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No Fork In Way's pulled pork sandwich with hickory, apple and NFIW BBQ sauce, chipotle slaw and onion on a brioche bun. | Staff photo by tyler Stewart

• Find out the direction of Southern Indiana's newest boutique.

Southern Indiana’s latest culinary offering is not a brick and mortar eatery but a food truck piloted by a Southern California surfer dude.

What else would you expect in SoIn?

No Fork In Way is anchored behind Match Cigar Bar in downtown Jeffersonville. The busi-

ness, which is the brainchild of Seal Beach, Calif.-raised Robert Comings, 40, is not your typical food truck.

Menu items include tri tip steak tacos, a crab cake with roasted pepper aioli, beer-battered fish, baja fish tacos with chipotle slaw, shrimp cocktail, charcuterie and cheese plate and wood-grilled vegetables. Locally sourced ingredients are a focus.

Comings will offer barbecue Friday with the addition of a smoker that can cook 600 pounds of meat at one time. Ribs are on the menu.

Jeff Mouttet, who owns Match with his wife, Sara, finally has found the food complement to his high-end cigars and quality bourbon.

Who would have thought the answer would be with Comings, who studied for a stint at Sullivan University and worked at several Louisville-area restaurants — his back story is in today’s cen-terpiece — before opening his own restaurant in Sydney. Yes, the Sydney in Australia.

No Fork In Way is serious business, with a grill, a griddle, two fryers, even a sous vide tank, which allows for vacuum-sealing of ingredients that are slow-cooked and finished off on the grill.

Where’s my napkin?— Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be

reached by phone at 812-206-2127 or email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas.

Jason Thomas, Editor

Forking it out for a food truck

CORYDON — Make the short drive to the historic Corydon home of Indiana’s first state capitol for a fun-filled adventure and hunt for your next treasure.

The Corydon Extravaganza will be held at the Harrison County Fairgrounds on Satur-day, April 25, and Sunday, April 26. The gates open Saturday at 8 a.m. for the early birds and are open until 4 p.m. and also on Sunday from 11 a.m. until

4 p.m., according to a news release.

The 155-year old-Harrison County Fairgrounds will be full of the area’s best antique dealers and their wide range of unique finds. Among those items you might find: primi-tives, old advertising, furniture, architectural salvage, collect-ibles, art and decor, antiques, and thousands of other vintage and retro pieces.

Organizers are expecting close to a hundred vintage deal-ers and artist over the two days. There will also be several food trucks and local wines and craft beers served in the beer and wine garden.

The event also has a partner-ship with Corydon Comfort Inn and guest can get a special $72 room rate for the weekend by mentioning the Corydon Extravaganza.

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WHAT: Corydon extrava-ganza: Vintage, antiques & arts WHEN: 8 a.m. Saturday,

april 25, 11 a.m. Sunday, april 26 WHERE: harrison County

fairgrounds, 341 S. Capitol ave., Corydon INFO: admission is $2;

children free; online: Co-rydonextravaganza.com; phone: 812-972-3982

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Where: Robinson Theater of the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center at IU South-east, 4201 Grant Line Road, New Albany.

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The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play, “Angels in America, Part I: Millennium Approaches” by Tony Kushner, is the critically acclaimed play set in the Reagan era during the height of the AIDS crisis.

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A Fork n the roAdBy JASON THOMAS

[email protected] — From Southern California to Sydney to Southern Indiana, Robert Comings’ culinary

journey is ripe for its own Food Network prime-time show.

Comings’ latest adventure has taken the form a food truck called No Fork In Way, parked behind Match Cigar Bar in down-town Jeffersonville.

In a story only Hollywood could invent, Southern Indiana now boasts a food truck owned by a Seal Beach, Calif.-raised surfer dude who honed his craft in a German restaurant near the Sydney Opera House.

Roll footage.“I like the concept of a food truck,” said

Comings, 40. “I like that you can do what-ever you want to do. You don’t have to deal with all the problems of owning a restau-rant. If you want to shut it down you shut it down. If you want to open you open.

“You don’t have to deal with all that other stuff.”

The “other stuff” with the current set-up involves working with Jeff Mouttet and his wife, Sara, who own Match, which offers high-quality bourbon along with high-end cigars — and now eclectic food.

“It’s just really nice to have somebody here all the time that cooks food that is of the level of our cigars and our bourbon,” said Jeff Mouttet, who calls Comings’ tri tip beef tacos the best dish in the Louisville area. “We’ve got a high-end cigar store, we’ve got a high-end bourbon bar and we’ve never been able to put the food in here that matches the quality of bourbon and cigars, and now we have all three options.

“This just ties everything together for us.”No Fork In Way’s menu features atypi-

cal food truck fare, such as a crab cake with roasted pepper aioli, beer-battered fish, baja fish tacos with chipotle slaw, shrimp

cocktail, a burger made with Kobe beef, charcuterie and cheese plate and wood-grilled vegetables. Locally sourced ingredients are a focus.

Comings will dive into barbecue Fri-day with the addition of a smoker that can cook 600 pounds of meat at one time. Ribs are on the menu.

“I cook the food that I like,” Comings said, “and that I know I can cook well.”

A CULInArY AdVentUreComings’ culinary adventure took root

when he began working in restaurants as a 16-year-old in Seal Beach. From California it was off to Europe in his later high school years where “he ate all over Europe and really enjoyed the food,” Comings said. “I started to learn to cook from my parents and other people.”

Back in the States, Comings enrolled at the University of California - Santa Bar-bara where he started cooking at places like Isla Vista Beer Co. and Santa Barbara Brewing Co., and began taking culinary

arts seriously.“At that point I really wanted

to go ahead and get a culinary degree,” Comings said. “My parents wanted me to finish up at Santa Barbara and then, once the Food Network came out and it became cool to become a chef, my parents said, ‘OK, go ahead and go to culinary school.’”

But first it was one last adven-ture out west. Comings ended

up working for a high-end steak and seafood restaurant called Friday’s Station at the Lake Tahoe Harrah’s Casino, which opened his eyes to a high-pressure kitchen environment. It was also where he went through a tough breakup.

“They say when you go to Tahoe, it’s not your girl-friend, it’s just your turn,” Comings said. “And that turns out to be true.”

After packing up his car it was off to Louisville, where his

parents had moved, and culinary school at Sullivan University.

LIVInG doWn UnderAfter just a year or so at Sullivan, Com-

ings worked at the Seelbach Hotel, where he did everything from room service to cooking at the Oak Room, as well as banquets and time as a garde manger. He would eventually become head chef at Kitty O’Kirwans in the Highlands. He’d find time to marry his girlfriend, Jennifer.

But Louisville winters would wear on his Southern California soul.

“Every winter would come, and I would start looking for jobs in Barbados and what not,” said the laid-back Comings. “I needed to get out of here. I’m not a fan of the weather.”

Comings’ best friend was in dental

school in Sydney. The Australian city had a nice ring to it, so the Comingses sold their home and moved Down Under in 2004.

What was supposed to be a year ended up being nine. Comings’ big break came as executive chef at Lowenbrau Keller, a massive Bavarian-style restaurant that sold $250,000 worth of food in one week.

“It was an eye-opening experience,” Comings said. “It was cool because I learned a lot.”

After helping open five more Bavarian-style cafés, it was time for Comings to open his own restaurant. Baja Cantina Mexican restaurant was born and would be named Sydney’s best Mexican restaurant five straight years.

In the meantime, Comings’ family ex-panded to include two boys, Felix and Max. His in-laws, who live in Payneville, Ky., “started playing psychological warfare to get us to come back,” Comings half-joked.

SO YOU KNOWWhat: No Fork In Way food truckWhere: Behind Match Cigar Bar, 207 Spring St., JeffersonvillehOUrS: noon to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Satur-day

What’S IN a NaMe?Robert Comings was listening to a skit on “The Bob and Tom Show” in his car when he heard the phrase “No forkin’ way.” He immediately pulled over and recorded the phrase in the notes section of his phone, thinking it was the perfect name for a food truck.“Most of our food is handled with your hands,” Comings said. “People can take it for what it is.”

Jeffersonville boasts food truck’s eclectic eats

J

tOP LeFt: Grilled shrimp and chilled toma-tillo cocktail sauce.

MIDDLe LeFt: William McClain III bites into a NFIW burger outside of the No Fork In Way food truck in Jeffersonville on Wednesday afternoon. the burger includes Kobe beef, white cheddar and creamy gar-lic sauce or BBQ sauce on a brioche bun.

BOttOM LeFt: Lump crab cake sandwich with dill and roasted pepper aioli, topped with lettuce and tomato on a brioche bun.

tOP rIGht: robert Comings, executive chef and owner of No Fork In Way food truck, prepares a NFIW burger for a customer Wednesday afternoon. the food truck is parked behind Match Cigar Bar in down-town Jeffersonville.

BOttOM rIGht: teriyaki tri tip tacos with house pico and limes. | STaFF PHoToS By TyleR STeWaRT

See FOOD trUCK, PaGe 7

6 April 2, 2015Entertainment

t.v. PRemIeRes: booKs:movIes:LOUISVILLE — Margaret’s

Consignment will host the Fourth Annual “Hats Off for Hosparus” on Thursday, April 9, from 5 to 7 p.m., according to a news release.

The free event will include wine and hors d’oeuvres, music by a local harpist, as well as a silent auction of new and gently used Derby hats, fascinators, jewelry and acces-sories — many of them have been donated or made by local celebrities, such as Madeline Abramson, Susan Sweeney Crum, Janelle MacDonald, Patti Swope, Katie Bauer, Connie Leonard, Tabnie Dozier, Kelsey Starks, Kelly K, and Kristin Walls.

All proceeds from the auction will benefit Hosparus of Louisville, an organization that provides comfort and support for patients and their families when a life-limiting ill-ness no longer responds to cure-oriented treatments.

Margaret’s is open Tuesday through Satur-day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHAT: fourth annual hats off for hosparus WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m.

thursday, april 9 WHERE: Margaret’s

Consignment, 2700 frankfort ave., louisville INFO: Call 502-896-

4706; online: marga-retsconsignment.com

To sum up Gary Clark Jr. is more challenging every day, according to a news release from Production Simple. He’s a musical universe unto himself, expanding at a nearly immeasurable rate, ever more hard to define — as a mind-blowing guitarist, a dazzling songwriter and engagingly soulful singer.

With his debut album "Blak And Blu" he has just become the first artist ever recognized by the Recording Academy with Gram-my Award nominations in both the rock and R&B categories for the same album in the same year, winning the latter: Best Tradition-al R&B Performance — “Please Come Home” (from the album “Blak And Blu”).

And the day after claiming those honors he provided one of the highlights of the highlights-

filled “The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles,” with sparks flying as he dueled with Joe Walsh on an incendiary “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” Dave Grohl be-hind them pounding the drums.

But that barely scratches the surface. The album’s a rocket ride from the Mississippi Delta of a century ago to multiple points still out beyond the horizon. Rock

and R&B sure, but blues, soul, pop, psychedelia, punk and hip-hop are also in Clark’s expansive musical embrace and insatiable hunger for inspiration, which he’s internalized into music all his own. And his two acoustic blues performances on the soundtrack album for the acclaimed movie “12 Years a Slave” show the distinct talent and personality he brings to his music.

WHAT: Gary Clark Jr. WHEN: June 16 WHERE: Iroquois amphi-

theater INFO: tickets for this all

ages show went on sale at 10 a.m. friday, March 27.

reserved Seated tickets $30tickets are available via

Iroquoisamphitheater.com, or by phone at 877-987-6487

GUITAR VIRTUOSO INVAdES

BY GARY [email protected]

JEFFERSONVILLE — An em-ployee of Red Carpet Liquors inJeffersonville was shot during an at-tempted robbery Saturday night.

Jeffersonville police reported Pa-tel Kamleshkumar, 41, of Jefferson-ville, was shot multiple times about8 p.m.

Kamleshkumar was shot by the

masked gunman, said another em-ployee, Loretta Banister, ofClarksville, who witnessed the inci-dent.

Banister said she and Kamleshku-mar were both working when thegunman entered the business onCrestview Court and 8th Street.

She said she was in the back ofthe business retrieving several bot-tles to stock when she heard thedoorbell that rings when the front

door is opened.As she came from the storage

area to the front of the business shesaw the gunman with his armsstretched over the counter pointing afirearm at Kamleshkumar.

“I ducked down so he didn’t seethat I was there,” Banister said.

She said she never got a goodlook at the suspect during the inci-dent, but she could see from hercrouched position his arms holdinga gun pointed at her co-worker.

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■ FLOYD COUNTY

WHAT’S IN STOREFOR 2013?

Three firefighters spenttwo weeks in New York


JEFFERSONVILLE —A group of Jeffersonvillefirefighters have returnedfrom helping out with Hur-ricane Sandy recovery andsaid help there is ongoing.

Jeffersonville Fire De-partment Maj. Michael Mc-Cutcheon, Maj. TravisSharp and Capt. RickVanGilder spent nearly twoweeks in Long Beach,N.Y., organizing relief ef-forts for the city of more

than 30,000 people follow-ing the October hurricane.

The work was more pa-per-filing than pulling peo-ple from homes, but theirservices were greatly need-ed as the entire four-milelong island had been cov-ered by water during thesurging storm.

JFD Chief Eric Hedricksaid the need for relief serv-ices — after initial crewsconduct search and rescueefforts — are often under-estimated.

“After immediate re-sponse to save lives, thereare still efforts needed formonths and months,”Hedrick said.

SWAT Team deployed in New Albany incident


NEW ALBANY —Floyd County Metro SWATTeam was called out earlySunday morning to assist inextracting a man from hishome.

James Ross, 56, of 3770Gap Hollow Road, wassuspected of assaulting his14-year-old grandson andkeeping him in the homeagainst his will, the FloydCounty Sheriff’s Depart-ment said.

The child used Facebookto contact his aunt, whoalerted authorities aboutmidnight. Officers first re-sponded to the home about1:30 a.m., officials said.

No one would come tothe door, even though offi-

cers suspected the homewas occupied, said JasonJones, Floyd County Sher-iff’s Department officer andassistant SWAT command-er.

Jones, who acted as theincident commander, saidofficers spent the next sev-eral hours receiving infor-mation from the boy’s auntand attempted to make con-tact to the occupants in thehome. He said authoritieswere not sure if the boywas in the home or if theaccusations were valid.

Jones said at one pointduring the investigation, thehome’s land phone line wasdisconnect by a resident.

The aunt told officers thatRoss kept a large firearmarsenal in the home. TheSWAT unit arrived at thehome about 6:15 a.m. andRoss and the boy exited the

Employee injured in Jeffliquor store shooting

Jeffersonville firefighters Mark McCutcheon, Rick VanGilderand Travis Sharp recently spent two weeks in the city of LongBeach in New York aiding in Hurricane Sandy relief.

STAFF PHOTO BY C.E. BRANHAM

Help when it’sneeded most

NICE ICERight, David Mull, of Sellersburg, holds hands with his son Jack, 5, as he tries iceskating for the first time at the Jeffersonville Ice Rink. The rink will be open sevendays a week through Jan. 6, then remain open only on weekends through Jan. 27.For specific times visit www.jeffmainstreet.org.

STAFF PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER FRYER

Below, Blair Kaelin enjoyed some time at the Jeffersonville Ice Rink Mondayafternoon.

STAFF PHOTO BY C.E. BRANHAM

JFD gets relief to hurricane survivors

SEE FIREFIGHTERS, PAGE A6

40 firearms, 5pounds of potfound in home

SEE SWAT, PAGE A6

A busy 2013 BY DANIEL SUDDEATH

[email protected]

NEW ALBANY — New Albanyand Floyd County will celebratemilestones, launch separate parksdepartments and break ground onnew facilities this year.

While there will be memorableevents such as the celebration of thecity’s 200th anniversary, there willalso be challenges for local govern-ments including funding two mur-der trials and attempting to mendsomewhat disjoined relationshipsbetween New Albany and FloydCounty.

Here are someissues, events andstories to keep aneye on in 2013.

CAMM, GIBSONMURDER TRIALS

Accused serialkiller WilliamClyde Gibson isset to stand trialfor three murdersbeginning in July.

Gibson, of New Albany, has beencharged with the murders of 75-year-old Christine Whitis, 35-year-

old Stephanie Kirk and 45-year-oldKaren Hodella.

Unless another continuance isgranted, Gibson will first stand trialfor the murder of Whitis this sum-mer. Whitis was found strangled inGibson’s home in the 800 block ofWoodbourne Drive in New Albanylast year.

Hodella’s body was found inClark County in 2003, and accord-ing to authorities, Gibson implicat-ed himself in her murder while be-ing questioned in the death ofWhitis.

Several items to keepan eye on this year

WILLIAM CLYDEGIBSONAccused of threemurders

SEE 2013, PAGE A6

Red Carpet Liquors employee gives account

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A tIP oF the hAtmarch 24

é“Emma: A Modern Retelling” by Alexander McCall Smith “The Folded Clock: A diary” by Heidi Julavits

April 2é “Lip Sync Battle” (Spike)

April 5 “American Odyssey” (NBC)

April 3é “Furious 7” “Last Knights”

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Feeling left out? Send your establishment’s and/or organization’s upcoming events/new features/entertainment information to SoIn Editor Jason Thomas at [email protected]

Live on state at Wick’sWhere: wick’s pizza parlor, 225 State St., New albanyWhen: friday and SaturdaySaturday, april 4: J.D. Shelbourne; friday, april 10: the

Jackson way; Saturday, april 11: 100% poly; april 17: wax factory; april 18: the Killer lips; april 25: rick bartlett and the rock-N-roll Soul revival

[wickspizza.com]

Live music at big Four burgers + beerWhere: big four burgers + beer, 134 Spring St., Jef-

fersonvilleWhen: friday and Saturdayfriday, april 3: Kelsey and rachel; Saturday, april 4:

Drew alexander; friday, april 10: aquila; Saturday, april 11: eric and Kenny; friday, april 17: Kelsey and rachel; Saturday, april 18: Kelsey and rachel; friday, april 24: the Strays; Saturday, april 25: Kyle hastings

[bigfourburgers.com]

Live music at Charlie nobel’sWhere: Charlie Nobel’s eatery + Draught house, 7815

Ind. 311, Sellersburg When: friday and Saturdayfriday, april 3: Drew alexander; Saturday, april 4: the

Strays; friday, april 10: Kyle hastings; Saturday, april 11: Kelsey and rachel; friday, april 17: Drew alexander; friday, april 24: eric and Kenny; april 25: Kelsey and rachel

Corydon JamboreeWhere: 220 hurst lane, CorydonWhen: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

friday, april 4: billie and buddy hart, Kelly Casey, Christy Miller; friday, april 11: Kim McCauley, eric Kerr, ricky howsare; friday, april 18: Mike boughey, tommy lynn; friday, april 25: Marcus Kinnard, Carla reisert, Kelly amy

General admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. for reservations, directions or any other infor-mation call 812-738-1130. [corydonjamboree.com]

Ross Country JamboreeWhere: 31 wardell Street, ScottsburgWhen: 7 p.m. SaturdaySaturday, april 4: al hilbert; Megan Stout; rick

howsare; april 11: Natalie berry, Dave Campbell, roger Conley; friday, april 11: Doo wops all-Stars, 7:30 p.m., $15; Saturday, april 18: Kiwanis rock & roll with lannys band — KIngs of wing; april 25: ross Country Car Show on the Square, Cornhole tournament; Natalie berry, billy Nett, Maisy reliford, alex Miller

General admission $10; children 6-12, $6; under 6, free. for reservations, directions or any other infor-mation call 866-573-7677. [rosscountryjamboree.com]

dine with a viewWhat: thunder over louisville at bristolWhen: 3 p.m. Saturday, april 18Where: bristol bar and Grille, 700 w. riverside Drive,

JeffersonvilleCost: $180 per seat inside or $110 per seat on the

covered patio. limited view tables and bar seats can be reserved for $130

Info: 812-218-1995; bristolbarandgrille.coma feast of seafood, barbecue and Mexican accompany

prime seating for thunder over louisville at the Jef-fersonville bristol bar and Grille Saturday, april 18. Doors open at 3 p.m. just in time for the start of the air show. the appetizer buffet begins at 4 p.m., fol-lowed by dinner stations at 6 p.m. all are available until 8:30 p.m. Dessert trays will be served to each table with a coffee station open from 8:30 to 11 p.m.

thunder over Louisville CelebrationWhen: noon to 10 p.m., Saturday, april 18Where: flat12 bierwerks,130 w. riverside Drive, Jef-

fersonvilleCost: $75; 21 and overInfo: email Shanna henry at shanna.henry@flat-

12werks.com or call 812-590-3219Web: www.flat12.meflat12 bierwerks will host its inaugural thunder over

louisville Celebration at the Jeffersonville taproom Saturday, april 18. a $75 VIp experience ticket includes the first two pints, light snacks throughout the day, one dinner entree, all-day private access to the taproom and covered patio, seating, free water, indoor restrooms, in and out privileges, plus a unique variety of craft beer on tap.

FOOD TRUCK: Bread truck turned into portable kitchenCONTINUED FROM PAGE 4

Robert Comings, executive chef and owner of No Fork In Way, opened his food truck three weeks ago in Jeffersonville behind Match Cigar Bar. | Staff photoS by tyler Stewart

fOOD truCK DreAMsFeeling the tug to return to

the States, Comings sold his restaurant to his best friend in Australia and moved his family to Payneville about two and a half years ago.

“I came here and joked that I was semi-retired because our house was paid for,” Comings said.

Upon his return, Comings fell in love with the idea of a food truck. It wasn’t long be-fore he converted a bread truck into a kitchen on wheels. Com-ings’ design included a space worthy of haute cuisine: a 36-inch griddle, a 24-inch grill, two fryers, even a sous vide tank, which allows for vacuum-sealing of ingredients that are slow-cooked and finished off

on the grill.“Not many food trucks have

that,” Comings said. “We can pretty much cook anything.”

Where to locate? It just so happened that Mouttet, the Match owner, is friends with someone associated with a place called Stulls Market near Payneville, which was a fre-quent stop for Comings. Word got out that Mouttet was hav-ing problems with the kitchen at Match, and destiny took care of the rest.

A food truck is about loca-tion, and Comings feels like Jeffersonville is the perfect spot.

“I just think Jeffersonville is blowing up,” he said. “It’s such a cool area. You can live in Jeffersonville and walk across the bridge and have everything Louisville has to offer.”

Robert Comings, executive chef and owner of No Fork In Way, cooks corn for his roasted corn chowder dish.

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