Vampin' in Bellarmine University's Concord

Bellarmine University's Newspaper, The Concord, started a new feature called "What the Locals Are Doing," and asked TVL to contribute for the inaugural installment.  I join DJ and record shop owner Matt Anthony as we talk about what we're listening to (Matt) and eating (me.)  My contributions include descriptions of a couple of my favorite menu items at two local places, and a shout-out to a neighborhood market I dearly love that is closing its doors for good next month.

What the Locals Are Doing.

Rounding Out the 2012 Eater Louisville Year-End Review

I present the final four posts in Eater Louisville's 2012 year-end review. 

My biggest dining surprise of this past year?  Finding drop-dead amazing food at a place dedicated to a beverage I am not even a huge fan of.

I believe in the "When Everything's Right" Quotient - as Tom and Lorenzo call it, WERQ.  They use it to describe the way someone is WERQ-ing an ensemble of clothing, but to me, it can also apply to an experience Wherin Everything's Right.  Such was the case during the night of My Single Best Meal of 2012.

Now here's a saddie.  We each had to give a restaurant we broke up with this year.  I think the one I describe is super cool and fun to hang out at, but I just don't love the food.  I predict, however, that it won't be a clean break.

And finally, we predict restaurant trends for 2013.   I actually went serious on this one.  My other prediction would have been "dinner for breakfast."

It's been fun looking back on 2012.  Now that we've done this most important of duties, we can with clear heads and hearts look forward to 2013.  Happy weekend, fellow Vampers.  I hope you eat something crazy delicious, whether it's made by you, a friend, or a complete stranger.

Best Restaurant Neighborhood and Biggest Dining Surprise of 2012

Today on Eater Louisville's year-end review, you can hear what we had to say about the best restaurant neighborhood in Louisville for 2012.  I don't necessarily think it's the best all-time restaurant area in Louisville - only will tell.  But I sure have had some slammin' meals there this year.

We also talk about our biggest dining surprise of the year.  In retrospect, a shameless plug for APRON, Inc., an organization I'm active with, might have been in order.  I have been very pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of support from the dining community for our fledgling organization.  Our mission is to provide temporary relief to folks in need who are employed by our local restaurants.  We held a very successful fundraising event, done a "dine out" night at area restaurants, and received many individual donations, enabling us to make grants to a number of people already.

Newcomers, and 2012 in One Word

Next up in Eater Louisville's 2012 year-end review, we name the
Top Newcomers of 2012

and
Sum up 2012 in One Word.

I've written about one of my top newcomers of 2012, and I probably should write about the other.  The slow-braised beef cheek I had there nearly inspired me to compose a symphony.

My one word maybe isn't technically one word, but if I say it fast enough, I can almost justify it.

Vampin' on Eater Louisville

Eater Louisville asked me for my thoughts on the Louisville restaurant scene in 2012.  You know I gots lots of thoughts. 

Check out Industry Experts on the Top Restaurant Standbys of 2012.  Me and a bunch of other cool folks talk about which restaurants we returned to time and again over the past year.

This post is the first in a series of posts for EL's 2012 year in review.  Stay tuned... my answers to more burning questions are on the way through the end of the week.