Food&Dining Magazine

"Access Louisville: The State of Dining Out" is Louisville Business First's live podcast conversation on Apr. 21 with Noam Bilitzer (MeeshMeesh, Mill Iron 4), Anne Shadle (The Mayan Cafe) and Lawrence Weeks (Murray’s Creole Pub). Buy your tickets now. foodanddine.com/access-louisvi…

The halcyon Prohibition period will be evoked by the 1933 Society, a bourbon-centric "speakeasy" below Hotel Distil (101 W. Main), slated to open on May 5, the Tuesday following the Kentucky Derby. foodanddine.com/louisville-is-…

Hip Hops: As the Goodwood Brewing + Spirits closing saga plays out, pending numerous potential outcomes, the columnist keeps returning to the same question. What about the beer? foodanddine.com/hip-hops-fooli…

Something's up with Goodwood Brewing & Spirits. Yesterday employees took to social media to report the loss of their jobs at the brewery's two downtown locations. What it all means isn't yet clear, but new ownership seems to be a possibility. foodanddine.com/goodwood-brewi…

The Lexington dessert purveyor Shake n Crave will open its first Louisville branch at 650 Baxter Ave. in Phoenix Hill. As yet, here is no ETA. foodanddine.com/lexingtons-sha…

Vincenzo’s Italian Restaurant's 40th anniversary is almost here. Vincenzo's, long a downtown Louisville bellwether, now finds itself situated amid an evolving urban scene, and the Gabriele brothers are planning what's to come. foodanddine.com/vincenzos-appr…

A Paris Baguette franchise is coming to Northfield in May (4957 Brownsboro Rd.) The South Korea-based, French-style bakery cafe chain has 300 locations in neighborhoods throughout the United States. foodanddine.com/a-paris-baguet…

Edibles & Potables (on Friday): A deeper dive into the back story of Mira Mira's Wild Mediterranean, small batch, early harvest, extra virgin olive oils from Albania, now available at Louisville area shops and food stores. Read it and learn which ones. foodanddine.com/edibles-potabl…

Harry's Taphouse & Kitchen will open a third sports bar in Georgetown IN at 7600 IN-64, just east of the Georgetown Drive-In, in the space vacated two months ago by 812 Pizza. foodanddine.com/harrys-to-expa…

Hip Hops: It's Starkbierzeit in Munich, which means Bockbier, more specifically Doppelbock, which you would expect to find in a Berlin Kneipen, Dutch brown bar or British boozer. Just be happy it isn't Ultra. foodanddine.com/hip-hops-bockb…

Lotsa Pasta says thank you for 44 years (!) with a storewide anniversary sale today (March 24). Mira Mira’s Small Batch Extra Virgin Olive Oil will be on hand with samples of Albanian olive oil. foodanddine.com/lotsa-pasta-ce…

Apron Inc.’s next Happy Hour Friend-Raiser is Wed., March 25, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Jane Bar NuLu (712 E. Market St.), with rotating bourbon samplings, bites from US Foods, wheel of swag & more. foodanddine.com/apron-inc-s-ha…

Edibles & Potables: Easter is just around the corner, and if time travel were an option, allowing us to surface in England a few hundred years ago, we might observe the preparation and consumption of tansy “pancakes” for the season. foodanddine.com/edibles-potabl…

Eden & Kissi is relocating to 6006 Shepherdsville Rd. in Newburg, with its first day in the new space coming Wednesday, April 1: “This move means more room, more beauty, and more of the Afro-Caribbean flavors you love.” foodanddine.com/no-joke-eden-k…

New Albany's Bella Roma, specializing in Italian cuisine, will relocate to Jeffersonville, taking over the former home of Game on the River. foodanddine.com/bella-roma-to-…

Twig and Leaf (2122 Bardstown Rd. in Deer Park) suffered an all too familiar mishap yesterday. The eatery was minding its own business when an unexpected visitor crashed the party.  foodanddine.com/the-twig-and-l…

Hip Hops: Terrified by FMB-influenced nightmares, my gaze came to rest on the far simpler 1990s, when a personable brewer named John Barrett, formerly of Evansville Brewing Co., helped Brown-Forman launch the short-lived Jack Daniel's Brewery. foodanddine.com/hip-hops-recol…

It's cherry pink and apple blossom white as the upscale Italian-meets-Cuban restaurant Prado 264 prepares to regenerate the building at 1514 Bardstown Rd. in Deer Park., formerly Mark's Feed Store. foodanddine.com/prado-264/

Gustavo’s Mexican Grill is swapping buildings at Norton Commons, from 10715 to 10707 Meeting St. Owner Gustavo Reyes is aiming for a late March grand opening in the new space. foodanddine.com/gustavos-mexic…

Edibles & Potables: The stromboli was not invented in Italy, but at a restaurant near Philly. Alberto Grandi is not a Pennsylvanian, but he can explain why. foodanddine.com/edibles-potabl…