by Dana McMahan, Special to the Courier-Journal - Two of the most popular street foods in Vietnam – pho and banh mi – are coming to Butchertown this summer, when Pho Ba Luu opens. The fast, casual restaurant is underway at Butcherblock Properties, a nine-building complex from Andy...
by BORIS LADWIG - [caption id="attachment_243088" align="alignnone" width="640"] Local developer Andy Blieden, left, worked with geologist and consultant Robert Perkins to turn a former brownfield into a Mellow Mushroom pizza restaurant. | Photo by Boris Ladwig.[/caption] The Mellow Mushroom pizza restaurant on Bardstown Road beckons passersby with its sleek, mostly black...
by Sheldon S. Shafer, @sheldonshafer - (Photo: Google Street View) A development group headed by Andy Blieden intends to develop 10 parcels in Butchertown along Wenzel Street with a combination of residences, commercial uses, studios and a restaurant. Blieden, doing business as Butcher Block Properties LLC, has filed documents...
Erika Chavez-Graziano, Cellar Door Chocolates Owner AUTHOR: Tonya Abeln | PHOTOGRAPHER: Alexa Pence Erika Chavez-Graziano, owner of Cellar Door Chocolates, is an absolute force. From her small batch wholesale chocolate company to her recently opened third retail location on South Fourth Street, her rapid growth shows no signs of slowing down. It most...
The Butchertown Market has been selected as a finalist for the 2015 Health & Wellness Award as part of Greater Louisville Inc.'s annual Inc.credible awards that celebrate small and growing businesses. Per GLI's press release on 7/21/15: Greater Louisville Inc. – the Metro Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists...
Watch the feature about our premier chocolate maker, Cellar Door Chocolates....
The left side of the Butchertown Market at 1201 Story Avenue received a new look last month — world-renowned LA-based artist completed her latest venture that featured a mural to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis. Read More...
In town to preview all that Louisville has to offer visitors coming in for the Kentucky Derby, Southern Living writer Lacy Morris, turn the focus on The Butchertown Market. Click to Download the full article in the April 2015 issue of Southern Living...
Andy Blieden, owner of Butchertown Market, was featured as a panelist in Insider Louisville’s August Insiders Meetup. The event was dubbed “The Butchertown Renaissance” and featured a panel of visionaries who were among the first to roll the dice and invest in this pivotal area...
We broke through a few walls and took over! The retail area is now nearly three tunes as big, with nearly that much in new inventory, too! Stop in and see what's new. Get a gift. Have a bite to eat at Jackknife Cafe. Then,...