Roger Baylor

Mo Mo’s Catering & Noshery has a new Irish Hill storefront

Recently I struck up a chat via email, and instead of paraphrasing it, let’s consider Amber Marquez-Boggs’ message as a lightly edited information release. We thank her for the background. The business in question is the recently expanded Mo Mo’s Catering & Noshery at 619 Baxter Avenue in Irish Hill (strictly speaking, the Highlands begins […]

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Edibles & Potables: Why do eateries turn up the volume?

We dropped into a local restaurant for lunch just before noon on a Monday in July and elected to sit at the bar. The hip hop-influenced contemporary pop music was so loud that I could barely hear the bartender, so we moved outside, where it was far too hot, but the traffic at an urban […]

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Mushroom coffee and other health tonics at Elixir Cafe in Crescent Hill

You may recognize 2714 Frankfort Ave. as the longtime bastion of Heine Brothers Coffee. In 2021, Crescent Hill Coffee debuted in this space, vacated by Heine Brothers because the building lacked drive-thru capability. Crescent Hill Coffee is now sharing the shop with Elixir Cafe, which is not to be confused with Elixir Kombucha. Elixir Cafe […]

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The multi-use Jubilee Field in Merriwether plans an August debut

Out here in the (Jubilee) Field, a bar by the “new” Bard, and coming soon Not exactly a cyclops for a mascot, but let’s not quibble. A project announced a while back is coming to fruition coming in 3 … 2 … 1 … For the latest about Jubilee Field (529 E. Burnett Ave. in […]

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Chef in a Box (July 16, 17): River Road BBQ, featuring chef/owner Krissy Davis

River Road BBQ  is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  Food & Dining Magazine continues to preview the forthcoming Chef in a Box offering. It’s a tasty fundraising project dating to the summer of 2020, benefiting APRON Inc.’s ongoing grant program. The Chef in a Box promotion continues […]

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Hip Hops: A few Czechoslovak lagers at Mamut in Bratislava (1991)

Today’s post is adapted from a vignette previously published as part of my “40 Years in Beer” series. Because writers enjoy being read, links to my web site will continue to be featured here, as with yesterday’s installment: 40 Years in Beer, Part 80: Running Gravity Head’s daunting gauntlet (Act I: 1999 – 2009). Once […]

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R.I.P. Hugh E. Bir Jr., legendary New Albany musician and tavern keeper

Hugh E. Bir Cafe’s 59th birthday is June 8 in New Albany Whether it was the historic downtown bar in his family’s possession since 1966, or the soft-spoken man himself, the name Hugh E. Bir has been synonymous with New Albany for so very long that most of this city’s residents probably think he came […]

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Sat., July 12 is the 10th Annual JTown Summer Beer Fest

The 10th Annual JTown Summer Beer Fest returns on Saturday, July 12 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Gaslight Pavilion (10434 Watterson Trail, Jeffersontown, Kentucky) and 3rd Turn Brewing. The festival not only celebrates the craft beer scene, but also highlights Jeffersontown. Local businesses are joining in the festivities. “The Jtown Beer Fest celebrates […]

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Louisville Burger Week returns July 14-20

Or is it Louisville Sandwich Week? Strictly speaking, burgers and hot dogs are examples of sandwiches. Let’s digress, shall we? The answer to whether or not burgers and hot dogs are sandwiches comes down to legitimately deep question: What, exactly, is a sandwich? Merriam-Webster defines it as “two or more slices of bread or a split […]

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NuLu’s Garage Bar changes hands; closed temporarily but slated to reopen on July 19

TAJ vs TAJ? Just flip a dinar, and the loser becomes JAT, no worries Here a Taj, there a Taj; everywhere a Taj-Taj. The latest update on NuLu’s struggle among the Tajs involves a new variable in the form of Garage Bar’s temporary closing and sale. “The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so […]

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Feasting at the street booths on July 4th in 19th century New York City

This post appeared for the first time in this space on the 4th of July in 2022, proving that we have all been here before, unless of course we haven’t. Happy Independence Day from everyone at Food & Dining Magazine.   As Archie Bunker once crooned, “those were the days.” Before microwave ovens, food trucks […]

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Gordon Biersch closes downtown at Fourth Street Live

I seem to have misplaced an entire decade. My profile of Gordon Biersch appeared in F&D’s Fall 2015 issue. Now it can serve as a requiem. Hip Hops — Gordon Biersch: Still Leading with Lager Indeed, Louisville’s Biersch has reached terminal gravity, leaving only one “standalone” Biersch in the USA (Myrtle Beach FL), as well as […]

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Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lager Haus, because lager is a way of THINKING about beer

Kindly be reminded that the Summer 2025 (Vol. 86) issue of Food & Dining Magazine is currently available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. You can subscribe to our award-winning print publication and have it delivered to your door each issue, or read it at issuu (above).  […]

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J-Town Big Bites comes in, because WNB Factory went out

It has been two years since our last glance at WNB Factory, a chain/franchise eatery founded in Atlanta in 1997. Apparently it has been tough sledding for WNB’s local franchisee, as two of the three Louisville area locations have closed: 3733 Lexington Road in St. Matthews, and 10224 Taylorsville Road in Jeffersontown. As for the […]

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APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13)

APRON Inc. (Facebook/Instagram) was created in 2011 to help provide financial relief to food and beverage industry workers in the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area who find themselves in need during times of crises. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, APRON Inc. has stepped up with a far greater volume of assistance to local workers than ever before. APRON’s […]

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