Flavors of Kentucky

Long gone are the days when bottles of milk were delivered to your door before the rooster crowed. Now, the delivery of bottles of juice is 21st-century cool.
The Weekly Juicery, 436 Old Vine Street, is a juice bar where you may drink green lemonade or sweet beet punch with a friend, or subscribe to a weekly pickup or delivery of freshly pressed juice.
Kimmye Bohannon and her business partner, Elizabeth Beal, started selling weekly subscriptions of juice in October. “We started with five weekly juicers and grew to nearly 100 before December,” Bohannon said. They opened the retail juice bar May 23.
“When I ran the New York City Marathon in 2010, I went to a juice bar called Organic Avenue. I told my husband, this is fantastic. We have to do this. He said, you’re crazy,” Bohannon said. Later, while on a beach vacation in Florida, they visited For the Health of It juice bar. “We decided to do it,” she said.
Fresh vegetables and fruits are cold-pressed in the early morning and ready for delivery or pickup or in individual servings at the juice bar.
The juice bar is open 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The menu includes summer julep ­(watermelon, cold-pressed lemon juice, fresh mint, pure vanilla extract, pure stevia extract), sweet dream (banana, ­almond butter, almond milk, ­unsweetened organic cocoa, organic raw blue agave, cinnamon, pure stevia extract) and cool kale energy (organic kale, cucumber, organic beets, lemons, fresh ginger, pure stevia extract). Call (859) 368-8000.

Special events

■ Reed Valley Orchard, 239 Lail Lane in Paris, will have its annual Blueberry Jubilee and Pancake Day on Saturday. Fresh blueberry pancakes will be served until 1:30 p.m., and you may pick your own blueberries until 5:30 p.m. ­Entertainment will include line dancers and singer Lauren Mink. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (859) 987-6480 or go to Reedvalleyorchard.com.
■ Wilson Nurseries, 3690 East-West Connector Road in Frankfort, will have its second annual Bluegrass ­Eggfest this weekend. On Friday, ­dinner at its Sage Garden Café will feature menu items prepared on the Big Green Egg grill. Live ­entertainment begins at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, guest grillers will prepare barbecued dishes on the Big Green Egg. Call (502) 223-1488 or go to ­Wilsonnurseriesky.com.
■ WineStyles, 2535 Nicholasville Road, will pour two wines for tasting Friday and Saturday. Bel-Air peach bellini, a sparkling wine from ­California, and a fruity sangria from Spain will be available by the glass from the wine bar. Call (859) 278-9463 or go to ­Winestyles.net/lexington.
■ Alfalfa Restaurant, 141 East Main Street, will serve brunch on the Fourth of July from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — after the Bluegrass 10,000 race and before the ­parade. The menu includes pancakes made with Black Diamond berries and tomato-basil omelets with Boone Creek Creamery’s tangy Welsh caerphilly cheese. On Saturday evenings during summer, all bottles of wine are $5 off. Call (859) 253-0014 or go to
Alfalfarestaurant.com.

Announcements

■ Josie’s, 821 Chevy Chase Place, now serves beer and wine to ­complement the shrimp and grits, fried chicken and pasta. Included are beers from Kentucky Ale and West Sixth Brewing Co. Beginning Monday, hours will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Call (859) 523-8328 or go to Josieslex.com.
■ Natasha’s Bistro & Bar, 112 ­Esplanade, has a seafood special Friday and Saturday. Included is a sesame-crusted tuna fillet served with shaved fennel and orange slaw and topped with crisp leek straws. The farmers market brunch, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, features bacon from Hillside Farms, eggs from Emily’s in Scott County and “orange twist bliss” from The Weekly Juicery. Call (859) 259 2754.
■ Rossi’s Restaurant, 1060 Chinoe Road, offers a dinner special daily, and to go with the chef’s creation, a glass of chardonnay or cabernet is priced at $3. On Tuesdays, featured bottles of wines are half-price. Call (859) 335-8788 or go to Rossis-restaurant.com.
■ The summer menu at ­Casanova’s, 855 South Broadway, includes ­prosciutto and melon, veal peperonata and ­fettuccine di mare. Call (859) 309-3313 or go to Casanovaky.com.

Farmers market reports

■ Winchester/Clark County Farmers Market is open 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, in the parking lot of Bluegrass Heritage Museum, 217 South Main Street.
■ Bluegrass Farmers Market has ­berries and the Willow Oak location has added Thursday to its ­schedule. ­Locations and hours are: 3450 ­Richmond Road, in the Pedal the Planet and Fast Signs parking lot, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday; and 730 Millpond Road, in the parking lot of the Willow Oak Pool, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday. Go to Localharvest.org/blog/29529.

Sometimes when you find a great little out-of-the-way restaurant, you keep it a secret so you won’t have to wait for a table. It seems that is what has happened at La Marquesa Mexican Restaurant, 165 East Reynolds Road.
It had been a grocery store for years, and the owners, Gloria and Marcos Moreno, turned it into a restaurant a while back. It’s behind Captain D’s ­Seafood Restaurant and not ­noticeable from the street, so customer traffic has been slow. But word is getting out about the handmade tamales.
Gloria Moreno makes tamales with cheese and jalapeño, chicken and green sauce, pork and red sauce, and sometimes she makes chicken and pork tamales in banana leaves. “Everything is most like homemade,” she said. “I make mole sauce like my grandmother made it. We cook like we were in Mexico.”
Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call (859) 225-4840.

Openings and new hours

■ Top Cats Grill and Bar has opened in the former Rumors location, 3110 Maple Leaf Drive, at Man o’ War ­Boulevard. Owner Cheri Gustafson said Top Cats serves “tons of appetizers” and a “huge” selection of salads and sandwiches. Specialties include ribs, rib-eye steaks, crab cakes, fried chicken, and shrimp and grits. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and ­Saturday. Call (859) 523-2287.
■ Bill’s Saloon at Connemara Golf Course is open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The restaurant, in the historic 1840s plantation house at 327 Lexington Road in Nicholasville, serves salads, sandwiches and a grilled Alltech Angus hamburger, and it has Alltech’s trio of beers on tap: Kentucky Ale, Kentucky Light and Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale. Call (859) 885-4331 or go to ­Connemaragolfcourse.com.

Special events

■ Equus Run Vineyards kicks off its summer concert series Saturday. Swing Street Band will entertain in the ­amphitheater at the winery, 1280 Moores Mill Road, Midway. Tickets for the concert and dinner buffet are $24.50 in advance. The menu includes grilled rib-eye sandwiches; vegetarian meals are available. Wine tasting is $2. Gates open at 4 p.m. Go to Equusrunvineyards.com.
■ Holly Hill Inn, 426 North Winter Street in Midway, is celebrating summer Caribbean-style with a calypso night at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The chefs will grill jerk chicken, jerk pork, ­curried goat, and catfish with rock shrimp salsa. Clary Hill Farm in Anderson County is picking the first of its hot chili peppers for the dinner, including the ­Trinidad scorpion, scotch bonnet ­peppers, ­habaneros and ghost chili pepper. ­Connie Lemley in Frankfort is ­harvesting greens for the callaloo, a traditional Jamaican dish. Caribbean Blues will entertain. The cost is $50. Call (859) 846-4732 or go to
Hollyhillinn.com.
■ Jonathan at Gratz Park, 120 West Second Street, is ­having a seafood boil on the patio Sunday. Chef/owner Jonathan Lundy will use lobster, shrimp, clams, mussels, and fresh corn and ­potatoes. It will be dumped promptly at 8 p.m. Dinner will be served family style and is limited to 25. The dinner is $45 and is by reservation only. Call (859) 252-4949.
■ Wilson Nurseries in Frankfort is having a ­Bluegrass Eggfest on Friday and ­Saturday. Sage Garden Café is smoking salmon on the Big Green Egg grill at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The menu also includes beef tenderloin. On Saturday, you can sample the winning recipes from the Eggfest Cook-off for $3. The ­nursery and café are at 3690 East West ­Connector. Call (502) 223-1488 or go ­Wilsonnurseriesky.com.

Farmers market report

■ Bluegrass Farmers Market is having customer appreciation day Saturday at both market locations: 3450 Richmond Road, in the parking lot of Pedal the Planet and Fast Signs, and Mill Pond Shopping Center. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Shoppers will receive free tote bags Saturday. Go to Localharvest.org/blog/29529.
■ Woodford County Farmers Market has tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cabbage, honey, beef, pork and baked goods. Locations and hours are: Main Street in Midway, 3 to 6 p.m. Mondays; Versailles Presbyterian Church, 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays; and Versailles Courthouse, 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays.