Last week, Mitt Romney carried the Iowa caucuses, with Ron Paul having a strong also-ran showing of support This week, the scenario repeated itself in New Hampshire. The questions left to the punditocracy were: What could this possibly mean in the general election? How viable is the candidacy of a 76-year-old congressman who advocates abolishing [...]
Yesterday, we told you about new things going on at the street level of the burgeoning East Market Street District, or NuLu, as developer Gill Holland has rechristened it. (By the way, Holland says the name does not derive from the contraction of “New Louisville,” as most people have assumed. Rather, he says, it’s a [...]
When you’re hot, you’re hot. Even in the face of an ongoing economic slump and a new snarl in local commuting patterns (which may in fact being helping NuLu traffic by diverting bridge traffic to East Market), new stores and businesses are opening on and along the East Market Street/NuLu corridor at an unprecedented rate. [...]
It’s happened in Louisville before. It happens in every city. It has even happened before at this site on the corner of East Market and South Campbell streets. (Remember plans for Crush on Market and Cast 55, a $2 million two-story restaurant/art gallery/wine shop?) Partners announce a new project amid great fanfare and anticipation. And [...]
A Louisville tradition that many have come to treasure will fade into the night this weekend when Hillbilly Tea holds its last tea dinner. The Last Tea Dinner is Sat., Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Hillbilly Tea owner Karter Louis says the communal event, in which about 50 people gather and dine together in one [...]
The biggest mistake Yum could make, said Surender Gnanaolivu, is trying to make its offerings too Indian. “The awareness of Yum’s brands in India is very high and, in fact, Indians prefer them in their American form,” he told me. “When Tommy Hilfiger came to Indian retail, it tried localizing its store experience and the Indian consumer rejected it!
About 50 selected invitees gathered at The Frazier History Museum one evening earlier this week for cocktails, cheese and shrimp and a guided tour of the museum’s current “Da Vinci – The Genius” exhibition. This was no special preview: The Da Vinci exhibition has been going on since May and will run until September 18 [...]
Bluegrass irony: Kentucky farm-to-table movement thrives on old tobacco farmland
Louisville has been assembling a new identity recently. The city known primarily for a single horse race has begun to be recognized nationally for the quality of its restaurant cuisine. Chefs who have gathered here from around the world – in pursuit of a job, in pursuit of a love, or through some other happy [...]