They looked like respectable young professionals — well-dressed, well-groomed, educated, honest.
“Never in a million years would I have thought they were scammers,” says Anna Marletta, general manager of Bellini’s on Main Street in Lexington.
The two men came into the restaurant one evening recently, had a couple of beers and paid with American Express gift cards.
They [...]
During her years in the restaurant business, Lucie Slone Meyers has been around a lot of really hot stoves.
But now there’s a stove that didn’t even make it to her kitchen before it became hot — in other words, stolen.
Hunting for a bargain, Slone Meyers paid about $1,200 for a used, dual-convection, six-burner stove that [...]
If you’re waiting for Keeneland to roll out its new master plan, the racetrack’s president says hold your horses.
In August, Keeneland hired the architectural firm HOK Sport to develop a plan to expand the historic Lexington track to accommodate the larger crowds that had been coming to the races.
Nick Nicholson, Keeneland’s president and chief executive [...]
Jim Sawyer was driving to his rural Fayette County home one evening after the recent ice storms when he saw some Kentucky Utilities workers using bucket trucks and flood lights to work on power lines damaged by the ice.
When he got home, he learned that the outside temperature was in single digits and the wind [...]
Imagine not having to leave your seat and stand in line to get food and drink during University of Kentucky games at Rupp Arena.
The Cats always make a big play when your back is turned and if you wait for halftime, the crowds are huge.
Collin Wallace and David Ward have got you covered.
They are co-founders [...]
“We are hearing a lot of horror stories” because of the recession, says Gene Williams, a partner in Natasha’s Bistro & Bar on The Esplanade downtown. “This is actually good news.”
Natasha’s is finishing a remodeling of its physical space and a restructuring of its business to create what Williams calls a “hybrid restaurant” that is in [...]
It’s a dream come true, especially for college students.
Think about it: Hot cookies and brownies, and cold milk delivered to your door or dorm in the evening or early morning.
Insomnia Cookies has arrived in Lexington and anyone within a three-mile radius of the University of Kentucky can have this dream come true by making a [...]
The folks at Lexington’s Griffin Gate Marriott Resort & Spa spotted a trend and jumped right on it.
“I think we are the first ones to do this in Lexington,” says J. Malia Reid, the spa operator.
Reid noticed that more Marriott guests were traveling with their dogs so she had an idea: Why not provide massages [...]
It’s a tradition at the U.S. Embassy in Paris to hold a huge garden party on July 4th to celebrate our independence and the French role in defeating the British.
About 2,400 people attended this year and many of them may have noticed that the party had a distinctly Bluegrass flavor.
The explanation begins last spring when [...]
The president of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association was between Vice Mayor Jim Gray and developer Dudley Webb on the agenda for Tuesday’s Bluegrass Hospitality Association meeting.
When his turn to speak came, Eric Gregory began by placing seven small bottles of bourbon on the lectern to represent the distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
“If I knew [...]
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