Nightlife Notes #7: St.Patrick's Madness Approacheth
With hardly any refractory period to have recovered from Mardi Gras, now it's time to gear up for some serious partying: Louisville's St. Patrick's Parade is a week away! Erin Go-Go-Go Bragh! Every year, the Highlands goes totally over the top in a chartreuse-colored festival of Irishness, and somet
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Mar 7, 10
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Anyone tell these restaurateurs we're in a recession?
Few industries have been battered as hard as the restaurant biz, yet there never seems to be a shortage of people willing to step up and take a chance at running their own—even in a down economy. Here are a few upcoming openings below: I certainly like the name: Steve
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Mar 5, 10
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Tight times don't hurt the food at Danny Mac's
It's a slow day at Danny Mac's Pizza, Pasta and More (1014 Clarks Lane), so slow that owner Danny McMahon is the only guy in the diminutive shop making lunch. The Big East Tournament is on the TV in the corner, and none of us is watching closely. (No, we
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Mar 15, 10
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Proposed pizza and soda tax is purely insane
A pizzeria operator near Cleveland sent me an email this morning with the subject line, "Time to roll up the carpet." Knowing this meant she was pretty disheartened about something, I opened the message to find a link to a story on Reuters.com. Citing an article published in the journal
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Mar 12, 10
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Bad econ, broken bridge blamed for Chick Inn closure
Out of cluck: WHAS11 has reported The Chick Inn (6325 Upper River Road) is now closed, and that its owners are blaming the bad economy and ridiculously drawn out bridge closure along River Road as key culprits in its demise. One owner, Sharon Sheer, told the station that a proposed
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Mar 3, 10
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Travelblog: Why I love-hate Las Vegas
Hate: It's all faux-real. Everything from boobs to buildings—fake. Out of this rim of red and purple mountains and expansive desert arises manmade madness. True, some of design and décor here is astoundingly beautiful, but most of it is electrified garishness. Some places, like the Wynn Encore hotel
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Mar 2, 10
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Plumbing hell strikes NABC-Bank Street twice, but problems solved
Owners will tell you the restaurant business is fun most days, and a hell of a headache on others. The last few days have been a borderline aneurysm for the owners of the New Albanian Brewing Co. and Bank Street Brew House. Last Friday at lunchtime, NABC (3312 Plaza Drive,
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Mar 10, 10
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At long last, visit to Jack's justifies its popularity
The few times I've tried to visit Jack's Lounge (122 Sears Ave.), it was crammed. Recall the great Yogi Berra-ism: "It's so busy, nobody goes there anymore"? That's what I'm talking about. So I knew I was asking for more of the same when my wife and I dropped in
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Mar 8, 10
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Sleek new Qdoba marks new design for chain
Like it or not, Louisville is one of the strongest markets in the Qdoba system, which partly explains why the Denver chain trusted ZT of Louisville with being one of the first Qdobas to roll out the new store design (at Fourth and Jefferson Streets). If one with little to
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Mar 16, 10
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Always a fine time to dine with wine
Don't know about anyone else, but I'm not "so over" the wine dinner trend like I hear some say. I love the carefully matched flavors of victuals and vino, love seeing chefs get inspired with some crazy one-off menus and dishes (take the black pepper ice cream John Varanese did
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Mar 11, 10
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St. Patrick surely wouldn't care for this holiday
Long before I knew much about the history of St. Patrick's Day and the man after whom it's named, I always wondered what all the fuss was about. My grade school friends of Irish descent wore buttons declaring, "Kiss Me I'm Irish," and when I later learned of my English
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yesterday
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Bento Box Lunches - An Experiment
I first became aware of bento boxes in a historical account of prisoners of war in Japan during World War II. Although workers were not fed sufficiently to sustain life long term, they were fed enough to keep them productive enough to benefit Imperial Japan. Prisoners forced to work in
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Mar 8, 10
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Hog call! Blind Pig opening late March
Get your utensils and bibs ready, hog lovers, the much-anticipated opening of The Blind Pig (1076 East Washington St.) a full-on gastropub in Butchertown, is near. Co-owners Joe Frase and Mike Grider are hoping for a few dress rehearsals to happen in the coming weeks before opening to the public
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Mar 12, 10
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Louisville chefs selected for Taste of Derby
Anthony Lamas, owner-chef of Seviche, and Aaron Stordeur, executive pastry chef at The Oakroom at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel, will represent Louisville when Churchill Downs rolls out its inaugural Taste of Derby on April 29, a.k.a. “Derby Thursday.” The star-chef-studded event is a nosh-fest cooked b
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Mar 3, 10
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Burning Bush, a Shiraz breakaway, to open in Oldham
I feel bad writing that someone's misfortune will be my gain, but that's the truth. Here's why … Mike Smith thought the Landis Lakes Towne Center (across from Lake Forest on Shelbyville Road) would make a great site for a Shiraz Mediterranean Grill, but he found out quickly the "build
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Mar 10, 10
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Lavish Brown dinner to pay tribute to women, wine and whiskey
An all-star team of women culinary and beverage pros will join Brown Hotel executive chef Larent Geroli to produce A Salute to Women, Wine and Whiskey on March 26. The event, held in the historic hotel's Crystal Ballroom, not only coincides with Women's History Month, some of the proceeds will
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Mar 15, 10
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Bento Box, Day 1
My American lunch in a bento box worked out pretty darn well. The sandwich was as fresh as it would have been in a zip lock bag, and the salad did not leak. The grapes stayed in the grape container and the carrots in the carrot container, and the lunch
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Mar 9, 10
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Another Lunch in the Bento Box
Torihamu is a “chicken ham” that emerged on the internet sometime in 2001. I found the recipe for it on the website www.justbento.com which has a myriad of tips and recipes for bento box filling, and has been a great resource for me as I explore this method of packing
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Mar 11, 10
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Traditional Irish Recipes
Smoked Salmon Pate 4 oz. smoked salmon 2 tbsp. melted sweet butter (unsalted) 1 tbsp. grated horseradish 1 tbsp. minced green onion 1/2 C sour cream juice of 1/2 lemon salt and freshly ground black pepper dash of cayenne pepper 6 thin slices of smoked salmon 1 cucumber, scored with
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yesterday
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CVS may snap Twig & Leaf in Douglass Loop
Louisville.com is reporting that a Cleveland-based development group is eyeing several storefronts in Louisville in which a CVS Pharmacy would set up shop. One spot in particular is the historic Douglass Loop, which includes strips of Bardstown Road, Dundee Way and Douglass Blvd. Slots under conside
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today
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