Ashlee Eats

Closings

• The original Highlands Tap Room (next door to Kashmir Restaurant on Bardstown Road) will close after 11 years. The bar’s second location down the street at 1058 Bardstown Road will remain open. (Insider Louisville)

News

• Horse meat has been found in British Taco Bell restaurants. Taco Bell, which is owned by Louisville-based Yum Brands, pulled beef products from its British restaurants and issued an apology. (Business First of Louisville)

Openings

• A new restaurant called Sidebar Ice House and Grill is set to open in April on Whiskey Row, according to one of the developers of the downtown strip next to the Yum Center. This would bring the number of eateries in the 100 block of West Main Street to five. (Business First of Louisville)

Etc.

• Travel publications love Louisville right now. Zagat named Louisville one of “7 Up and Coming Food Cities Around the U.S.,” and featured coffee shop Sunergos in “The United States of Caffeine: 50 States, 50 Must-Try Coffee Shops.” And Fodor’s ran a story by fellow Louisville food writer Dana McMahan that outlines “5 Reasons to Visit Louisville Now.”