Category Archives: Dining

My, what a difference a month makes. That’s how long Tyler Powell was executive chef at St. Charles Exchange before announcing he’ll leave May 22 to take charge of kitchen at The Silver Dollar. Powell got the St. Charles post in April in the wake of the departure of then executive chef Patrick McCandless. According [...]

When I say “crawl,” you might think “babies” or you might think “pub” – and you’re two totally different people depending on your response. But if Allison Taylor has her way, when foodie Louisvillians hear “crawl,” they’ll think “dish.” After sell-out Dishcrawls in NuLu and on Fourth Street downtown, Dishcrawl Louisville is headed to St. [...]

Kentucky Derby Week is hell on restaurant crews. Just ask Matt Saltzman, CEO of Pallas Partners, which owns Quattro on Fourth Street Live. The restaurant closed Monday and Tuesday to get its bearings before a scheduled reopening Wednesday night. “Derby week was the most hellacious experience I’ve ever seen,” Saltzman said. “So we closed for two days to [...]

  I go to a lot of soft openings/pre-openings/VIP receptions/previews/peeks … whatever you want to call them … before a restaurant officially takes off the wraps, and I sometimes leave those events thinking, “This one’s not long for this world.” I harbor no such thoughts about Sidebar at Whiskey Row, which smartly conducted several private [...]

Happy Hometown Tourist Month, Louisville! May 1 marked the 233rd birthday of our fair city. Hope you celebrated by singing Louisvillians Patty and Mildred Hill’s iconic song, tippling a little bourbon and taking a swing at a disco-ball-shaped piñata full of modjeskas. To celebrate the month of Louisville’s birth, the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau [...]

This is the Derby Day bash for all the media people who make the big race fun for the rest of us. As always, Varanese will host Billy’s Burger Bash. This year, the 27th Billy’s Burger Bash is scheduled for 11 p.m. “to the wee hours of Sunday,” according to a news release. From the release: The party, [...]

Welcome to Louisville. In case you’re wondering; yes, traffic is always like this, yes we always wear these hats and sport coats, yes our bars are always open until sunrise. OK, bars close at 4 a.m. every night other than Derby weekend. My pick of this weekend are, of course, the Kentucky Oaks and the [...]

Kentucky’s two largest brewers may be cooking up something special. Louisville-based Bluegrass Brewing Company’s bottling operation and Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. (LBDC), maker of Kentucky Ale and several other beers, have begun talks to produce a collaborative brew. Currently, the product has been loosely dubbed the I-64 Corridor Collaboration: LBDC-BBC Limited Edition Collaboration Brew, though no official production [...]

Dear Derby Visitor: The Kentucky Derby, like the Dubai World Cup or the Indy 500, is an event of scale. We can’t guarantee you a lot of intimacy. We just don’t want you to think coming to the Derby is the same as really getting to know Louisville. A shuttle from the hotel to the [...]