Roger Baylor

The from-scratch Secret Recipe bakery opens downtown, with Sole to come

Earlier this month the Secret Recipe (Instagram) bakery opened 438 W. Market St. in downtown Louisville. The following factoids have been gathered from a handy information release. Secret Recipe is the creation of Brenna Peters, who holds a hospitality degree and first learned to bake in her grandmother’s kitchen. The building at 438 W. Market […]

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Clifton’s Eatz Vietnamese Restaurant will close at September’s end

You have ample time to enjoy Eatz Vietnamese Restaurant (2244 Frankfort Ave. in Clifton), but last week the eatery posted notice that it will shutter after a final month of service in September. The complete text follows: After 8 amazing years, we have made the difficult decision to close Eatz Vietnamese Restaurant, with OUR LAST […]

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Hip Hops: Quiet, please ― or, the case for “Nothing Nights” at pubs serving better beer

The preceding video is your soundtrack, in Dutch. Today’s featured photo depicts the interior of The Imperial, a Wetherspoon pub in Exeter.  As noted previously within the comfortable confines of this fermentable precinct, J D Wetherspoon plc (branded as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and known colloquially as “Spoons”) is a British pub chain. I’m the first to concede it’s the […]

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Upland Brewing acquires Floyd County Brewing Company, with a rebrand on the way

On Tuesday evening, Indiana Beer & Spirits News broke a biggie. New Albany’s Floyd County Brewing Company, its Enchanted Forest & Music Hall, and the half-city-block surrounding them known as “Thirst and Main” have been purchased lock, stock and a gently used Monty Python Life of Brian video by Bloomington’s Upland Brewing Company (presumably its […]

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Goss Ave Deli closes permanently

On Monday evening, Eric Morris took to social media to make a difficult announcement. Goss Ave Deli is very sadly and unfortunately closed permanently effective immediately. Thanks for all of your support during this short venture. Hoping to revive it at some point. Thanks to all my real friends for supporting us. Love you all! […]

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Apron Inc.’s “Happy Hour Friend-Raiser” at Craft House Pizza Middletown (Wed., June 24)

Again in 2026, Apron Inc. is staging happy hour “friend-raisers” at different locations, always on the last Wednesday of each month. The next Happy Hour Friend-Raiser takes place on Wednesday, June 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Craft House Pizza Middletown (700 Landis Ridge Dr.) The prospectus: Complimentary tasting experience featuring Jefferson’s Bourbon, […]

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A third Four Pegs location is coming to Jeffersontown, adjacent to 3rd Turn Brewing

Reporting at Louisville Business First, Michael L. Jones reveals expansion plans for Four Pegs Smokehouse & Bar, this time to Jeffersontown. I’m assuming this means the JTD Dive Bar is no more. By the way, as for “dive bars” and “cold” beer, here are your educational links. You know, like Sunday school. The Old Growler: The […]

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Prova Spirits garners three medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition

Previously, F&D observed the opening of Prova Spirits in August of 2025. Prova Spirits, a nano distiller in Phoenix Hill, opens this weekend Your correspondent, a confirmed Europhile, continues to feel excitement about the Prova project. Verily, here is a collection of distillates one doesn’t often witness hereabouts. The basics: Prova Spirits (Instagram, Facebook) is a […]

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Hip Hops: This “lager revival” of George Washington’s 1757 ale recipe is muddled and pointless

44 years ago, when I first got into the business of promoting the timeless virtues of better beer (when the availability of superior beer could hardly be taken for granted), a key point quickly emerged. If you wish to sell better beer to consumers, you first must teach consumers why better beer matters. I’ll always […]

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Metro Louisville confirms passionate love affair with chains like Hawaiian Bros Island Grill, et al

Today’s featured photo: “Barbara Eden and Don Ho at an event for I Dream of Jeannie (1965),” courtesy of IMDB. Speaking as a stubborn older cuss who last ate at a McDonald’s back when Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” was the top song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 (that’d be 2006, folks), it has seemed […]

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Edibles & Potables: Remembering Mary Jane Rathbun, a.k.a. Brownie Mary (1922 – 1999)

“All human beings are practicing historians. We live our lives; we tell our stories. It is as natural as breathing.” — Gerda Lerner Food as activism? You’d better believe it. One needn’t care a solitary jot about psychoactive drugs like marijuana (it isn’t this beer-centric correspondent’s cup of hallucinogenic-infused tea, you know) to be fascinated […]

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Chef in a Box (June 17, 18): Papalinos NY Pizzeria, featuring chef Allan Rosenberg

Papalinos NY Pizzeria is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  (In case you were wondering, the Italian word “papalino” most commonly translates to “papal” or refers to a papal soldier/guard. In the Louisville instance, it plainly implies the “pope in the pizza.”) Food & Dining Magazine continues […]

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Osteria Italian Seafood welcomes chefs Henry Wesley III and Erik Abraham

In this correspondent’s personal opinion, Osteria Italian Seafood (1211 Herr Lane) has become a Louisville institution in a remarkably short period of time, offering a bounty of knockout seafood dishes, pastas and salads inspired by Italy’s coastal regions, alongside appropriate libations and impeccable hospitality. Today Osteria announces an important team transition as Henry Wesley III […]

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Sellersburgians, your last chance for Rubbin’ Butts BBQ is Sun., June 7

Rubbin’ Butts BBQ is leaving the building (at 8007 County Rd. 311 in Selllersburg), but not until the close of business on Sunday, June 7. For the whole story, visit the restaurant’s page at Facebook. The current ownership and management team took over in 2022.  The text: We are saddened to announce the upcoming […]

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Come Monday — or, a message from the caretaker

 A word from the editor: Beginning this Monday, June 1 — the very same day that I-65-Mageddon is unleashed in Louisville — Food & Dining Magazine’s website and social media portals are going on a diet; F&D Lite, if you will (heavens, I can’t even recognize myself in the mirror). I’m cutting my part-time […]

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