzel sauerbraten and more. So what are we going to go now, when we’re hankering for wurst or some flammenkueche or even a giant German pretzel? Good news! A quick trip across the Ohio … Continue reading Bavarian-inspired Common Haus Hall, a great new arrival →

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Half-price wine, what a deal!

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com It may be true that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, or at least that a free lunch rarely comes without a quid pro quo. But half-price wine? Now, that is a thing! Locally and around the nation, a surprising number of restaurants choose at least one evening per … Continue reading Half-price wine, what a deal! →

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Alley Cat Cafe has no cats, just great cheap eats

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com “We do not have cats,” a sign in the front window of Alley Cat Cafe’s little dining room warns, perhaps to ward off disappointment from visitors expecting to delight in a cat cafe with cute kittens jumping on the tables. There are, in fact, a few ceramic cats on a tchotchke … Continue reading Alley Cat Cafe has no cats, just great cheap eats →

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It’s not your grandma’s church supper when Chef Lamas is in the house

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Chef Anthony Lamas wrapped a towel around the handle of a screeching hot black iron skillet, swung around and showed off a dozen beautifully seared fresh-caught dry scallops the size of baseballs to an eager crowd. “This is how you do it,” he said with a smile. “Dry scallops, never stored … Continue reading It’s not your grandma’s church supper when Chef Lamas is in the house →

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Yen for enchiladas lures us to La Cocina de Mama

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I hate to say that my food cravings are easily influenced what I see and hear. It’s true, though. All it takes is a tempting phrase in a cooking article or an attractive food photo in a culinary video, and I’ve got to have it right now. This time it was … Continue reading Yen for enchiladas lures us to La Cocina de Mama →

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