The Standard Plate & Pour to open July 1 in downtown New Albany
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on June 28, 2019When The Standard Plate & Pour opens in New Albany on Monday, July 1, the goal will be to greet customers with value, according to the owners. Beau Kerley and Tim Smith, who also are partners in 812 Pizza Company and colleagues at Crescent...
Gospel Bird owner announces impending closure, citing personal needs
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on November 8, 2018Citing personal needs, Gospel Bird owner Eric Morris announced yesterday that he plans to close the restaurant in the next two weeks. An exact closing date isn’t set yet for the restaurant, located in downtown New Albany, but he said in an interview he...
New-look Gospel Bird continues to be a destination gem in downtown New Albany
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on May 23, 2018Gospel Bird quickly became a dining darling in downtown New Albany after it opened in late 2015, but owner Eric Morris pressed the pause button early this year. He closed the main restaurant for a few days to renovate not only the interior, partly...
Roadrunner Kitchen a tasty, healthful lunch stop in downtown New Albany
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on April 27, 2018Just when you thought New Albany couldn’t possibly fit any more good restaurants in its downtown, another one pops up. Roadrunner Kitchen, which Insider reported on earlier this year, now joins a Main Street lineup that includes places like Gospel Bird, Big Four Burgers +...
Aladdin’s Mediterranean Cuisine offers another quality dining option in New Albany
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on January 9, 2018Hidden off Main Street in New Albany, just steps from popular restaurants like The Exchange Pub + Kitchen, Gospel Bird and Hull & High Water, Aladdin’s Mediterranean Cuisine sits in a quaint business park called Underground Station where it shares a courtyard space with everything...
Come Hull or Highwater: New Albany restaurant expected to open soon
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on July 14, 2017Before Garrett Petters agreed to partner with chef Eric Morris on a new restaurant in New Albany, he had two conditions. “As long as you are open to changing the concept and the name,” Petters recalled saying in a recent interview. Morris, who opened...
Floyd County Brewing on a roll in competitive downtown New Albany
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on February 27, 2017Breaking sales records has become a regular occurrence at Floyd County Brewing Company, per owner Brian Hampton. The Medieval-themed brewery and restaurant, which opened in fall of 2015, has been setting new records “two or three times a week” in recent weeks, Hampton tells...
River Road BBQ’s smoked fried chicken enters ‘chicken crazy’ dining scene
By Kevin Gibson | Posted on October 31, 2016A new bird enters the fray in Louisville’s fried chicken wars. While Royal’s Hot Chicken and Joella’s have competed to capture the imaginations of local diners over the last year and a half, new Southern-inspired restaurants from Gospel Bird to Finn’s Southern Kitchen have been...
As Gospel Bird soars, Eric Morris eyes opening of Concrete Jungle restaurant and distillery
By Steve Coomes | Posted on April 27, 2016Great restaurant operators rarely leave well enough alone. Or should that apply to young and energetic operators? In the case of Eric Morris, probably both. The owner of Gospel Bird in New Albany has stayed bone-weary busy since last December’s opening, yet now he’s busy putting...
Monday Business Briefing: Humana cites ‘mixed business results’ in curtailing bonuses; Google Fiber bid garners national press; Phoenix Hill update; and more
By Staff | Posted on February 22, 2016Welcome to the Feb. 22 Monday Business Briefing, your private business intelligence digest from Insider Louisville. Humana CEO: 2015 performance not good enough for full bonuses Some Humana managers have received bad news from the CEO, who told them they would not get full...