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(Your attention is directed to this week’s installment of “40 Years in Beer”: Part 93: Beer, circus, and the Great NABC vs. Big Red Liquors War of 2003.) As our schoolteachers gladly will attest, repetition is an inescapable element of their working lives. Students in second grade this year may comprise different faces, but the […]

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The scoop goes to Molly Gregory at the News and Tribune. Baer’s City Winery in downtown New Albany closes ‘permanently’ Baer’s City Winery & Brick Oven Kitchen, a downtown New Albany business next to Bicentennial Park, has closed its doors permanently. A sign on the door Tuesday reads “permanently closed.” Baer’s City Winery, otherwise known […]

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I just did a round of Google and social media searching to determine whether the much discussed local franchise of NYC’s Magnolia Bakery is, as yet, open for business. The choices, as gleaned from five widely ranging minutes of diminishing returns, are: not open at all, already open, will be opening Tuesday the 18th, won’t […]

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Again in 2026, Apron Inc. is staging happy hour “friend-raisers” at different locations, always on the last Wednesday of each month. The next Happy Hour Friend-Raiser takes place on Wednesday, July 29 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Monnik Beer Co., 1036 E. Burnett Ave, in Schnitzelburg. The prospectus: Complimentary tasting experience featuring Jefferson’s […]

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The week’s top Louisville dining story originates in NuLu, where The Exchange NuLu at Hotel Genevieve officially opened yesterday (Wednesday, August 12). Reservations can be scored at OpenTable. Your correspondent is a card-carrying New Albanian, naturally patriotic when it comes to planting flags on yonder side of the river. As such, this opening is uncommonly delightful. […]

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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” ― Ferris Bueller Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last ― Simon and Garfunkel, “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” Either you’re pumping the brake, or flooring the accelerator, […]

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On August 3, Good Belly Sandwich Shop (2216 Dundee Rd. in the Belknap neighborhood) announced that it will close at the end of August. Good Belly opened in 2023 at the former Silly Axe Cafe in Douglass Loop. The text from co-owner Jess Bookin: There is no easy way to say this. After much consideration […]

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 I head to a traditional eating house in the northern hills (of Funchal) called Casa de Pasto Justiniano. Here, espetada is cooked and served the old-fashioned way. First, the meat is grilled on bay laurel skewers in a hearth in the corner of the room. Then the skewer is brought to the table and hung […]

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Gaslight Diner is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.  Food & Dining Magazine continues to preview the forthcoming Chef in a Box offering. It’s a tasty fundraising project dating to the summer of 2020, benefiting APRON Inc.’s ongoing grant program. The Chef in a Box promotion continues on […]

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He’s back. Goss Ave. Deli in Germantown closed in June following a short run, but owner/operator Eric Morris quickly pivoted to a relocation plan, which has been coming together in recent weeks at Logan Street Market (1001 Logan St. in Shelby Park). The new gig is called Stelly’s Sandwiches & Such, and the menu can […]

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