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LEO Weekly 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards plus my picks: Choi’s and V-Grits

LEO Weekly’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards went public this week. LEO staff tallied all the votes submitted by readers in scores of categories, and in this week’s edition let everyone know who you think is the cream of the crop in each category. A few categories ended in ties, a lucky happening that brings you … Continue reading LEO Weekly 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards plus my picks: Choi’s and V-Grits →

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More thoughts from the critic’s table

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Here’s an existential question about the art of the food critic: Should a restaurant review stick to the simple basics of food, mood, and service? Or does a review gain texture and meaning by bringing in a broader range of history, culture, culinary arts and other trips down fascinating rabbit holes? … Continue reading More thoughts from the critic’s table →

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We just can’t stop talking about pizza

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com If you’ve long harbored a wish to go viral on social media but didn’t know where to start, here’s a modest proposal: Speak of your undying love for pizza topped with pineapple … and anchovies. That should do it, and if it costs you a few lost friends and followers, well, … Continue reading We just can’t stop talking about pizza →

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Overcoming food aversions, restaurant-style

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Refusing to eat a disgusting dish may be one of the first things that we as humans can do to claim our individual agency, our right to yell “No!” “It’s broccoli, dear.” “I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.” Carl Ross’ classic 1928 New Yorker cartoon captured … Continue reading Overcoming food aversions, restaurant-style →

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Invisible disabilities: A challenge for restaurant accessibility

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Think about accessibility for disabled people in restaurants and other businesses, and you’ll probably visualize that familiar blue-and-white stick figure in a wheelchair. That’s not too surprising. The Americans With Disabilities Act, popularly known as the ADA, passed in 1990, is a civil-rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities … Continue reading Invisible disabilities: A challenge for restaurant accessibility →

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What’s an influencer? Is there money in it?

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com I was putting on my disguise and puffing up my wig, getting ready to go review a restaurant, when a New York Times headline caught my eye: “The 21st-Century Shakedown of Restaurants.” (The Times’ headline is pictured above.) “This isn’t a joke,” opinion essayist Karen Stabiner wrote. “This is a 21st-century … Continue reading What’s an influencer? Is there money in it? →

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“Find us on Facebook” Or not. Restaurants and social media

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com In the overall scheme of things, it hasn’t been all that long since Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. And it’s still recent history when Steve Jobs started the process of getting a tiny, powerful computer into everyone’s pocket. How in the heck did we figure out how to eat … Continue reading “Find us on Facebook” Or not. Restaurants and social media →

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Let ‘em eat cake: the view from the judges’ table

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com “Uh. Two things I don’t much like: Maraschino and Amaretto,” I whispered to fellow judge Caity DiFabio as yet another slice of cake dropped on our star-spangled table. She nodded, and then we picked up our forks, and we were like “Whoa.” Whoever made this cake knew what to do with … Continue reading Let ‘em eat cake: the view from the judges’ table →

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What could possibly go wrong? Oops!

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com One cold day last winter, I joined a group of friends at a popular local breakfast spot. I pulled up a chair, said down, reached for a menu, and … oops! hey now, what’s this? I’m stuck to the chair! Sure enough, I was literally glued in place. It took an … Continue reading What could possibly go wrong? Oops! →

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Restaurant fame may falter, but we’ll always have our go-tos.

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Things are changing, and this makes us nervous. We’ve already mourned the loss of Harvest, Decca, and Rye during the pandemic, and their replacement in place if not in spirit by a branch of Cafe Lou Lou and a squadron of Latin-accented Olé Group eateries. And now James Beard House reveals … Continue reading Restaurant fame may falter, but we’ll always have our go-tos. →

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Modica: Mocktails and cocktails made with Pride

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com The two guys work together like the practiced team that they are. Their elevator speech is sharp. Then they seque smoothly into a clear presentation. They look at each other. They smile. They laugh. They finish each other’s sentences. Meet J.D. Mitchell and Eric Wentworth, co-creators and corporate co-owners of Modica, … Continue reading Modica: Mocktails and cocktails made with Pride →

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Buy Local Fair Louisville June 10!

Buy Local Fair Saturday, June 10, Noon-6 p.m. (new location) Festival Plaza in Waterfront Park The Louisville Independent Business Alliance (LIBA) hosts the Buy Local Fair on Saturday, June 10 from Noon-6 p.m. at Festival Plaza in Waterfront Park (231 Witherspoon Ave.). The event features over 100 local retailers, makers, local libations and food, with … Continue reading Buy Local Fair Louisville June 10! →

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We get happily lost on Memory Lane

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com The Louisville dining scene sure has changed since I was a kid! Or has it? There’s hardly a better way to spark a conversation among food-loving locals than to start talking about dining out the way it used to be. It’s no coincidence that one of my recent columns that attracted … Continue reading We get happily lost on Memory Lane →

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Love food and dining? Make food justice a part of your diet.

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com If you love good food, cooking and dining out as much as I do, allow me to invite you to make the food justice movement part of your culinary life, too. Um, what is food justice? Good question. Let’s start with a definition. Here’s a good one from Boston University’s Community … Continue reading Love food and dining? Make food justice a part of your diet. →

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