Eddie Montgomery's Steakhouse in Harrodsburg is open now.
The menu includes some of the country music star's favorite dishes, including grilled sockeye salmon, grilled pork chops, pot roast po boy, soup beans and corn bread, and chocolate bread pudding.
The restaurant and entertainment venue is at 180 Lucky Man Way, and it features live Nashville music. Hours are 4 to 11 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday. Call (859) 734-3400 or go to www.eddiemontgomerysteakhouse.com.
Let's try this again
Taj India is the newest eatery at 154 Patchen Drive, at the former site of India Garden.
This spot, owned by the Sunita Singh family, serves a lunch buffet from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. The cost is $5.99 Monday through Thursday, and $6.99 Friday through Sunday.
Specialty items include chicken masala, lamb curry, fish curry and kebabs.
Dinner hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 5 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call (859) 268-0055.
$5 plate lunch specials
Here's a great reason for not eating lunch at your desk.
Natasha's Bistro, 112 Esplanade, has $5 plate lunch specials on weekdays. The menu choices are: spaghetti and meatballs, Monday; pork chops with mashed potatoes, Tuesday; chicken pot pie, Wednesday; curry chicken over rice, Thursday; and fish and chips with cole slaw, Friday. The price includes a drink.
Natasha's still offers the full buffet, as well as sandwiches and burgers. Call (859) 259-2754 or go to www.beetnik.com.
A feast for Fat Tuesday
Celebrate the beginning of the Lenten season New Orleans-style, with a tribute to the foods of the Big Easy and Louisiana at Holly Hill Inn's Fat Tuesday Feast on Feb. 16. Sous chef Lisa Laufer will prepare crawfish etouffee, oysters on the half-shell, and bread pudding with whiskey sauce. The cost is $40. Call (859) 846-4732 or go to www.hollyhillinn.com. Holly Hill is at 426 North Winter Street in Midway.
Loyalty rewarded
Furlongs is encouraging return visits with its new customer loyalty program. The Mardi Gras Club offers members a $20 gift card for every $200 spent in the restaurant, plus a free birthday meal when you dine with three other adults. Sign up at the restaurant, 735 East Main Street, or at www.furlongs.com. Call (859) 266-9000.
Bundled in banana leaves
Orchid Flower, 3090 Old Todds Road, is having a special event this weekend. Dinner items, wrapped and served in banana leaves, will be served from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. Call (859) 543-1126 or go to www.orchidflowerrestaurant.com.
Pizza, wine and thou
Lovers Leap Vineyards' second annual Red, White and Woo Valentine celebration will be Feb. 13 and 14. Hardwood Pizza Co.'s wood-fired pizza will be served. The cost is $10 for pizza and the chocolate extravaganza, and $5 for the wine-tasting. Desserts include double-dark chocolate cupcakes infused with blackberry wine ganache and topped with blackberry wine mocha Italian buttercream.
Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. For tickets, call (502) 839-1299 go to www.loversleapwine.com.
You also can sample Lovers Leap's riesling and blackberry wines, which won bronze medals at the recent 2010 San Francisco Chronicle wine competition.
