Thursday, May 17
No one likes paying taxes, even when they know it’s necessary to running a city, state and country. But what’s different about paying taxes as opposed to spending money on necessities such as gasoline, utilities, phone bills and life insurance is we see our dollars leaving our wallets for use on clear and impactful ends. [...]
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The weather is warm and the glass wall is retracted at Varanese, where a Justin and Landmark Wineries dinner is scheduled for May 22 at 6:30 p.m. Rebecca Hotz, on-premise manager in Kentucky and Ohio for both vineyards, will be the evening’s special guest speaker. She will describe each wine pairing and take questions from [...]
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Few fundraisers go from zero to six figures in dollars collected in their first year, but that’s what happened to Bourbon & Bowties when it launched in 2010. The food and drink extravaganza, held annually at Corbett’s: An American Place, pulled in $211,000 in 2011, and this year, on June 14, the group is aiming [...]
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The Seelbach Oakroom’s Fun with Wine & Food returns Friday, May 18, with a Think Pink tasting beginning at 6 p.m. According to a news release, Think Pink will center on pairing pink-hued wines with seasonal dishes. Oakroom sommelier Julie DeFriend will select the evening’s vino, explain why it’s perfect for drinking during warm weather [...]
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Not sure how anyone would need an excuse to stroll the city’s most celebrated corridor of restaurants and shops, but just in case anyone needed the nudge, the Highland Commerce Guild is hosting its annual Bardstown Bound festival of shopping, sampling and sidewalk ambling on Saturday, May 19. Beginning at the Douglass Loop and running [...]
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Mayan Café has been chosen to host a Jamie Oliver Food Revolution Day dinner on Saturday, May 19. Known globally as a local farm-to-fork proponent, the English celebrity chef made headlines last year with his TV show, “Food Revolution,” which centered on visits to cafeterias in several U.S. schools needing major menu overhauls. (And though in [...]
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There’s no shortage of “we were so small when we started” stories in the restaurant business, but few companies had an inauspicious a start as Tom + Chee (short for “tomato soup and grilled cheese). It began under a tent in Cincinnati’s Fountain Square park in the dead of winter 2009, and the founders cleared [...]
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Killer kegger: 7th annual Fest of Ale set for June 2 in Clarksville
Arguably the area’s best craft beer event, the Keg Liquors seventh-annual Fest of Ale, will be pouring some of the finest brews found anywhere on June 2 from 3-7 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church (320 N. Sherwood Ave.) in Clarksville. It began as little more than a casual kegger drawing less than 100 people, [...]
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