Help get Tony Bourdain to film No Reservations in Louisville

I refuse to join Facebook, so I'm no help there, but it would be amazing if this happens. I'm happy to be the Highlands-between-Eastern-and-Douglas tour guide!

Easy there, big fella. You and I are neighbors.

Easy there, big fella. You and I are neighbors.

Just an offer - I don't want to step on any toes. You can guide, but just give me a heads up of the route/locations, so I can strategically place myself in advance. . .

You've got it. Now get your butt over to Lou Lou in the Highlands and eat some cake!

You've got it. Now get your butt over to Lou Lou in the Highlands and eat some cake!

I'll be there Satruday evening with my wife, dad, and aunt in tow.

I bet I could pull some Schnitzelburgers together for a Dainty contest, but only if Tony would try it...now that would be something to see.

Click here for a video of the 2007 Dainty Contest, if you're unfamiliar.

Hey - we're already up to 54 members! Now aren't y'all glad I use my powers for good instead of evil?

I'm sure the Derby would be a big help in getting the show to Louisville, but it seems to be something Bourdain would mock.

I'm thinking more

Oakroom
Rooms that Tell a Tale (http://www.seelbachhilton.com/history.html)
Today, you can see turn-of-the-century architecture throughout the hotel. The Rookwood-Pottery Rathskeller, a tribute to the brothers' Bavarian heritage, is a true work of art. Visit the stately Grand Ballroom, which inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to use The Seelbach as the backdrop for Tom and Daisy's wedding in "The Great Gatsby." Or, dine at The Oakroom, a gentlemen's billiards hall Al Capone once frequented, now a five-diamond restaurant.

Al Capone's Secret Passageways
Al Capone, probably the most legendary gangster of the 1920s, used to visit The Seelbach frequently for blackjack, poker and bootlegging. Today, you can dine in a small alcove in The Oakroom where Capone would play cards. The famous gangster even sent a large mirror from Chicago, still in the room today, so that he could watch his back!

Capone's favorite room also has two hidden doors behind special panels, leading to secret passageways. If the police came on a raid, Capone could slip out the concealed passageways -- one way led down to Fourth Street -- another led to tunnels under the hotel. The room even had spring-loaded doors that would be quickly shut using a pedal by an outside guard, warning Capone of a raid.

In the basement, the Bavarian-style Rathskeller was also one of Capone's favorite places to do business. During Prohibition, the Rathskeller bar was still open to its elite patrons.

I don't know if the secret passageways are still there, but it would make for interesting television.

Brown Hotel : Original hotbrown

Louisville Slugger Factory

Bourbon Trail

Taco Toreados: Tony loves his taco trailers

Havana Rumba/ Mojitos

Kaelin's Restaurant: Original birthplace of the cheeseburger

Ollie's Trolley: A chain(?), but still historical and different.

Somewhere on the river or a Belle of Louisville cruise

Better yet, have him catch some sturgeon/paddlefish and eat sturgeon caviar from the Ohio. You know how much Tony loves to fish.

Justin, great ideas! I see you're a Facebook member (at least I think that's you) - would you mind joining the group and repeating your post in the suggestions thread over there? Too much good stuff to miss. If you don't want to, is it okay if I copy your post to the group discussion board?

I wasn't kidding about making you that logo hat ...

Just wondering Robin, what is the official logo? It would be neat to get a hat or a shirt with a logo on it. Actually they can be made quite easily as a good printer and iron on transfer paper.

[Robin Garr]

I wasn't kidding about making you that logo hat ...

Just wondering Robin, what is the official logo? It would be neat to get a hat or a shirt with a logo on it. Actually they can be made quite easily as a good printer and iron on transfer paper.

Mark, here's the one we use for external publicity, on the posters for events we sponsor, etc.:



http://www.cliffwoodorganic.com/louhotbyteslogo.jpg

As for swag, Marsha is actually working on an idea right now!

I'd seen that before but didn't realize that it was the official logo since it doesn't show up on the website. I like it because it's simple yet very clear.

I bet I could pull some Schnitzelburgers together for a Dainty contest, but only if Tony would try it...now that would be something to see.

They did that for the Southern Foodways conference when we were in Louisville. The regulars were all hanging out in chairs outside the grocery store on the corner ( the name escapes me)drinking beer. Turns out I spent the evening talking to the 80 year old co-owner of the store- who's the one who created the Natonal Dainty contest. He'd be perfect- what an interesting guy...

Get Tony to do the Schnitzelburg walk, rolled oysters at Flabby's and then a dainty contest...

Deb

Yes! Schnitzelburg Walk! Tony would love that.

That store is Hauck's, and you were talking to George Hauck, I'm sure. Here's a YouTube video of the Dainty contest, for those that might be unfamiliar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnj3-yNnlMs

It would be nice to get some local restaurants involved and maybe give discounts to customers that show up wearing a hot bytes item.

I wasn't kidding about making you that logo hat ...

Just wondering Robin, what is the official logo? It would be neat to get a hat or a shirt with a logo on it. Actually they can be made quite easily as a good printer and iron on transfer paper.

Mark, here's the one we use for external publicity, on the posters for events we sponsor, etc.:



http://www.cliffwoodorganic.com/louhotbyteslogo.jpg

As for swag, Marsha is actually working on an idea right now!