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Shahar Cafe is nominated for America’s “best vegan fast-casual restaurant”

In our ongoing “man does not live by porterhouse alone” category, Shahar Cafe (1127 Logan St. in Shelby Park) is included among the nominees for “Best Vegan Fast-Casual Restaurant” at the 4th Annual USA VegNews Restaurant Awards, by VegNews magazine. Shahar’s social media text: YOU GUUUUUUUYS we’ve been nominated for best casual vegan spot for […]

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Hip Hops: “Curating” beer? Just stop it. Try “thinking” beer instead

Among the beer-related buzzwords that I’d like to see dumped from the top of the Burj Khalifa, then stomped, incinerated, drawn, quartered and dowsed with a flagon of Michelob Ultra fresh from heating to a low boil in the microwave, is the word “curated” in all its varied and chronically over-used tenses. “Curated” is making […]

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Claudia Sanders Dinner House, historic Colonel Harland Sanders memorabilia to be auctioned on July 28

It would be counter-productive to truncate this story, as with “Colonel Sanders auction to take place on July 28.” The Colonel Sanders Collection & Historic Property Auction Presented by The Menish Group Auction & Real Estate For the first time in more than fifty years, the personal collection preserved by the Settle family, together with […]

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Mimi’s Ethiopian Restaurant to open this August in Deer Park

“I’m in favor of liberalizing immigration because of the effect it would have on restaurants. I’d let just about everybody in except the English.” — Calvin Trillin (born 1935), American writer (from the New Yorker magazine) International cuisine continues to expand, bringing flavors from most corners of the planet into Louisville’s neighborhoods. Since I’m old enough to […]

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Dough Boy Pizza is open in downtown New Albany

The new Dough Boy Pizza, located at The Breakwater apartments (411 E. Spring St.) in downtown New Albany, is a brand extension of Dough House Pizza in English, Indiana. The space previously hosted the fondly remembered 8th Street Pizza. Reporting at the News and Tribune, Molly Gregory has an overview: Pizza by the slice: New […]

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Hip Hops: Old Louisville Brewery, Feed Louisville — and chef-crafted Zest bowls

As usual, let’s preface today’s pint of Kentucky Common with a shot of local history. In the beginning, “craft” beer was accompanied by platters of food ― and I’m not referring to “The Peasant Wedding,” that famous painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Beginning in the 1990s, when small, independent breweries first introduced brought freshly […]

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The House of Marigold is coming to Norton Commons in August

The House of Marigold has announced that a new location will open in Norton Commons this August at 10715 Meeting Street (formerly Gustavo’s, which recently shifted a few doors down the street). The new twist is dinner service. A synopsis from the information release: The House of Marigold Norton Commons will offer guests full-service breakfast […]

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Feasting at the street booths on July 4th in 19th-century New York City (reprise)

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 Food & Dining Magazine.   As Archie Bunker once crooned, “those were the days.” Before microwave ovens, food trucks and UPS-airlifted […]

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CoreLife Eatery Clarksville has closed permanently

CoreLife Eatery (1225 Veterans Parkway, Suite 100, Clarksville, IN) has closed after a lengthy run. The text: To our amazing Clarksville community, Thank you for welcoming us, supporting us, and allowing us to be part of your lives. We are incredibly grateful for every meal shared, every conversation, and every memory made. It is with […]

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Hip Hops: I drank a Shock Top, and other tales of mystery and imagination

Words have meaning ― most of the time. Um, much of the time? I keep forgetting that it’s 2026, and the advent of the post-literate era. Words with meaning comprise beer style definitions, even if many of the definitions we now accept as fixed and immutable have existed only since the 1970s, when the pioneering […]

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The hits just keep coming: Bluegrass Brewing Co. expires after 32+ years

Over at Louisville Business First, Shea Van Hoy has the latest commercial obituary. Bluegrass Brewing Co. abruptly closes Bluegrass Brewing Co. has shut its doors, with a sign on the door at 300 W. Main St. stating, “This location in permanently closed. Serving our community since 1993. We appreciate your support over the years.” Verily, […]

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Edibles & Potables: Let’s examine Italian s*x worker-style pasta

Headline titillation? That’d be rare. Almost as unlikely as the sight of me downing an ice-cold Miller Blah Life after a Sunday morning bicycle ride. Rather, we’re gathered here today to discuss the ideal edible vehicle for the Mediterranean ingredients I routinely crave: pasta “in the style of a prostitute.” Note that when someone says the […]

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Goodwood’s bankruptcy shutters the Beer Corner of Main & Clay for the first time since 1997

For the record, allow me to be honest. From the moment in 2015 when the former BBC production brewery reorganized and rebranded as “Goodwood,” I didn’t personally think much of the name. We were told it reflected a brewing discipline of beer “touching wood,” as a voguish, beer-world riff on the familiar bourbon reliance on […]

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Apron Inc.’s 9th annual “A Taste of Independents” is coming on Sun., July 12

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. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, APRON Inc. has stepped up with a far greater volume of assistance to local workers than ever […]

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It’s TANA time (on July 15)

A “long-gestating” concept, project or idea is one that takes a while to develop. Chef Ming Pu’s TANA has been in the planning stages for two years, which really isn’t long at all considering myriad planetary disruptions and a few issues with the building in Germantown (983 Goss Ave.) that didn’t become evident until construction […]

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