From Ville Voice Eats:
This week, we’ll be getting all kinds of national props from the media, but none bigger or better for a business than the mention of Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse in the Wall Street Journal.
The business rag says Ruby’s is “. . .emerging as a favorite hangout for Kentucky Derby spectators and equestrian big […]

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Roger Van Fleet has a passion that supercedes his work as an IT manager and a part-time pastor at a New Albany church. Van Fleet call himself a BBQ-ologist, and spent Thunder weekend following his passion — feeding the 150 crew members lunch AND dinner on Saturday.
He cooked up 50 pounds of brisket, 80 pork […]

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Maybe it takes a little Hollywood to make a downtown Farmer’s Market a reality.
Louisville-born actor William Mapother, (Tom Cruise’s cousin) along with movie producer and Louisville transplant Gill Holland, are part of a group that has bought property downtown with the intention of creating a market that would rival the Pike Place Market in Seattle.
Holland, […]

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We noticed that two highly-anticipated dining options have opened their doors on Bardstown Road.

First, Oishii Sushi opened a few weeks ago in a former cellular phone store right down the street from Kroger. I haven’t been inside, but plenty of folks have provided their opinions on the place at the Louisville HotBytes Forum, and they’re […]

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I’ve met Eric David Gould, and know that he’s one of those unforgettable Louisville personalities. I’m not proud of the fact, however, that I’ve not yet taken him up on his invitation to visit his Smoketown USA restaurant. I met Gould at a LEO party over a year ago, and ever since he’s made sure […]

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We’re not kidding, folks. On the line are tickets to two great tourist attractions in Kentucky — Dinosaur World in Cave City, and the Lost River Cave in Bowling Green.
All you have to do is be creative enough to color our pictures of First Ladies Barbara Bush and Laura Bush in a way that we […]

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This Claudia Sanders’ Dinner House thing is getting serious.
As we reported over on Ville Voice Eats, a man who had Easter Brunch there died Tuesday, though it’s not certain that the food from the venerable dinner house had anything to do with it. One thing’s for sure, though,  the number of people affected keeps going […]

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If you don’t know, Full Signal Media Group, owner of this site, is a giant, widespread organization with its tentacles all across the state.
Wait….April Fool’s is next week.
Actually, we operate three other cool sites, and each has something up worth checking out:
At Ville Voice Eats, editor Steve Coomes used his influence as a big-time food […]

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Yesterday’s news: Rain. Today’s news: Rain. Tomorrow: Hoops!
Rick’s Media Critique: Anybody notice Rick Pitino’s analysis of modern media? In yesterday’s press conference, he was asked a question about the pressure players feel from the media and what’s written in the newspaper. He said young people don’t read the newspaper (or presumably read it online), so […]

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OK, gang, while Steve was looking the other way, I took control of the ‘Ville Voice Eats keyboard so I could play food critic for a day. Usually, Steve’s doing a much better job than I keeping up with all things culinary. Here’s some stuff to fill you up for the weekend…. Rick
Even Iowa […]

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Yes, this is an example of taking the whole Possibiliity City concept to an extreme never imagined by the city’s creative thinkers. But mixologist Tim Laird of Brown-Forman used some good ‘ole Woodford Reserve and Chambord to create a citi-fied Martini, adding in some bitters and a special cherry to the mix.
He mixed a couple […]

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If you haven’t already, we highly recommend you mosey on over to Ville Voice Eats on a regular basis for some good foodie journalism from our favorite chef, Steve Coomes. He said John Schnatter’s odd comments about Internet use were pretty bizarre, but thought the pizza magnate made more sense on the topic of development […]

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So I guess he won’t be reading this, right?
Fox 41’s Elizabeth Woolsey got an invite to the 40,000 square-foot Anchorage home of pizza tycoon John Schnatter. Her report revealed that the man who owns 6 percent of the city’s real estate, who can afford any toy he desires, doesn’t bother with this silly Internet thing.
“I’ve […]

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I’m going to give you more details, but the words of my 10-year-old best summarized our experience at the new Incredible Dave’s restaurant/playground concept on Westport Road: “You don’t really expect the food to be any good at a place like this. It’s just about the games, and I like the games.”
Still, I had reason […]

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We’ve uncovered another exclusive piece of news over at Ville Voice Eats — as Steve reports that the Boombozz pizza outlet in the Highlands is expanding. We’re happy about that. We never liked the dry cleaner there anyway. Here’s the story:
The Tony Boombozz Pizza store at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Bardstown Road […]

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Some 50 Louisville restaurants—known around town as the Louisville Originals—announced the formation of an independent body set up to promote locally owned eateries. The move marks the severance of its association with Dine Originals, a national group set up to do much the same, but on a national scale.
The Louisville chapter was founded in 2005, […]

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Apron-Clad Celebs: The V.V. will be in attendance tonight at the 40th Annual Celebrity Dinner Party, hosted by Denny Crum, at the Olmsted. Money goes to Cystic Fibrosis. Coach Crum took the hosting duties over a few years back from the late, great Pee Wee Reese. Usually there’s a few local TV stars in aprons […]

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Here’s our semi-official introduction to our newest project: ‘Ville Voice Eats. We know food and dining is one topic that everyone is interested in — so we developed a new site dedicated to all things culinary. Our editor knows his way around a kitchen: Steve Coomes began his career in some of the city’s fine […]

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We went down to the Friday Night Trolley Hop to see a few good friends, Christopher Hauck and Stephanie Bond, who were in town from Atlanta for Chris’ art show at Gallery Nulu, “Identity Crisis.” Hauck, who went to high school at St. X, and Bond, a prolific romance novelist, call Atlanta home, but they […]

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From Ville Voice Eats, here’s a nice follow-up on the restaurant inspection stories filed by two of our local TV stations as they kick off February sweeps: 
Reports filed this week by WDRB Fox-41 and WHAS-11 on restaurant inspections were actually more informative than expected. Our preemptive criticism of these reports centered on WHAS’s ratings-driven hype […]

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