Shop and Eat to Benefit Haiti at Westport Village

The shops and restaurants of Westport Village (which I still contend is in the East End) are dedicating a night of food and shopping for Haiti. Each store and restaurant will be donating a portion of their proceeds from the evening of March 18 to Hope for Haiti. B and I very well may have [...]

A Sneak Peek at the New Downtown Qdoba

On Friday afternoon I was lucky enough to get an early look inside the new Qdoba at the corner of 4th and Jefferson. Downtown working friends, this is just the spot you’ve been waiting for I think. Planned weekday hours at 7AM-7PM. Yep, that’s right, breakfast burritos for you! Qdoba’s breakfast burritos really are excellent.

They [...]

Toss Up Tuesdays at Avalon

From the Avalon website:
Diners can try their luck by tossing a coin. If their call lands up, the cost of the entree will be deducted from the total bill. Limited to one toss per patron on a given Tuesday.
Wow! Those odds are pretty good. Definitely worth a shot if you’re already looking for a good [...]

Papalino’s Pizza Opening Today on Baxter Avenue

B and I were playing hooky yesterday afternoon and ended up down on Baxter Avenue where J. Gumbo’s used to be. I’d heard rumor of a pizza place opening up there but hadn’t really done any investigating until yesterday. As I was snooping, staring in the window trying to read the menu board (the menu [...]

Celebrate Zen Tea House’s First Birthday

Wow, has it really been a year since Zen Tea House opened? Yes it has and they’re inviting all of us to celebrate with them today and tomorrow (February 26 & February 27) from 11AM-11PM.
They will be having free tea Tastings all day on both days, offering a free cup of tea with any [...]

Yoga Eats To-Go Box (Vegetarian Meal Service)

The best realtor in Louisville aka my realtor Jacqueline Klein sent me an email the other day about Yoga Eats, a new prepared meals service in Louisville from the folks at Yoga East. It’s kind of like a CSA except for vegetarian meals instead of produce.
Treat yourself and your family to fresh and healthy [...]

Sweet Surrender Introduces New Lunch Menu

Sweet Surrender is debuting their new Spring lunch menu today but what I’m most excited about is the introduction of their new half sandwich/half slices of cake combos. For $8.75 you get a half sandwich, side and half slice of cake. That’s a good lunch deal.
They didn’t send me the entire new menu, [...]

Our New Love: The Swan Dive

I’d heard about The Swan Dive for quite sometime of course but it’s just enough off my normal routes that I’d never gone to check it out. Then a couple weeks ago my friend Rob, who is a vegan, (Hi Rob!) ate there and raved about it. Then someone on Facebook mentioned going to The [...]

Heine Brothers Wants Us to Farm and I’m In

Heine Brothers is spearheading a new local farming/gardening movement in our community. Called 15Thousand Farmers it’s an ambitious idea that I’m pretty excited about.
We’re helping to create 15Thousand Farmers growing their own food organically in our Louisville backyards in the next five years! 15Thousand of us!! What does that make possible, what would life [...]

Louisville Vegetarian Club Meeting Tomorrow February 13, 2010

Consuming Louisville reader Sam sent me a message about a new group in town called the “Louisville Vegetarian Club.” They’re having a planning meeting of sorts tomorrow at Zen Tea House.

Louisville Vegetarian Club organizational meeting is scheduled for Saturday February 13th at 1:00pm at Zen Tea House on Frankfort Ave. Please join us as we [...]