Openings

Jaymar Japanese Grill & Sushi debuts in Schnitzelburg

Jaymar Japanese Grill & Sushi has opened in Germantown/Schnitzelburg at 1039 Ash St., formerly home to Six Forks Burger Co. (cover photo credit: Germantown -Schnitzelburg FB Group). Michael L. Jones has all the coverage at Louisville Business First. Jaymar Japanese Grill & Sushi opens in Schnitzelburg Jaymar Japanese Grill & Sushi is operated by a group […]

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La Guanaquita 2 is serving in Smoketown

“Best Authentic El Salvadoran and Honduran Cuisine In Louisville.” As a brief aside, my work on a book about beer has sent me into the newspaper archives. It is fascinating to compare and contrast newspaper headlines of the sort designed to be seen from a tactile newsstand, with the purposefully dull teasers greeting us daily […]

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Starting today, Four Pegs has all the meats at 3rd Turn Oldham Gardens

Whenever I’m asked if I’m ready, I think of GFR. It’s a grizzled old man kind of thing, but it’s not yacht rock. As to the central point, as of today you can enjoy Four Pegs smoked meats at 3rd Turn Oldham Gardens, and be advised (lest you risk losing valuable sleep), the beer is […]

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Gonzalo Cruz’s Good Morning Breakfast & Brunch is coming to Clifton Heights

Gonzalo Cruz opened Chilakiles Mexican Restaurant in 2018. It was popular, but the pandemic intervened and Cruz was compelled to close the eatery. Now he is preparing to open Good Morning Breakfast & Brunch at 1971 Brownsboro Rd. in Clifton Heights (formerly Virtue Bar & Lounge; ETA: June), and plans on reviving certain of the […]

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St. Matthews: Pizza Jones, Alton Strasse beer & more (ETA early June)

Gene Stein, who some readers may remember as the owner of the now departed Pizza Guy, is launching a new carry-out and delivery app concept in St. Matthews called Pizza Jones at 126 Breckenridge Lane. Pizza Jones includes a ghost kitchen making other types of branded food than pizza available (wings, spuds, hot dogs, desserts) […]

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Load It is the ideal lode for loading up at 12905 Factory Lane

Load It opened earlier in April on the east side of Louisville, offering menu items (potatoes, fries, nachos) intended to be loaded, which prompts an interesting digression into the English language as shaped by Americans. Our slang usages for loaded include “having a great deal of money” and also “drunk (or) intoxicated.” If a product […]

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Wiltshire Pantry Bakery & Cafe headlines Mashup Food Hall vendor list

In March, Mashup Food Hall had its inaugural moment in the local foodie news cycle. Mashup Food Hall is coming to PhoenixLu this summer While Mashup continues to seek vendors to fill out its roster of tenants, Susan Hershberg’s Wiltshire Pantry Bakery & Cafe is first past the post to announce it will be coming […]

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Mi Ranchito Grill is open on Broadway in downtown Louisville

Mi Ranchito Grill is open at 505 W. Broadway in downtown Louisville. Michael L. Jones, our city’s finest food and dining reporter, has the background at Louisville Business First. Mi Ranchito Grill opens in Downtown Louisville Mi Ranchito Grill opened at 505 W. Broadway, next to the Courier Journal building, on April 10. The more […]

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SmashD on Frankfort, a new burger restaurant in Clifton (where J. Gumbo’s used to be)

SmashD on Frankfort is new to 2109 Frankfort Ave. in Clifton (the former J. Gumbo’s space), describing itself as “a quick serve smash burger restaurant serving burgers, sides and milkshakes,” and “offering dine-in, carry-out, Uber Eats and Door Dash.” SmashD shares ownership with Frankfort Avenue Liquors & Wine, just a few yards away: “You can […]

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Cultivated Table & Sip House opens in New Albany today (Monday 14 April)

Your daily correspondent is a resident of New Albany, where Matt and Jessica Bergman’s rehabilitation of the Wilcox Block (133-135 E. Market St.) is the stuff of local legend. They bought the historic building in 2006, which at that juncture was a ramshackle eyesore, and by 2007 the street-level commercial space was ready for occupancy.* […]

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The Fair to fill the former Toast space in downtown New Albany

Viva Hospitality Group’s previous Mexican-themed eateries are well-known in SoIN: La Catrina, Señor Iguanas and Sleepy Rooster. Earlier this week reporter Brooke McAfee of the Jeffersonville News and Tribune revealed a new Viva project in downtown New Albany that extends the group’s culinary range into “New American cuisine.” New restaurant planned for Toast on Market […]

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Mashup Food Hall is coming to PhoenixLu this summer

The Spring 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online (or read it at issuu). Mashup Food Hall introduces itself. Strictly speaking, the new project is located in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood, but who are we to quibble? Mashup Food Hall is […]

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Authentic flavors of Honduras at the new Trujillo Restaurant in Okolona

Here’s Wikipedia with the pitch. Honduran cuisine is a fusion of Mesoamerican, Spanish, Caribbean and African cuisines. Coconut and coconut milk are featured in both sweet and savory dishes. Regional specialties include sopa de caracol, fried fish, tamales, carne asada and baleadas. Other popular dishes include meat roasted with chismol and carne asada, chicken with […]

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In the East End, Quezadillas Bar & Mexican Grill has debuted

The Spring 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online (or read it at issuu). Quezadillas Bar & Mexican Grill opened in February and is located in the East End at 2300 Terra Crossing Blvd #104, which crosses Old Henry Rd. a […]

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Swig will bring “dirty” drive-by sodas to Jeffersonville

The Spring 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online (or read it at issuu). Louisville welcomes the “Original Dirty Soda” chain, this hitherto unknown beverage being a creation traceable to Utah, and a desire to avoid alcohol and caffeine by artfully […]

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