Hi-Five Doughnuts is opening its first brick-and-mortar location. | Photo by Nerissa Sparkman Hi-Five Doughnuts is the sprinkles on the doughnut for ButcherBlock, a nine property mixed-used development in the heart of Butchertown. The mobile Louisville bakery is opening a brick-and-mortar location at 1011 E. Main St. at the end of this year. Owners Annie Harlow and Leslie…
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The new Butchertown development Butcherblock is filling up fast. Insider Louisville broke the news last year that developer Andy Blieden was renovating nine properties in Butchertown, four that he plans to rent as apartments and five that will house new businesses. As of the New Year, Blieden had signed lease agreements with the owners of a home goods…
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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 Blieden at 1009–1019 East Main Street. The traditionally…
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by BORIS LADWIG – The Mellow Mushroom pizza restaurant on Bardstown Road beckons passersby with its sleek, mostly black exterior, lots of windows and sharp angles. The eatery’s interior welcomes patrons with square wooden tables, brick walls and a psychedelic centerpiece above a counter that reveals the shiny, stainless steel of the pizza ovens. The upstairs portion of the…
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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 with the Metro Department of Planning and…
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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 circles in Louisville, the word chocolate is becoming…
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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 for its 2015 Inc.credible Awards presented by Strothman…
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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
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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
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