Access Louisville

Local restaurant news roundup

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A new pizza joint is coming to NuLu and a new place for steak burgers is coming to the South End. We talk about both — and more — on this week's Access Louisville podcast. We start out around Dixie Highway. Reporter Michael L. Jones recently covered a press conference from Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg. During the Feb. 10 conference, the mayor announced the first four restaurants to receive grants from the city’s $1 million Dixie Highway Corridor Fund:LongHorn Steakhouse will open a full-service restaurant at 7401 Dixie Highway;Crumbl Cookies, one of the nation’s fastest-growing dessert chains, will open its first South End store at 10970 Dixie Highway;Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers will build a new restaurant at 8700 Dixie Hwy; andDerby City Pizza will expand its location at 12900 Dixie Hwy to include an event space and outdoor game yard.We also chat about the first Southern Indiana chef to be considered by the James Beard Foundation. Red Yeti’s Chef Michael Bowe was selected as a semifin