Hi-Five Doughnuts is opening its first brick-and-mortar location. | Photo by Nerissa Sparkman

Hi-Five Doughnuts caps off new Butchertown development

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…

Andy Blieden & Robert Perkins - Mellow Mushroom

Local developer turns Bardstown Road brownfield into thriving business

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…

Butchertown parcels to become homes, restaurant

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…

Food and Wine: A Chat with Erika Chavez-Graziano (NFocus)

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…

The Butchertown Market Named GLI’s 2015 Inc.credible Awards Finalist

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…