The Comfy Cow outsources production to keep up with high demand
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on August 21, 2017The Comfy Cow is no longer making its flavors in-house. The Louisville company has contracted an unnamed company to make its ice cream and will auction off its production equipment next month, co-owner Tim Koons-McGee confirmed to Insider Louisville. The Comfy Cow isn’t going...
The Comfy Cow recalls select flavors following possible E. coli contamination
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on August 8, 2017Louisville-based food manufacturer The Comfy Cow has voluntarily recalled pints of nine different flavors of ice cream and the three-gallon container of its Georgia Butter Pecan. According to the recall announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the results of a routine product...
The Comfy Cow apologizes online for short supplies
By Melissa Chipman | Posted on May 23, 2017Comfy Cow, the beloved small batch ice cream chain created by Tim and Roy Koons-McGee in 2009, is coping with a shortage of its premium product just as the bountiful summer season approaches. For weeks now, The Comfy Cow stores have been down to...
Haven’t flown lately? Take a peek at all the changes at Louisville International Airport
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on December 1, 2016The multimillion-dollar renovation of the Louisville International Airport will be completed by early 2017, but much of the work has already wrapped up. Louisville Regional Airport Authority officials, who oversee the airport, let Insider Louisville come in to take pictures and talk about the changes airport...
Retail, residential development proposed along Veterans Parkway
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on June 7, 2016Additional retail and possibly a residential development could be headed to the Clarksville, Ind., side of Veterans Parkway. Earlier this year, the city of Clarksville asked developers to submit proposals for how they would develop two plots of land the city owns along the...
Homemade Pie and Ice Cream Kitchen leaving Frankfort Avenue, adding sandwich cafe
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on May 23, 2016Homemade Pie and Ice Cream Kitchen is moving from 2232 Frankfort Ave. to Dixie Highway, the company announced on Facebook. The store will be located next to Wingstop in Kingsford Plaza, 4810 Dixie Highway, owner Adam Burckle confirmed. The 34-year-old business opened its Frankfort...
Skip Miller delivers state of the airport: Larger planes, bigger profits move the airline industry
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on April 29, 2016Airlines today want their planes to be more like a van or a large SUV — they don’t necessarily care about the airplane being compact as long as it has as many seats as possible. On average, airplanes had 106.5 seats per departure in...
Restaurant company spicing up airport dining with local flair
By Caitlin Bowling | Posted on March 8, 2016The Louisville International Airport is kicking the local flavor of its eateries up a notch. The airport authority has tapped Maryland-based restaurant company HMSHost and its Florida-based subtenant partner Tinsley Family Concessions to revamp its dining options. The change is part of a $17.5 million...
Restaurant Roundup: Hillbilly closes, spawn of Rye near, B&B sold out, 10th Fest of Ale
By Steve Coomes | Posted on May 13, 2015R.I.P. Hillbilly Tea No. 1: Count me only somewhat surprised to see Hillbilly Tea on the deceased list this week. Word of the restaurant’s struggles had trickled through the grapevine for quite some time. To be fair, road closures due to the ongoing bridges...
Restaurant Roundup: Comfy Cow gets CEO, Austin’s-KT’s sold, 8UP opens, Ward 426 delayed, Tumbleweed closes
By Steve Coomes | Posted on November 14, 2014Correction: The original version of this post incorrectly stated Tumbleweed at Waterfront Park’s last day of business; they will close for good on Saturday, Nov. 15. Since consumers use restaurants for nourishment and socializing, they rarely realize that they’re some of the most complex and challenging...