From a high-end chophouse to new places for something sweet, several eateries are expected to open in May in Louisville.
Read on for details about the new spots adding to the ever-expanding Louisville food scene.
Know of a restaurant opening we missed? Send a note to ahancock@courier-journal.com.
4901 Outer Loop Suite 101, crumblcookies.com
This popular cookie chain continues to grow in Louisville. Its newest spot in Jefferson Commons opened May 3, becoming the fifth Crumbl Cookies in the Louisville area. Another one is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
The shop specializes in fresh-baked cookies with a weekly rotating menu that always includes a warm milk chocolate chip cookie and a chilled sugar cookie. The other four flavors are constantly changing. Every Sunday, the four flavors are announced from a list of about 120 options. Cookies average $3 for one, $10 for a box of four and $25 for a dozen. The store is pickup and delivery only.
It's open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m. to midnight Friday-Saturday.
2224 Dundee Road , derbycitypizza.com
The next time patrons check out Dundee Tavern, the neighborhood bar and restaurant in the Highlands, it will have a new name and menu. The place's last day as Dundee Tavern was May 4 and it is expected to reopen soon as a Derby City Pizza.
Derby City Pizza serves a variety of Southern-style pizzas, pasta dishes, sub sandwiches, salads and wings. Another location of Derby City Pizza is expected to open soon in Jeffersonville at a former Pizza Hut spot, 2976 E. 10th St.
1700 Bardstown Road, kiwami-ramenbar.com
Kiwami Ramen is scheduled to open May 9 in the former Wild Ginger Sushi Bistro space on Bardstown Road, following an extension building renovation with some construction delays. The restaurant will serve Japanese fare and ramen, made with broth slow-cooked for over 20 hours.
Customers will find a variety of ramen dishes including Tonkotsu, Spicy Curry Tonkotsu, Miso, Shoyu, or soy sauce, and Tsukemen selections. Additionally, a vegan-friendly ramen base broth will be available with kale noodles. However, people will find more than ramen, as appetizers like Chicken Karage, Grilled BBQ Squid and Salmon Carpaccio will be served in addition to bowls with tuna, char sui, beef and salmon poke flavors, the Courier Journal previously reported .
Kiwami Ramen initially targeted a December opening date, however, a remodel was still underway. Co-owner Duy Tran estimates the renovation will cost $500,000. Tran teamed up with his brother, Duc, to open Kiwami and bring “something really authentic” to their hometown of Louisville, he previously said.
Mango Tango
1433 Bardstown Road
Passersby along Bardstown Road have noticed for months the orange "Donuts" sign outside the small building formerly occupied by Baz and Bea Boutique. In recent days, something new appeared: A mural reading in cursive letters, "Spread the love. It's the Louisville way."
Mango Tango will serve doughnuts and hot dogs, according to a sign on the door. A grand opening is set for May 18.
131 W. Main St., logstilldistillery.com
Log Still Distillery is set to open a high-end restaurant and tasting room, called Monk’s Road Boiler House in downtown Louisville at the previous site of a longtime Bearno’s Pizza location.
Monk’s Road Boiler House, named in honor of Log Still’s line of spirits, is expected to open in early May, Log Still president and distiller Wally Dant previously told the Courier Journal.
The restaurant will build on Log Still’s recently-opened “bourbon resort, ” as Dant calls it. Monk’s Road Boiler House’s “luxury chophouse-style” menu will be led by chef David Danielson, formerly of Churchill Downs , who spearheaded the food and drink program in Gethsemane.
Reach food reporter Amanda Hancock at ahancock@courier-journal.com.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: 5 new Louisville restaurants opening in May: From a downtown chophouse to a doughnut shop
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