Deep Dish Pizza| A New Look for Hauck's| One Tank Getaways

Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal
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Hello sunshine!

It's time to grab your favorite morning beverage and settle in for the Courier Journal's weekly newsletter full of ideas, useful tips, recommendations, and articles to add a pinch of sparkle to your day, written especially for you by the CJ's features team.

I'm lifestyle reporter Kirby Adams and this week we're sending you a blend of eye candy and food-for-thought (and your stomach) straight to your inbox.

Chicago-style deep dish pizza at Jake and Elwood's restaurant in Louisville.
Chicago-style deep dish pizza at Jake and Elwood's restaurant in Louisville.

Who is hungry for Chicago Style Pizza?  Lennie Omalza is taking us to an authentic deep-dish pizza and hot dog restaurant that is taking over the spot that housed Cliftons Pizza on Frankfort Avenue for 30 years.

We still crave summer travel —but it's become such a hassle to fly and with gas prices sky-high it may cost too much to take a cross-country road trip. That's why I scoured the Kentucky countryside to bring you at least six new travel hot spots that will cost your family less than a tank of gas.

After a year and a half of renovation work, the old Hauck's Handy Store has been transformed into Hauck's Corner, a new bar and restaurant in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood. Left to right; Conner Johnson, Beverage Director, Jeff Walstehhon, Active Owner, and Joshua Palmer, Chef, are seen at the bar. June 16, 2022
After a year and a half of renovation work, the old Hauck's Handy Store has been transformed into Hauck's Corner, a new bar and restaurant in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood. Left to right; Conner Johnson, Beverage Director, Jeff Walstehhon, Active Owner, and Joshua Palmer, Chef, are seen at the bar. June 16, 2022

Whatever became of the iconic Hauck's Handy Store in the Schnitzelburg neighborhood?  You'll be one of the first to know when you read Dahlia Ghabour's story about the newly remodeled historic home of "The Dainty." Their article offers a behind-the-scenes peek at the more than $1 million in renovations ahead of Hauck's Corner's grand reopening at the end of July.

Before you visit the Van Gogh Immersive Experience opening on July 6, columnist Maggie Menderski opens our eyes to some famous "pink" flowers lost to time in Van Gogh's work but rediscovered by a curious chemistry professor at Centre College.

This is music to our ears.  There is a new artistic group in Louisville that Genesis Malone tells us is focused on giving local youth a chance to work with some of the top professionals in the theatre and entertainment industry.

The Meredith house in Shelbyville sits on a huge 88-acre swath of land. June 20, 2022
The Meredith house in Shelbyville sits on a huge 88-acre swath of land. June 20, 2022

We always love snooping around a beautiful house and this week's Home of the Week takes us inside a Shelbyville residence featured on Fox's "American Dream Home."

This is just a taste of what our creative features team has been working on this month. You can always find more at courier-journal.com and remember to feel free to forward this newsletter to family and friends who may also like to sign up here and stay in the know.

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