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Who’s not a po-boy in this economy?
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Café Lou Lou Chef Clay Wallace will celebrate that New Orleans cultural icon, the po-boy sandwich, on Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22. Both the St. Matthews (106 Sears Ave.) and Highlands (2216
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Selena’s brings comfort to Willow Lake
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LEO’s Eats with LouisvilleHotBytes
An old, popular East End country dive bar, closed for years, reopened about a year ago as Selena’s and has been drawing crowds ever since, owing its growing p
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One gyros, two gyros, many gyros
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LEO’s Eats with LouisvilleHotBytes
(REVIEWED: A.J.’s Gyro Café; It’s All Greek To Me)
Let’s get one thing clear: The Greek word “gyros” is a singular noun. Like oth
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The Finer Side of Flanagans Alehouse
Flanagans Alehouse will be introducing a finer dining menu that will be served exclusivly in their Red Room. They will be offering fine dining creations such as sesame seared Ahi tuna ,tapas style flatbreads and a selection of Italian and Mediterainian inspired dishes. The menu was designed by one of
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Where to Go for Beaujolais Nouveau
Beaujolais Nouveau is traditionally the first wine of a vintage to hit the market. Well, it's that time of year again: the 2009s debut Thursday (November 19) in a celebration of all that is fresh and fruity in the wine world. Of course, every store with a liquor license will
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Nov 18, 09
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What I am going to add to brownie Mix
The next time I know I am going to be around other adults, I am going to try something new. Adding Baily's Irish creme to hot coco taste good. I bet it would taste good in brownies too. The next time I make brownies and I know I am going
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Nov 17, 09
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Thanksgiving Wines
Ah, the annual panic over what wines to serve with Thanksgiving Dinner. Why we worry so much about wine is anyone's guess, and everyone's opportunity to taste lots of wine for free. The problem is, there are two Turkey Day tastings on Tuesday, November 17, so you're going to have
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Nov 16, 09
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Sergio's Secret Society of Beer
If you've driven through Butchertown lately, you may have noticed that a new business has decided to make a go of it in the ill-fated storefront location of 1605 Story Avenue. It's Sergio's World Beers , formerly located in Shelbyville and newly transplanted to Louisville. A lot of people have
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Nov 16, 09
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Glad I wasn't having a brain fart
I am so glad I wasn't having a brain fart. Sometimes after having a head injury and being a TBI survivor you have to wonder. I thought I remembered a dip reciepe that my ex-husband friend used to make, but I wasn't sure. I didn't want to ask my ex-husband
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Nov 15, 09
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Sunny Day in Louisville + Date + Lynn’s Paradise Café = FUN
Could we get any more lucky than for it to be 72 degrees on a Saturday in November? How about having a hunky date take you on a walk down Barret Avenue on said day, including a stop in to Lynn's Paradise Café? I laughed until I thought my sides
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Nov 12, 09
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The Week In Wine: Take A Veteran Out for a Couple
There's a lot to do this week. Wednesday, November 11, is Veteran's Day, so the first thing on your agenda should be finding a veteran and saying "thanks." Seriously. It will be good for the veteran but better still for you, because gratitude is good for the soul. Wine is
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Nov 10, 09
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Old Wine, New Sommeliers
Napa River Grill will crack open some old-ish bottles in celebration of Louisville's newest Master Sommeliers, Scott Harper and Brett Davis . The menu for the event works its way from the deepest reaches of the great blue sea to the high plains of cattle country. Courses include lobster, duck,
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Nov 5, 09
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And Then There Were MEN… in KILTS!
Lively music, interesting pub faire, and a good-looking waiter in a kilt. What else could a Diva need in her lunch experience? Although not exactly what I remember of the pubs in Ireland, Diva highly recommends The Pub if you are in the Fourth Street LIVE area. I hear tell
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Nov 5, 09
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21C Redux Up the River
The success of 21C as an independent, Louisville phenomenon is hard to argue. Whether it can be duplicated in another city is about to be tested. 21C was recently named the best hotel in the U.S., and its Proof restaurant has received national acclaim, including a profile in Esquire. The
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Nov 4, 09
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Get In on The Signature Chefs
Yes, I'd like two tickets to the Big East basketball tournament in New York, and to travel on a chartered plane and have luxury hotel accommodations. Yes, I'd enjoy a week at a North Carolina resort where I could invite 20 friends. And yes, it would be cool if Chef
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Nov 3, 09
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Archer Farms Chocolate Drizzle Indulgent Snack Mix
Favored snack mixes was a topic that came up at last nights Halloween party. So I thought I'd share mine...Archer Farms Chocolate Drizzle Indulgent Snack Mix. This is a Target brand and not always easily found. I'm not sure if it's seasonal, but I did recently spot it again at
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Nov 1, 09
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It's all in the details at Ramsi's
I don't know how I missed this place. I've lived in Louisville for 8 years and heard people rave about Ramsi's Café on the World hundreds, if not thousands of times. Yet paying a visit to Ramsi's today wasn't my idea. My lunch companion suggested it… and I am SO
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Oct 30, 09
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Pre-Release Tasting of The Prisoner
There will be a pre-release tasting of Orin Swift's The Prisoner 2008 at Westport Whiskey & Wine tonight (Thursday, October 29). The Prisoner is a Zin/Cab/Syrah blend that Wine Spectator has (in previous vintages) called "the stuff of legend." Reviews of the 2008 aren't out yet, so if you go
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Oct 29, 09
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Free Doughnuts for a Year! No, Thanks
There's a Krispy Kreme t-shirt hidden in a Ziplock bag under a state park bench in southern Indiana. If you can find it, you might win free doughnuts for a year from a new store in Clarksville. That's a lot of doughnuts. 624, in fact. Calories? I'm not sure. The
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Oct 26, 09
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Meet the Winemaker...for Free!
Tonight at 4 Flights Wine Boutique , an unusually casual chance to Meet the Winemaker -- in this case, the winemaker from Summit Lake Vineyard . Summit Lake Vineyard is on Howell Mountain on the east rim of Napa Valley. Howell Mountain is known for producing robust, in-your-face wines that
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Oct 26, 09
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Pinot Dinner at Lilly's
The upside of the down economy is that a lot of wineries that normally wouldn't have to pay a lot of attention to places like Kentucky are out actively selling their wines. That means that local distributors are getting allocations of wine that, a couple of years ago, might well
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Oct 22, 09
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This Week In Wine: Change Your Life
Can one week of wine tasting change your life? Maybe. This week, we're going to do an experiment to find out. Monday we're going to establish a baseline. What do you know? What don't you know? The key is the free tasting at Whole Foods (4944 Shelbyville Rd.) They do
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Oct 19, 09
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Disney World Trip 2009 - The food III (there was a LOT of it OK?)
...I tried to sneak in the pub at the UK part of World Showcase of Epcot...just to soak up the ambience...but G would have no part of it...the noise in there WAS deafening...and the elbow room non-existant...not my kind of place really, maybe I am not as much of an
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Oct 17, 09
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