Andy Blieden

Andy Blieden

Andy Blieden’s Butcher Block shows the strength of small-scale economic development

On the edge of Butchertown, East Main Street bends to become Story Avenue. On this block, a row of sorry looking shotgun houses and boarded...

Traditional Vietnamese street food restaurant, Pho Ba Luu, to anchor East...

When you walk into the completed Pho Ba Luu restaurant later this year, you'll notice a fresh combination of old and new architecture. The...

Andy Blieden is renovating these eight historic buildings in Butchertown

The Louisville Metropolitan Business Development Corporation (METCO) awarded ten loans worth $1.2 million Thursday to help stimulate $5.6 million in private development in Downtown Louisville, Butchertown,...

Bardstown Road’s Mellow Mushroom will have some funky bike racks

Mellow Mushroom is hard at work building its third Louisville pizza outlet, this time at 1023 Bardstown Road in the Highlands, next door to...
Cellar Door Chocolates at the Bucthertown Market

Hot Chocolate & Espresso Bar Opening Soon On Story Avenue

Butchertown is getting a new hot chocolate and espresso bar just in time for fall. And did I mention the truffles? Cellar Door Chocolates, currently...

Historic Butchertown Blog Talks With Andy Blieden

Edna Kubala, who just authored a great book on the history of Butchertown, has been blogging about the neighborhood at Historic Butchertown. She recently...

Gastropub Setting Up Shop In Butchertown

Butchertown is getting a gastropub. The Blind Pig will open for business in late January or early February as renovations finish up on its...