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Derby City has spoken! See the winners and finalists of the 2018 Best of Louisville Readers' Choice Awards below, and get your tickets to the Best of Louisville party here. Guests will receive a complimentary copy of the Best of Louisville issue and enjoy food tastings from past and present Best of Louisville winners and finalists, plus beer, wine and spirits tastings from other great brands and a cash bar. Oh, and the Louisville Crashers are back by popular demand to provide live music. See you there.   NEW RESTAURANT 1. Lupo 2. Highway 31 Diner & Dive  3. Chik’n & Mi   FRENCH RESTAURANT 1. Brasserie Provence 2. Le Relais 3. La Chasse   ITALIAN RESTAURANT 1. Volare  2. Come Back Inn 3. Vincenzo's ​ MEXICAN RESTAURANT 1. El Mundo 2. El Nopal 3. Taco Luchador ​ CHINESE RESTAURANT 1. August Moon  2...

By Andy Brownfield  – Reporter, Cincinnati Business Courier  Jun 26, 2018, 2:16pm EDT Updated 24 minutes ago   Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment has a new head overseeing its award-winning wine and beverage program who most recently led beverage at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment, which oversees Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse locations in Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Columbus and soon Lexington as well as Carlo & Johnny and the Precinct in Cincinnati, named Brian McClure its new corporate beverage director.  McClure most recently served as the director of wine and beverage at the Greenbrier, a five-star resort in White Sulpher Springs, W.Va. "We wanted someone with wine and spirits experience but who was also versed in the guest experience," JRCE preside...

Beverage and wine director Brian McClure has left his position at the Greenbrier's Main Dining Room in White Sulfur Springs, W.Va., after nearly five years at the restaurant. He will begin his new job as Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment's corporate beverage director next week. "I was very impressed by the company culture and I am very excited to work for the Ruby family and the great team they have assembled," McClure told Wine Spectator. "I am also looking forward to [...] helping to create a reputation that is associated with excellence in beverage in much the same way as the reputation the company currently has for the best steaks in the country." "We're thrilled to have Brian join our growing team. As we continue to introduce the Jeff Ruby Experience into new markets, his expertise will help propel our beverage program to the next level," read a Jeff Ruby company sta...

If you watched the Kentucky Derby coverage on TV, one name flashed past over and over: Jeff Ruby.  As in Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, the sponsor of winning jockey Mike Smith, who was virtually the only jockey whose trousers were still white after this year's exceptionally muddy Run for the Roses. Jockey Mike Smith celebrated with Justify after their win in the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby. At least six other jockeys also were wearing the restaurant's logo, though some might not have been seen because of the mud. And in Saturday's Preakness, all but one of the jockeys in the field will be wearing it. How — and why — did Jeff Ruby come to own horse racing? "We’ve been doing it for a long time," Ruby said this week. "I’ve been with Mike Smith for quite a few years, and Joe Talamo since he was 19." Jeff Ruby sponsors Talamo ev...

Cincinnati restaurateur Jeff Ruby used his 70th birthday party to do some good. Ruby's 70th Birthday Gala was held at Jack Cincinnati Casino on Sunday night and served as the first major fundraiser for the Jeff Ruby Foundation. The star-studded event included performances by Kool & the Gang, Lee Greenwood and Ruby himself. To see who else was in attendance, click through the images above. Ruby exceeded his $500,000 goal for the sold-out fundraiser to benefit his foundation, which is focused on reducing childhood poverty in Greater Cincinnati. The foundation's initial efforts will target at-risk youth without parents. (UPDATE: The Jeff Ruby Foundation raised over $581,000 through its fundraiser on 4/29/18)

BEST NEW RESTAURANT IN COLUMBUS This is it, folks—the 1940’s Art Deco style steakhouse out of Cincinnati has finally landed in our city after making a culinary splash in Louisville and Nashville. Jeff Ruby is one of the nation’s premiere restaurateurs, serving celebrities and high society diners since 1981, winning award after award for his outstanding French-style cuisine. From filets to elk to grouper to dover sole, Jeff Ruby promises to give you the most elegant dining experience money can buy. We recommend leaving the kids at home for this one—that is, unless they have a taste for lobster tail. http://614columbus.com/2018/05/best-new-restaurant-2/ 89 E Nationwide Blvd. | jeffruby.com/columbus  

The readers of CityBeat have selected Jeff Ruby's Precinct, Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, and Jeff Ruby's Carlo & Johnny as the 3 Best Steakhouses in Cincinnati. Additionally, Jeff Ruby's Precinct was named as the #1 Fine Dining Restaurant In Cincinnati as well as the #1 Waitstaff and Service in the city. Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse was also recognized as Cincinnati's Best Raw Bar. For full article and results, please click the link. THANK YOU, CINCINNATI!

HOSPITALITY THAT IS EASILY AMONG THE BEST IN TOWN By G.A. Benton / For The Columbus Dispatch Confronting the wallet-wrenching prices in an expensive new Columbus restaurant, I thought: “Wow, Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse better be very good.” As it turns out, it is. After a few visits, I can attest that the cost of eating at Jeff Ruby’s entitles diners to hospitality that’s easily among the best in town. Most visible in this team effort are personable servers in crisp white jackets who are well-versed in the nuances of the food and drink menus and seem unusually adept at anticipating a table’s needs. That takes a lot of training. And it took a lot of money — about $5 million — to transform the former 89 Fish & Grill into one of the most opulent restaurants in Columbus. The head-turning establishment — the Cincinnati-based restaurate...

JEFF RUBY TO HOST FUNDRAISER FOR FALLEN HEROES Restaurateur To Hold Benefits At Steakhouses To Help Families Of Officers Anthony Morelli & Eric Joering and Firefighter Jason Dickey NASHVILLE, TN – The Founder of Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouses has planned fundraising dinners across 3 states to benefit the families of fallen Westerville, OH Police Officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering and also one in Nashville for Lawrenceburg, TN Firefighter Jason Dickey. On Sunday, March 4, 2018 Jeff Ruby (www.jeffruby.com) will open each of his Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouses in Columbus, OH, Cincinnati, OH, Louisville, KY, and Nashville, TN for special evenings where fully 100% of the night’s purchases will go directly to a fund set up in the names of the brave officers’ families. Additionally, in the Nashville location, the Ruby family will match that night&rsq...

Restaurateur Jeff Ruby has planned fundraising dinners across three states to benefit the families of fallen police officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering who were killed in the line of duty last weekend in Westerville, Ohio. On Sunday, March 4, 100 percent of the night's purchases at Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouses in Cincinnati; Columbus, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; and Nashville, Tennessee, will go directly to a fund set up in the names of the brave officers’ families. “Along with the rest of the nation, we were heartbroken to learn of this tragedy,” Ruby said in a news release. “These heroes made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our community, basically responding to what they thought was a call for help.” Reservations for the special Sunday Dinners are expected to fill quickly and are available by vis...