IN THE NEWS: J. Gumbo’s Down-Home Cajun Cookin’ recently signed a lease agreement to open its eighth location, which will be at The Summit retail center at Brownsboro Road and the Gene Snyder Freeway in northeast Jefferson County, Business First of Louisville reports. The restaurant chain was founded in 2005 as Gumbo-A-Go-Go by former jockey Billy J. Fox. The name was changed this year to J. Gumbo’s. The chain has three company-owned and four franchised stores, including a shop that opened this spring at Fourth Street Live in downtown Louisville. louisville.bizjournals.com … Leo and LouisvilleHotBytes.com columnist Robin Garr reviews Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina (285 N. Hubbards Lane, www.salsaritas.com), Moe’s Southwest Grill (12001 Shelbyville Road, www.moes.com) and Qdoba Mexican Grill (970 Breckenridge Lane, qdoba.com) while noting the closing of Highland Coffee’s downtown Fourth Street location. leoweekly.com … The Courier-Journal’s Marty Rosen awards three stars in reviewing Cumberland Brews (1576 Bardstown Road, Louisville), while Sarah Fritschner considers City Cafe. … Ron Mikulak reports that Jay Denham, chef de cuisine for the past two years at Park Place on Main, 401 E. Main St. at Louisville Slugger Field, has been named the restaurant’s executive chef. courierjournal.com

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