El Camino finds new home on Goss Avenue
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on February 3, 2017El Camino, a Mexican restaurant and tiki bar, will settle into a new home on Goss Avenue next to YesterNook — but that’s not all. The antique store YesterNook is moving. Here’s the full explanation: The partners of Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger PLC have purchased the 0.6...
The Top 5 most-read restaurant articles of 2016
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on December 26, 2016Louisville’s restaurant industry continued to flourish in 2016, with new concepts opening and existing ones expanding. However, that meant competition for the almighty dollar and for quality employees, too, forcing some restaurants to close. Mainly, readers wanted to know which establishments were opening and closing....
Monday Business Briefing: Lawyer plans to revive historic Shelby Park building; Blaze Pizza opens today; jobs report pushes stocks lower; and more
By Staff | Posted on October 10, 2016Welcome to the Oct. 10 Monday Business Briefing, your private business intelligence digest from Insider Louisville. Local lawyer plans to revive historic Shelby Park building Attorney Robert Johnston wants to “breathe some new life” into the former Keswick Democratic Club building. The 5,305-square-foot, three-story building was constructed...
The Closing Bell: Two restaurants opening, another closing; new owner for nursing homes; food port funding update; Louisville-made Ford sales booming; and more
By Staff | Posted on July 8, 2016Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend — a roundup of stories that can’t wait till Monday. Custom printing company, two restaurants hosting grand openings this month In addition to Southern restaurant...
Cincinnati restaurant soaring into the Highlands, landing in El Camino space
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on May 25, 2016The Eagle, a Cincinnati restaurant focused on craft beer and chicken, has found a place to roost in Louisville. The restaurant will take El Camino‘s place at 1314 Bardstown Road. “We are very interested in being in the Bardstown Road area,” said Joe Lanni,...
New Germantown bar The Pearl will offer old-school corner bar feel
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on March 28, 2016El Camino and The Silver Dollar co-owner Larry Rice is working backwards. His new project The Pearl, a simple neighborhood bar, is the type of place most new business owners open before they start working on a conceptual restaurant like Southern eatery and bourbon bar...
El Camino will feature a Tiki bar, authentic street food and a Mexican bakery
By Steve Coomes | Posted on September 11, 2012When El Camino restaurant opens near Thanksgiving, it’s likely to show few if any traces of Avalon, the restaurant that operated in the 1314 Bardstown Road space for a decade before closing in July. Shawn Cantley, one of three partners in the venture, is...
Avalon site to be refurbished, reopened and renamed El Camino
By Steve Coomes | Posted on August 30, 2012UPDATED, Thursday, 8 p.m.: Sometimes the chat after the interview reveals the best info … While talking Monday to Larry Rice, managing partner of The Silver Dollar, about Monday’s Kentucky Bartenders Guild fundraiser, I asked if there was any news to share on the...
Steve Clements sells Avalon complex to investors including Silver Dollar owners
By Staff | Posted on August 8, 2012(Editor’s note: Steve Coomes and Terry Boyd contributed to this post.) Insider Louisville’s real estate sources told us weeks ago about multiple investors making mad dashes to acquire the Avalon restaurant property at 1314 Bardstown Rd. after it was closed by owner Steve Clements. In...
Insider tip: Silver Dollar Saloon’s soft opening tonight, ‘and we won’t turn anyone away’
By Terry Boyd | Posted on November 22, 2011Here’s your insider tip for a Tuesday. After a friends-and-family event Monday night, the Silver Dollar Tavern is having its final dress rehearsal tonight before an official opening Wednesday. “It is a soft opening, but we’re not turning anyone away,” said Shawn Cantley, a...