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comings & goings
BY RON MIKULAK
While you were lounging on a houseboat on a lake, or whiling away an evening sipping rosé at a sidewalk table, or otherwise lazing the summer away, Louisville restaurateurs have been working hard to expand dining choices for us all. Since the last issue, we count 31 new restaurants offering a wide variety of dining choices. Add to that number seven additional locations for existing restaurants. Only ten restaurants have ceased operation (though among those are several notable popular dining spots), and five other multi-location restaurants have closed one or more outlets, but continue to serve at others. These numbers – a total of 38 new tables, against a loss of 15 – would seem to indicate that the local restaurant scene is still robust. NEW TABLES
Adding to that robustness in a number of ways is the Logan Street Market, 1001 Logan St. in Shelby Park, which, as we go to press, is looking forward to a mid-to-late September opening. In addition to vendors selling fresh produce and meats, packaged grab-and-go ready-to-eat items, or frozen heat-and-serve takeaway food, nine cafés, bistros, bakeries or coffee houses will also share the renovated warehouse space near the Hope Mills artists’ studios and across the street from Tim Faulkner Gallery. Susan Hershberg moved her Wiltshire wholesale baking production to the Market building earlier this year. Her retail space there, Wiltshire at Logan Street Market, will be open early for grab-and-go breakfast items, have bread, sandwiches and pastries available all day, and offer take-away-for-dinner specials for homebound commuters. Alchemy Restaurant will specialize in the cuisine of Venezuela. Bramble is a Southern and soul food restaurant. Cold Smoke Bagels will offer bagels, bagel and lox sandwiches, several varieties of herring and other Jewish dairy items. Crème de Lou is an ice cream dispenser. Harvey’s Cheeses will stock a variety of cheeses and make exotic (or regular) grilled cheese sandwiches. Foko will serve Mexican dishes. Ziba’s Bistro specializes in West African and Afro-fusion cuisine. And Safai Coffee will have a coffee bar; Mike and Medora Safai own and are developing the Market, and have already moved their roasting operation there. There is a lot happening elsewhere in the area too. Hearth on 8 Fall 2019 www.foodanddine.com
Mellwood, 1765 Mellwood Ave., is a new American-style bistro in the building that was Bistro 1860; the owners, Jason and Aenith Sananikone McCollum, also operate Chik’n & Mi. The colorful stained glass windows of a former Lutheran church now illuminate the dining room of Noche Mexican BBQ at 1838 Bardstown Rd. Union 15, a pizza place, is soon to join El Taco Luchador in the renovated Colonial Gardens, 5205 New Cut Rd. Dallas McGarity (The Fat Lamb, Portage House) is now serving dinners Thursday to Saturday, and weekend brunch, at Alex&nder, the rooftop bar at Copper & Kings Distillery, 1121 E. Washington St. In Jeffersonville, Goodwood Brewhouse and Live Room serves specialty beers and sponsors live entertainment above Cox’s Hot Chicken, 134 Spring St. And at its main brewing facility at 636 E. Main St. downtown, Goodwood has opened Galley, serving chili, burgers, wings and sandwiches. Across the street, at 637 E. Main, St. Louis-based International Tap House is pouring hundreds of craft beers, ciders and some wines. Several new ethnic restaurants are joining the fray. Louisville has longed for another opportunity to sample Filipino cuisine ever since Sari-Sari closed its doors. Now, Lola’s Kitchen, 2240 Frankfort Ave. is giving diners the opportunity to enjoy chicken adobo, and beef Kaldareta again. At Cuba Y Mas, 5700 Outer Loop, you can find Cuban cuisine and dishes from elsewhere in Latin America. Falafel Oasis serves the downtown lunch and snack crowd at 226 W. Broadway. And Middletowners now have Continued on page 10