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Dining and the Delta variant

Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com When I got my Covid vaccination a few months ago, I thought this long national nightmare was over,. Ha! The nasty Delta variant has brought Covid roaring back. “This is the worst the pandemic has been,” a masked Gov. Andy Beshear told Kentuckians last week, as more than 4,500 new cases were … Continue reading Dining and the Delta variant →

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Many disability access barriers are easy to fix

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com “With today’s signing of the landmark Americans for Disabilities Act,” intoned President George H.W. Bush in March 1990, “every man, .woman, and child with a disability can now pass through once-closed doors into a bright new era of equality, independence, and freedom.” The ADA promised access for disabled people to public … Continue reading Many disability access barriers are easy to fix →

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Noosh Nosh satisfies at any time of day

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Here is the eternal question about dining out: Do we want to go someplace excellent but pricey, or shall we hit an eatery with great affordable fare? Thanks to the wit and wisdom of Chef Anoosh Shariat, you can jump in the car and hold that decision until you swing into … Continue reading Noosh Nosh satisfies at any time of day →

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A happy return to El Mariachi, a favorite taqueria

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Hola! I finally got back to a favorite taqueria, El Mariachi, last week, and oh, did it make me happy. Now I wish it hadn’t taken me so long, but I felt uneasy about the idea before I finally got fully vaccinated. There’s typically some language barrier for me at the … Continue reading A happy return to El Mariachi, a favorite taqueria →

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Pints & Union, a London pub in New Albany

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Let’s head over to New Albany for a London pub experience at Pints & Union! It’s the real deal: They’ve got great beers, ales, porters and stouts! They’ve got that dark and cozy British pub vibe! They’ve got great fish and chips! And they’ve got Indian tikka! Wait! What? Yes, you … Continue reading Pints & Union, a London pub in New Albany →

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We find our way to good eats at Joy Luck

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com It doesn’t seem reasonable to say that it’s hard to find good eats on Bardstown Road on a Sunday afternoon, but I was sure feeling that way the other day. Trekking through this usually busy restaurant row on a sizzling afternoon, I struck out at three places before we got to … Continue reading We find our way to good eats at Joy Luck →

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Wild Eggs scores with every plate

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com One cloudy, stormy looking March afternoon last year, when lockdown had just begun and we all were starting to reckon with the scary reality that the pandemic was here to stay for a while, I got out and walked through a completely deserted Westport Village. I walked up to the big … Continue reading Wild Eggs scores with every plate →

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The restaurant critic ponders the new normal

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Slowly, gradually, with some stutter steps, Louisville’s restaurant scene, like the nation’s, is edging back toward normal, and I for one am delighted to see that. But even with widespread vaccination and declining positivity rates that mean many of us are pocketing our masks much of the time, it’s a new … Continue reading The restaurant critic ponders the new normal →

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Clay Oven’s star shines in our Indian galaxy

By Robin Garr LouisvilleHotBytes.com Let us take a moment to mark the virtual extinction of the all-you-can-eat buffet. Rendered terrifying by the pandemic and images of contagious hands dipping into communal pans, the restaurant buffet has all but disappeared from our lives. I for one won’t mourn it much, with a solitary exception: I miss … Continue reading Clay Oven’s star shines in our Indian galaxy →

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2020, we hardly knew ye. Now get out of here!

Happy New Year! Anybody out there who isn’t happy to see 2020 go, raise your hand! [Looking around] I didn’t think so. This has been a strange, tumultuous, and downright scary year. Sure, it’s had some high spots. We’re looking at you, Joe and Kamala! But the arrival of a pandemic that none of us … Continue reading 2020, we hardly knew ye. Now get out of here! →

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Support our local restaurants: This week, Royals Hot Chicken

The Louisville dining scene is facing a grim scenario as I write this, and we’ll be looking down the barrel of a disturbing deadline when you read this. Let’s talk about this, but first, as I’ve told you before: Get out there and order as much takeout food from local restaurants as you can, and … Continue reading Support our local restaurants: This week, Royals Hot Chicken →

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Support your local restaurants: Now more than ever

If you’re the least bit interested in the Louisville dining scene, you know how many of our vibrant local restaurants have been struggling since the Covid-19 pandemic brought strict, but necessary, restrictions starting last March. Things may have looked a little better during the summer when good weather invited patio dining and improving case rates … Continue reading Support your local restaurants: Now more than ever →

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No ghosties, no ghoulies: Hillcrest Tavern offers pure comfort

Halloween has come and gone, taking with it another piece of collateral damage from the pandemic: There was no Hillcrest Avenue halloween decoration extravaganza this year. But there is still a doggone good reason to go to Hillcrest – or to be more exact, to cross the railroad tracks, turn left onto Frankfort Avenue, and … Continue reading No ghosties, no ghoulies: Hillcrest Tavern offers pure comfort →

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Big Momma’s Soul Food Kitchen lures us West

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we interrupt our dining review for this public-service announcement: Have you voted yet? Good! Wait, you over there! You haven’t voted? Please vote on Election Day, Nov. 3, or vote early in person at one of Louisville’s convenient early polls. But vote! Vote as if your life depends on it, because just … Continue reading Big Momma’s Soul Food Kitchen lures us West →

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