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Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher   The day is finally here: Top Golf is open .  After years of anticipation, the national golf concept is taking bay reservations now. But it was “softly” open last week, accepting walkups. Our reporter Eleanor Tolbert got to tour...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Louisville has elected a new mayor — the first in 12 years. Craig Greenberg won the Louisville mayor race earlier this week, defeating republican Bill Dieruf. The race was closer than some expected, with Greenberg receiving about...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher   A Kentucky spirits giant is considering a $500 million investment in Kentucky.  Sazerac Company Inc. was preliminarily approved for a 15-year incentive agreement in Laurel County in London, Kentucky.  According to a report relea...

Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Follow us on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher This week, several entities with Louisville ties were sold, including one of the city’s biggest hotels. AC Louisville, which houses Italian eatery Bar Vetti, is located in the heart of NuLu and sold for $51 million . Nothing will...

A new report measured the quickness and accuracy of fast-food restaurant drive-thrus. Taco Bell, which is owned by Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) took the top spot for speed, but the one in last place may surprise you. Chick-fil-A took the last spot for speed, primarily because the line is already long before the store opens, Haley Cawthon told us during the Access Louisville podcast...

Louisville's Waterfront Park is a gem along the Ohio River. But is the foot of the Big Four Bridge in Louisville as good as its counterpart in Jeffersonville? We discuss on this week's Access Louisville podcast — specifically on the news that a new "eatertainment" facility (a new pickleball bar ) is planned at the waterfront. As to the answer of which is better — we suppose it...

We go through the latest  restaurant news on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Some of the new places we chat about include Blue Bay Seafood on Poplar Level Road; and Barista Parlor, which is coming to downtown at 500 W. Jefferson. We also chat about the opening of Topgolf, which is expected in November. Later in the show, we discuss a disturbing report on sexual abuse Racing Louisville...

What city would you compare Louisville to? We talked about that questions on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Reporter Ellie Tolbert recently attended a conference at which Louisville business and civic leaders were searching for inspiration in Jacksonville, Florida. That got us talking about how Jacksonville and Louisville share some similarities. Later in the show, we discuss recent n...

There's so much going on in Louisville of late and we chat about it on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Bourbon & Beyond, one of Louisville's biggest music festivals took place last weekend . And this weekend we're looking forward to Louder Than Life — a more metal focused festival. In addition to that, Startup Fest has been ongoing this week and the National Jugband...

For better or worse, wallpaper is back. In a big way too! In this year’s Homearama home tour, many of the homes feature wallpaper. Reporter Eleanor Tolbert shared what else she learned in her Homearama preview. One theme was clear: In a post-pandemic world, interior design is focused on comfort and community. “We all had to sit in our homes for a year, and now people are like, ‘If I’m going to be...

A Louisville author has filed a copyright infringement  lawsuit claiming that his tours of  Old Louisville are being copied by a national firm. We talk about what's behind the lawsuit on this week's Access Louisville podcast (you can also get the details in writing here .) Later in the show we chat about transportation issues in Louisville including funding problems at TARC. Additionally...

A friend is coming to Louisville for just one night and wants to go out for dinner. Where do you take them? We kick around that question on this week's Access Louisville podcast. We also talk about a lot of recent restaurant news, including a move by Barry's Cheesesteaks , the newly announced Waldo's Chicken & Beer, the next phase for Jerry Green and Friends nightclub , and a mo...

We talk about two Louisville hotel projects on this week's Access Louisville podcast. One hotel, proposed in Portland, is being developed by Gill Holland , who helped foster the NuLu neighborhood. The other, proposed downtown on Market Street, is not exactly a new plan but has been revised with some new details . Reporter Ellie Tolbert is on the show to tell us about the details on each. Fun...

Chamie McCurry joins LBF's Access Louisville podcast this week. McCurry is chief marketing officer for Danny Wimmer Presents, the Los Angeles company behind two of Louisville's largest festivals — Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life. Both festivals are coming up in about a month so McCurry joined the podcast this week to talk about everything from this years line ups, festival orig...

In pandemic times, buying stuff online has been a way of life. But the white hot e-commerce sector may be cooling off. This week, Zappos confirmed it is winding down operations at its warehouse and outlet store on Minor Lane in Louisville. On this week's Access Louisville podcast, reporter Eleanor Tolbert tells us more about the company's reasoning. Zappos isn't the only e-commerce...

On this week's episode of the Access Louisville podcast we chat about a large new distillery project in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood. Reporter Michael L. Jones tells us about the ownership behind the historic building where it is planned. Later in the show we talk about Beam Suntory's big investment in Nelson County . And the closing of The Wiggle Room in the Highlands .  Acc...

We've got another restaurant roundup on this week's episode of the Access Louisville podcast. Reporter Michael L. Jones tells us about Great Wok, a Chinese restaurant that recently closed . The reasons behind the closure were a familiar refrain: Rising costs. That, as well as labor shortages, have been troubling Louisville restaurants of late. We also chat about Black Olive, a new Italia...

A report came out recently that said Louisville has the best drivers in the nation. It's been the subject of much online conversation, so we figured we'd carry that on for this week's Access Louisville podcast. We chat about our least favorite habits of Louisville drivers — be they a failure to zipper merger, speeding or just not waving enough. After the traffic discussion we catch...

Louisville lost a few restaurants recently, which we chat about on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Reporter Michael L. Jones is on the show and tells us about Maira Mediterranean Restaurant, which is near University of Louisville, closing in order to make way for a proposed development . We also chat about the closure of Hibachi Sushi Buffet , which is on Bardstown Road, near Hurstbour...

We get into a discussion about the best places for a coffee meeting during this week's Access Louisville podcast. This discussion came up based on the news that Quills Coffee is planning new locations and a new bakery in the Highlands. Several local favorites came up during the discussion, including Heine Brothers', Quills, Sunergos, Fante's and more. After that we switch gears and...

This week on the Access Louisville podcast we chat about two new places to go around town. Reporter Eleanor Tolbert is on the show to give us her impressions of the recently updated Angel's Envy distillery near Downtown Louisville . That leads us to a larger discussion about the appeal of bourbon tourism. After that we go over a new rock bar that's been opened in Clarksville: Losers 812...

We chat about the latest restaurant news on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Louisville Business First restaurant reporter has a new column where he's talking about the latest in Louisville's food scene. One example of this is a call he just had with the team behind Pig Beach, a barbecue restaurant that's planned in the former Tumbleweed/Doc's Cantina space on the wa...

Kentucky Kingdom General Manager Sarah Worrell joins the Access Louisville podcast this week. Worrell has spent a career in the theme park business —and so we chat about what she loves about that industry. We also get a peak into the philosophy behind the Louisville amusement park after it was purchased by Herschend Family Entertainment, the Atlanta-based company behind Dollywood and Silver Dollar...

Special guest David Beck, president and CEO of Kentucky Venues, which puts on the Kentucky State Fair, joins the Access Louisville podcast this week. Several announcements were made about the fair recently, including the concert schedule and the 9/11 exhibit that's slated this year. Interestingly, Beck notes on the podcast The Oak Ridge Boys, the country band behind "Elvira" and oth...

Louisville's mayor's race is set following the busy primary season. Democrat Craig Greenberg will face Republican Bill Dieruf in November. We chat about each candidate's message on this week Access Louisville podcast. Later in the show get an update on the latest in Louisville's food scene including a new food hall that's developing in town. Access Louisville is a weekly p...