The Comfy Cow is packing them in tonight, but pistachio ice cream is worth the wait. Pure essence of pistachios and cream plus a dash of salt.
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Summertime, and the red wine is coolin’
In summer’s sultry heat, there’s no harm in placing your red wine in the fridge for a short stay before dinner.
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Nobody knows the changes I’ve seen … on the eats beat
A look at 20 years of the Louisville dining scene
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LEO’s Eats with LouisvilleHotBytes
Ah, nostalgia. There’s hardly a better way to get a room full of foodies chattering, in real time or Internet time, than to start a conversation about the evolution, development and changes of Louisville’s dining scene.
Scratch a food lover, find a memory bank full of stories about great meals past, real and imagined, along with a few stories about dining disasters. Are things just as good as they used to be, or are they even better? Grab a dish from your favorite restaurant, fill your glass with a tasty beverage, and let’s talk.
This week, celebrating the 20th birthday of LEO Weekly, we’re looking specifically at Louisville’s eats beat for the past 20 years, from 1990 to now.
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Those scary sulfites
The Grape Escape: You drank too much wine last night, you woke up with a headache, and now you’re blaming the sulfites?
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The Restaurant ritual
The Grape Escape: Does the wine-pouring ritual at a fancy restaurant make you nervous? Well, relax …
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Organic wine: Red, white and green
The Grape Escape: I’m all for organic foods, but organic wines haven’t made a similar case with me. Here’s why.
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What’s in a (wine) name?
The Grape Escape: What’s in a (wine) name? Wine can be a great hobby, or a frustrating source of confusion.
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Village Anchor Pub and Roost
The Village Anchor Pub & Roost, an exciting “bistropub” serving comfort food with a twist, will open in May in the newly relocated and remodeled Anchorage train station.
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Wine list sweet spot
Grape Escape: A few tips on picking the “sweet spot” where quality and value meet on the restaurant wine list.
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Wine list, black mask, pistol?
The Grape Escape: Should the wine waiter don a black mask and brandish a pistol when she asks for a 200% wine markup?
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