OPENINGS & CLOSINGS

Mi Ranchito Grill is open on Broadway in downtown Louisville

Mi Ranchito Grill is open at 505 W. Broadway in downtown Louisville. Michael L. Jones, our city’s finest food and dining reporter, has the background at Louisville Business First. Mi Ranchito Grill opens in Downtown Louisville Mi Ranchito Grill opened at 505 W. Broadway, next to the Courier Journal building, on April 10. The more […]

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The last day for Hi-Five Doughnuts is April 27

The cult of putrid PBR needs to be disappea…wait, that’s not why I’m here today.  Rather, Hi-Five Doughnuts has announced its prospective cessation, with the final day of business coming on Sunday, April 27. Hi-Five is located at 1940 Harvard Drive (Dundee Loop) off Bardstown Road in Louisville’s Belknap neighborhood. The text: As we scroll […]

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SmashD on Frankfort, a new burger restaurant in Clifton (where J. Gumbo’s used to be)

SmashD on Frankfort is new to 2109 Frankfort Ave. in Clifton (the former J. Gumbo’s space), describing itself as “a quick serve smash burger restaurant serving burgers, sides and milkshakes,” and “offering dine-in, carry-out, Uber Eats and Door Dash.” SmashD shares ownership with Frankfort Avenue Liquors & Wine, just a few yards away: “You can […]

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Cultivated Table & Sip House opens in New Albany today (Monday 14 April)

Your daily correspondent is a resident of New Albany, where Matt and Jessica Bergman’s rehabilitation of the Wilcox Block (133-135 E. Market St.) is the stuff of local legend. They bought the historic building in 2006, which at that juncture was a ramshackle eyesore, and by 2007 the street-level commercial space was ready for occupancy.* […]

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Oddbird Bakery’s last day is tomorrow (Sunday 13 April)

Oddbird by Quills, we hardly knew ye. The short-lived bakery at 1021 Bardstown Road in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood posted notice of its imminent demise at Instagram; the final day is tomorrow (Sunday 13 April). Hey friends and fam 💜 It is with our deepest regrets to inform you that this Sunday, 4/13 will be […]

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The Fair to fill the former Toast space in downtown New Albany

Viva Hospitality Group’s previous Mexican-themed eateries are well-known in SoIN: La Catrina, Señor Iguanas and Sleepy Rooster. Earlier this week reporter Brooke McAfee of the Jeffersonville News and Tribune revealed a new Viva project in downtown New Albany that extends the group’s culinary range into “New American cuisine.” New restaurant planned for Toast on Market […]

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Mashup Food Hall is coming to PhoenixLu this summer

The Spring 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online (or read it at issuu). Mashup Food Hall introduces itself. Strictly speaking, the new project is located in the Phoenix Hill neighborhood, but who are we to quibble? Mashup Food Hall is […]

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Authentic flavors of Honduras at the new Trujillo Restaurant in Okolona

Here’s Wikipedia with the pitch. Honduran cuisine is a fusion of Mesoamerican, Spanish, Caribbean and African cuisines. Coconut and coconut milk are featured in both sweet and savory dishes. Regional specialties include sopa de caracol, fried fish, tamales, carne asada and baleadas. Other popular dishes include meat roasted with chismol and carne asada, chicken with […]

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In the East End, Quezadillas Bar & Mexican Grill has debuted

The Spring 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online (or read it at issuu). Quezadillas Bar & Mexican Grill opened in February and is located in the East End at 2300 Terra Crossing Blvd #104, which crosses Old Henry Rd. a […]

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Locos has departed Fourth Street Live

For aficionados of Cordish Co.’s lineup of Fourth Street Live chain restaurant links, there is an unfortunate departure to report. The closing of Locos (412 S. Fourth St.) actually occurred earlier in the month, as Louisville Business First’s Michael L. Jones reports. Locos closes Fourth Street Live location amid rising costs Locos co-owner Cory Starcher […]

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Swig will bring “dirty” drive-by sodas to Jeffersonville

The Spring 2025 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online (or read it at issuu). Louisville welcomes the “Original Dirty Soda” chain, this hitherto unknown beverage being a creation traceable to Utah, and a desire to avoid alcohol and caffeine by artfully […]

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Chubby Ninja debuts in Middletown

Chubby Ninja opened in Middletown early March at 12951 Shelbyville Rd. The large menu includes chashu (Japanese braised pork belly), bao, ramen and sushi, and early returns suggest that the restaurant’s all-you-can-eat sushi is going to be a big draw. Here’s the current AYCE menu and terms. Two hours max, people. (I’ve drawn from Louisville […]

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Jerusalem Kitchen to have a new home in Logan Street Market

Reporting at Louisville Business First, Michael L. Jones has the scoop on Jerusalem Kitchen’s prospective return following a little more than a year’s hiatus. The restaurant serves Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes. Owner Sami Barghouthi explains his choice of Logan Street Market (1001 Logan Street), and Jones provides the back story. Restaurant to reopen in […]

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Perú Peruvian and Latin Cuisine is open in Middletown

Peruvian cuisine reflects local practices and ingredients including influences mainly from the indigenous population, including the Andean and Amazonian cuisine, and cuisines brought by immigrants from Europe (Spanish cuisine and Italian cuisine), Asia (Chinese cuisine and Japanese cuisine), and Africa (Maghrebi cuisine and West African cuisine). Without the familiar ingredients from their home countries, immigrants […]

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Joy Luck’s flagship Highlands/Cherokee Triangle location has closed (too)

It hasn’t even been two weeks since I wrote this paragraph. Joy Luck’s East End location at 9850 Von Allmen Court has closed after a nine-year run. The announcement appeared at Facebook. Joy Luck’s flagship in the Highlands (for purists, actually it’s Cherokee Triangle; 1285 Bardstown Rd.) remains open for business. Well, that one didn’t age very well, […]

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