New Albany’s second in a monthly series of Downtown Saturdays runs tomorrow from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. More than two dozen merchants in the city’s historic business district will be open, and many are offering special sales and promotions for the occasion.
Among them are three featuring prominently in a Louisville Eccentric Observer “Eat ‘N’ Blog” article this past week: North of the river, things are looking bright.
Now, three more restaurant openings in the city’s historic district — Treet’s Bakery Café, Speakeasy and Connor’s Place — have brought the New Albany dining scene close to critical mass … and there’s more coming.
If you’re downtown tomorrow, be aware that Treet’s will be open for breakfast and the Speakeasy for standard lunch hours, with Connor’s Place unlocking the doors on Saturday circa 2:00 p.m.
For more on the Downtown Saturday concept and the people who are organizing it, consult the latest issue of Develop New Albany’s newsletter, “The Renaissance Chronicle.”
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The past week began fractiously. A disinformation campaign by discredited congenital obstructionists aimed at sliming the Carnegie Center was revealed here as bogus, and then, not to be outdone, a perpetually underachieving city council happily commenced suing itself.
A theocratic Indianapolis attorney came to town to stroke the inflamed libidos of trognonymous bloggers, ostensibly (and opportunistically) on the basis of property tax relief, although it bears noting that Eric Miller probably would be sending gays and atheists to Git-Mo if he were dictator.
The week ends with sadness as we note the death at 65 of renowned beer writer and journalist Michael Jackson, the colossus who was the founder of the good beer movement.
My thoughts are at the Potable Curmudgeon blog:
Grieving the Beer Hunter's passing: Michael Jackson, the Red Room and Louisville.
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Speaking of beer, NABC's the place to be for the next week or two as we present our first-ever draft appreciation of primarily Northern Bavarian beer styles:
Sandkerwa NA, an homage to Bamberg’s beers, begins Friday, August 31.
Sandkerwa NA approaches on Friday, August 31 (final list and pricing).
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Considering Fiscal Cons. Demo's answers today, I do believe the horse is dead, dead, dead--along with common sense.
Saturday morning/early afternoon was rather cool downtown. Bands playing on the corner of Bank and Market, and at main street end of the farmers market.
Shops with their items out on the side walks, watching a gentleman at louisville stained glass making a window (whilst I was coveting all of the halloween props for sale).
And most importantly, people! Mind you it was no Harvest Homecoming down there, but there were people! Shopping and BUYING, eating, some just walking, others sitting watching the bands.
It was refreshing, and reminded me alot of year ago when the downtown merchants had christmas shopping going on, and there was actually enough foot traffic and car traffic to warrant foot patrols by the Auxiliary Police.
Downtown is waking from its coma, and it is amazing that is has come this far. Only a year ago we were pounding online forums dreaming about the very thing that is occurring now. (still want to win the lattery and open an actors theater downtown, have combo tickets for dinner at a restaurant downtown, a show produced, and acted by locals, and drinks afterwards downtown.)
Rumors are stirring though of a hotel/convention center that a lady wants to open on grantline at 265 will only get support from the city/county building if it goes in downtown)
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