Allow me to get personal for a moment: I think John Varanese is hands-down one of the best chefs in the city. Very rarely can I walk into a higher end establishment and ask the chef to prepare two vegetarian meals on the fly and actually get something worth eating. He and his [...]

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In the last legislative session, there was a big battle over alcohol taxes between politicians who wanted more taxes and the people who make, sell and serve adult beverages. Tax opponents poured bourbon on the Capitol steps and generally pitched a fit.
But they lost, and a 6 percent tax on alcohol went into effect.
The bourbon [...]

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Seems pretty simple.
St. Matthews has a law requiring that new liquor stores must be at least 700 feet from existing liquor stores.

And as you can see from this picture, the new Liquor Barn under construction on Shelbyville Road is pretty darn close to the Beverage Warehouse operation across the street.
The Beverage Warehouse owner, Greg Anastas, [...]

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More About Nunn: C-J is reporting that Steve Nunn was found this morning at the cemetery where his parents are buried with his wrists cut. He was taken to Bowling Green Medical Center. The paper also published a picture of Nunn with his ex-fiancee, Amanda Ross, who was found murdered early this morning. [Courier]
A Bigfoot [...]

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Last night, Bill Francis had a story on Fox41 about a new initiative by grocery stores to change the law that prohibits them from selling wine.
Now, logically, I don’t get it. But few of Kentucky’s alcohol-related laws make any sense.
Last spring, efforts to get a bill through the state legislature failed, thanks to pressure from [...]

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Yesterday, the Hal Heiner/Ken Fleming press conference, announcing the new LouisvilleCheckbook website, was an astounding success. Every local media outlet reported the news, crediting Heiner and Fleming with striking a blow for transparency in local government spending.
Heiner and Fleming spent a few thousand dollars from their city accounts to pay their web consulting company, Halo [...]

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Think maybe Pitino just couldn’t take it anymore? Looked to me like U of L officials were as surprised as those of us in the media were about today’s media rant by the Coach. Not one of the several dozen media types gathered at U of L had a clue as to what the Coach [...]

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A Lovely Deal: Sylvia L. Lovely produced a lengthy, whiney resignation letter that we could just go on and on about. The overpaid director of the Kentucky League of Cities brings up God and her mother’s death and prayer and not a word about the scandal of her oversight of thousands of wasted dollars. The [...]

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Five organizations submitted proposals to operate Otter Creek Park, sort of. According to the Courier’s article analyzing the submissions, I think we can save Metro Parks some time, and tell you which one comes closest to what could become reality and allow the park to re-open. Metro Parks says it’s going to make some decision [...]

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It’s amazing all the economic development that’s foiled by Kentucky’s antiquated alcohol laws.
Now it looks like some potential developers might hesitate about bidding on operating Otter Creek because it’s located in a dry area. The C-J talked to several of the developers interested in bidding on operating the city-owned park in Meade County, and some [...]

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