Restaurant Roundup: Waylon’s, Ngon Appetit close, Craft House gets new chef, and more
Waylon’s Feed & Firewater closed last weekend after a two-year run in St. Matthews. The announcement came on Facebook. Waylon’s was by EAP Restaurant Concepts, which is Tony Palombino’s hospitality group. EAP also owns the sister restaurant, Merle’s Whiskey Kitchen, as well as Tony...
Louisville tech startup EZ-Chow is making ordering food online easier
Necessity being the mother of invention, Mo Sloan wondered in 2015 why he couldn’t order pizza online from Tony Boombozz. So, he decided to ask. When he called, he was told the small, Louisville-based pizza restaurant chain said they were waiting for a solution...
BoomBozz Pizza celebrates 20 years with special events and new menu items
When BoomBozz Pizza first opened in 1998, it was a 600-square-foot carryout and delivery joint with 14 seats for dining. Today, it’s a nine-location staple.
Waylon’s Feed & Firewater makes for fine addition to St. Matthews
After Merle’s Whiskey Kitchen, formerly Manny & Merle, underwent its transition last year, I stopped in for a meal (or two) and was delighted by what I found. When Waylon’s Feed & Firewater, an offshoot owned by Tony Palombino, opened in St. Matthews, I...
Coming Soon: Two local restaurants announce opening dates
Labor Day weekend may have been the last holiday for eight weeks, but two new restaurant concepts are giving Louisville something to celebrate in the meantime. A new lunch concept from RYE, called LOX, and Tony Palombino’s new concept, Waylon’s Feed and Firewater, both...
New restaurant moving into St. Matthews Boombozz
Restaurateur Tony Palombino is swapping out his pizza restaurant BoomBozz Craft Pizza and Taphouse for a Southern concept akin to Merle’s Whiskey Kitchen downtown. “With the recent explosive growth of food and entertainment venues in the heart of St. Matthews, we feel this concept...
The Top 5 most-read restaurant articles of 2016
Louisville’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....
Merle’s Whiskey Kitchen focuses on bourbon but offers solid Southern fare to boot
For about four years, Manny & Merle’s was a Nashville-esque honky tonk bar with food, along with a focus on providing live Americana and alt-country music. Things change. Bourbon’s buzz continues to grow, and Whiskey Row follows suit, so owner Tony Palombino decided to...
On fire: A look at the rapid expansion of Joella’s Hot Chicken
Restaurateur Tony Palombino debuted his new concept Joella’s Hot Chicken in late August 2015, and within a year, he opened three more. “With Joella’s, when we opened up, I recognized that this had some legs to it a lot quicker than expected,” Palombino said. “I didn’t have...
Review of Joella’s Hot Chicken comes under question, but olive branch could bring resolution
On Monday, Insider Louisville reported that chef Griffin Paulin and Tony Palombino were in a row after Paulin’s part-time blog Kitchen Banter came out with a scolding review of Joella’s Hot Chicken, which Palombino owns. Palombino’s attorney send a letter to Paulin, telling him that Palombino would sue him for libel...
Tony PalombinoDecember 6, 2019
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