Starting today, Four Pegs has all the meats at 3rd Turn Oldham Gardens
Whenever I’m asked if I’m ready, I think of GFR. It’s a grizzled old man kind of thing, but it’s not yacht rock.
As to...
Hip Hops: Blind taste tests dispense with purely visual beer (label) adulation
As a prelude to the following (originally published on Oct 19, 2022), kindly note that the columnist is returning to stand-up (beer ed, not...
Texas de Brazil, a chain steakhouse, will open at Mall St. Matthews
Texas de Brazil, not to be confused with Texas Roadhouse, “That Little Ol’ Band from Texas” (ZZ Top) or Walker, Texas Ranger, was founded...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 3: Growing up in Greece with Henry Miller
Just look at that photo with invisible mustache. And, my signature was almost legible then. I’ve since descended into full medical profession, without any...
APRON Inc.’s “Happy Hour Friend-Raiser” at Craft House Pizza Hurstbourne (Wed., May 28)
In 2025 APRON Inc. is staging happy hour “friend-raisers” at different locations on the last Wednesday of each month.
The next Happy Hour Friend-Raiser takes...
Parlour New Albany to move across alley to where the Hitching Post used to...
In the beginning, the Parlour Pizza concept was absorbed into a group called Craft Culture Concepts, which has expanded Parlour and is franchising the...
Gonzalo Cruz’s Good Morning Breakfast & Brunch is coming to Clifton Heights
Gonzalo Cruz opened Chilakiles Mexican Restaurant in 2018. It was popular, but the pandemic intervened and Cruz was compelled to close the eatery.
Now he...
Jared Matthews & the 3 Lou Lous, a hot combo profiled in our Spring...
We’re just weeks away from Food and Dining Magazine’s Summer edition, but for the moment let’s look back to Spring 2025, and Cary Stemle’s...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 2: Crawling across the borderline into Luxembourg
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 1: Three months that shook my world.
Madonna’s “Borderline” reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1984. It...
Chef in a Box (May 21, 22): Heitzman Traditional Bakery and Deli, featuring Chef...
Heitzman Traditional Bakery and Deli is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture.
Food & Dining Magazine continues to...
Gravely Brewing’s taproom is moving to Main St.
Gravely Brewing is shaking it up. Here’s the text.
A New Gravely is Brewing! It’s official, later this summer we will be moving from...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 78: We just had to get to...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 77: A “tight” 1998 European summer (San Fermin & the French Alps).
The whole point of convening in...
Falls City Kitchen opens in New Albany
This much is known: Falls City Kitchen has opened for business at 826 W. Main St. in New Albany, which is the side of...
St. Matthews: Pizza Jones, Alton Strasse beer & more (ETA early June)
Gene Stein, who some readers may remember as the owner of the now departed Pizza Guy, is launching a new carry-out and delivery app...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 1: Three months that shook my world
Before: 1983, settling for swill in Florida.
After: selfie in Stockholm, 1985, using the Pentax camera’s handy timer.
Introduction to the 2025 Edition
1984 gets all the...
Edibles & Potables: What is “normal” food, anyway?
Previously in this space, Alicia Kennedy’s book No Meat Required was offered for your consideration.
Edibles & Potables: Alicia Kennedy’s book “No Meat Required”
During the...
Sara’s barrel pick experience at Angel’s Envy (in our Spring 2025 print edition)
As we await the arrival of the Summer 2025 edition of Food & Dining Magazine, which is coming in early June (the fevered hum...
Bubba’s 33 opens in Fern Creek
Bubba’s 33, a chain sports bar concept, has opened in Fern Creek at 10435 Southpointe Blvd. Wikipedia facilitates our understanding of such matters.
Texas Roadhouse,...
Hip Hops: Duke Ellington, Madonna and the Western canon inform my beers
Just because the “Hip Hops” column is about beer, it doesn’t mean that beer must be the subject of a “Hip Hops” column.
Rather, it...