On Monday, August 23, business partners Brett Davis, Michael Ton and Steven Ton hosted a hard hat tour and reception for potential investors in their upcoming restaurant Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse and Raw Bar. The crowd was wowed by the artist’s renderings that showed what the historic space will look like when fully restored and outfitted. For information on investing in the restaurant, which is located just steps from Louisville’s new KFC Yum! Center, contact info@doccrows.com.
Archive for August, 2010
Vintner Select Featured on WHAS11 with Green Wine
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Filming Project Green at Napa River Grill
This past Friday, Aug. 13 Vintner Select’s David DuBou sat down with WHAS11’s chief meteorologist Monty Webb to discuss the complexities of “green” wine. During the interview, which took place at Napa River Grill, David explained the three different types of green wine and how organically grown vineyards not only produce more flavorful wine but are also important for vineyard sustainability. To learn more about organic wine or to see David’s interview click here.
Sullivan University Awards Scholarship to Salvation Army Culinary Training Graduate
Monday, August 16th, 2010
This Saturday, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported on Jackson Hodges, the Salvation Army Culinary Training Program graduate who was awarded a Sullivan University scholarship valued at $46,000. Sullivan University has always been a big supporter of the Salvation Army program, which teaches the unemployed kitchen skills and helps them find employment. The Sullivan staff was impressed by Jackson’s initiative and hard work, and felt that he deserved the chance to earn his degree. Jackson has said that he might like to open his own restaurant one day, and we are looking forward to seeing the great things he has in store.
The Summer Garden at Lemaire
Monday, August 16th, 2010Lemaire’s summer garden at the Jefferson Hotel is providing the kitchen with some beautiful produce. Chef Walter Bundy has been offering a variety of specials showcasing the bounty, including Stuffed Summer Squash Blossoms with local goat cheese and basil coulis, Chilled Cucumber Gazpacho with garden mint oil and heirloom tomatoes and Cornmeal Crusted Zucchini Fries. If you are in Richmond, Virginia, make sure to stop in and see what other surprises they have in store!
Napa River Grill and Wild Eggs Raise Over $35,000 For the Kenneth Black Memorial Scholarship Fund
Monday, August 9th, 2010The Napa River Grill Culinary Cup golf scramble took place on Monday, August 2 at the Cardinal Club in Simpsonville, KY. The event raised over $35,000 for a scholarship fund that was named in honor of Napa’s sous chef, Kenneth Black, who passed away earlier this year. The scholarship fund will be awarded to students at Sullivan University who are pursuing a degree in the culinary arts. A big congratulations to everyone at Napa River Grill and Wild Eggs for all the effort they put into making this event a success!
JD Rothberg, owner of Napa River Grill and Wild Eggs poses with Kenneth's family and members of the Napa River Grill management team before the Culinary Cup kick-off
Invest in the Future of Downtown Louisville!
Friday, August 6th, 2010
As Business First reported today (http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2010/08/09/story7.html), business partners Brett Davis and Steven and Michael Ton are offering investment opportunities in their new restaurant. Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse and Raw Bar, located just steps from the new KFC Yum! Center, is scheduled to open this fall. There will be a hard hat tour for prospective investors on Monday, August 23. Email info@doccrows.com to learn more.
“A Salute to Women, Wine and Whiskey” Presented by The Brown Hotel
Monday, August 2nd, 2010“A Salute to Women, Wine and Whiskey” at The Brown Hotel was created by Estes Public Relations to unite its clients into one event featuring celebrity chef Gale Gand in order to generate media interest. We selected to host the event in March was because it was Women’s History Month. We were able to include seven clients in the event:
In addition to creating and executing logistics for the event, Estes Public Relations also launched a successful media relations campaign targeting local and regional press, generating more than 2 million media impressions for clients.
Pre-event coverage included a front page feature in the Courier-Journal; two TV spots on the ABC and FOX affiliates; articles in several Business First newspapers across the country, including Philadelphia, Austin and Louisville; and four prestigious culinary blogs. Three regional daily newspapers also reported in the event, including the Tennessean, Bloomington Herald Times and Lexington Herald Leader.
We also developed a social media campaign which targeted blogs and Facebook sites for all clients involved in the event. We also created e-blasts for clients to distribute. An estimated 7000 people received correspondence.
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