Guidebook for Louisville
Essentials
This is our go-to grocery store. Right down the street from the house. Very nice, has everything you'll need.
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Kroger
2440 Bardstown RdThis is our go-to grocery store. Right down the street from the house. Very nice, has everything you'll need.
Awesome eclectic grocery store. Great prices on unusual items.
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Trader Joe's
4600 Shelbyville RdAwesome eclectic grocery store. Great prices on unusual items.
Whole Foods Market
4944 Shelbyville RdOrganic supermarket.
Food Scene
This is our favorite Thai restaurant. Best we've had in Louisville, better than anything we had in Washington, D.C., too. Simply excellent.
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Simply Thai
323 Wallace AveThis is our favorite Thai restaurant. Best we've had in Louisville, better than anything we had in Washington, D.C., too. Simply excellent.
Really fantastic Cuban food. Great atmosphere, incredibly friendly people. Famous throughout Louisville and right around the corner from the house!
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Havana Rumba St Matthews
3939 Shelbyville RoadReally fantastic Cuban food. Great atmosphere, incredibly friendly people. Famous throughout Louisville and right around the corner from the house!
This part of Frankfort Avenue is one of the hippest parts of town, full of restaurants and bars. Bourbons Bistro has fantastic food and an amazing selection of bourbons, including flights.
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Bourbons Bistro
2255 Frankfort AveThis part of Frankfort Avenue is one of the hippest parts of town, full of restaurants and bars. Bourbons Bistro has fantastic food and an amazing selection of bourbons, including flights.
Organic, locally grown food prepared by a gourmet chef with a Southern flair. Excellent. Best omelet I've ever eaten. Or try the burger on pretzel bun with hog-jowl jelly. Crazy good.
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Harvest Restaurant
624 E Market StOrganic, locally grown food prepared by a gourmet chef with a Southern flair. Excellent. Best omelet I've ever eaten. Or try the burger on pretzel bun with hog-jowl jelly. Crazy good.
Not exactly gourmet, but for some quick tacos, I go here all the time. Really good and really close. They also have a good "Fiesta Pack" that you can take home.
Salsarita's Fresh Mexican Grill
285 N Hubbards LnNot exactly gourmet, but for some quick tacos, I go here all the time. Really good and really close. They also have a good "Fiesta Pack" that you can take home.
Excellent brunch/breakfast location on Frankfort Avenue.
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North End Cafe
1722 Frankfort AveExcellent brunch/breakfast location on Frankfort Avenue.
Eclectic restaurant on Bardstown Road--Louisville's hippest area--that specializes in cuisine from literally all over the world. Great food, great atmosphere.
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Ramsis Cafe On The World
1293 Bardstown RdEclectic restaurant on Bardstown Road--Louisville's hippest area--that specializes in cuisine from literally all over the world. Great food, great atmosphere.
Perhaps our favorite restaurant in the city. German food and drinks served in a great, fun atmosphere. The spaetzle is amazing, the duck-fat popcorn is really good.
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EiDERDOWN
983 Goss AvePerhaps our favorite restaurant in the city. German food and drinks served in a great, fun atmosphere. The spaetzle is amazing, the duck-fat popcorn is really good.
Legendary in Louisville for amazing gourmet food and gross dive-like bar atmosphere. :-) Expect to smell like cigarette smoke and be completely stuffed when you walk out!
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Hammerheads
921 Swan StLegendary in Louisville for amazing gourmet food and gross dive-like bar atmosphere. :-) Expect to smell like cigarette smoke and be completely stuffed when you walk out!
Really fantastic street-style tacos right across from Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Often has live music and concerts.
Coconut Beach Club
2787 S Floyd StReally fantastic street-style tacos right across from Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Often has live music and concerts.
One of the most interesting new restaurants in Louisville. Gourmet burgers paired with fresh mussels. Weird concept and strange location in a strip mall, but trust us---it's VERY good.
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Mussel & Burger Bar
113 S 7th StOne of the most interesting new restaurants in Louisville. Gourmet burgers paired with fresh mussels. Weird concept and strange location in a strip mall, but trust us---it's VERY good.
Local coffee. Over-roasted in my opinion, but lots of people here love it.
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Heine Brothers Coffee
4305 Shelbyville RdLocal coffee. Over-roasted in my opinion, but lots of people here love it.
Starbucks
1321 S Hurstbourne PkwyStarbucks. What else can one say?
In my opinion, the best coffee in Louisville, a pretty coffee-snobbish city. If you're looking for the best, this is a drive, but it'll be worth it. Recognized by one mag as 6th best in the nation.
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Sunergos Coffee
2122 S Preston StIn my opinion, the best coffee in Louisville, a pretty coffee-snobbish city. If you're looking for the best, this is a drive, but it'll be worth it. Recognized by one mag as 6th best in the nation.
Drinks & Nightlife
Fantastic beer garden on Bardstown Road, THE coolest area of Louisville. It will be busy, but the selection is top-notch. Neat atmosphere, too, in a re-purposed church building.
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Holy Grale
1034 Bardstown RdFantastic beer garden on Bardstown Road, THE coolest area of Louisville. It will be busy, but the selection is top-notch. Neat atmosphere, too, in a re-purposed church building.
Easy beers and appetizers. Large tables, lots of space, good beer selection and good appetizers.
Brick House Tavern + Tap
871 South Hurstbourne ParkwayEasy beers and appetizers. Large tables, lots of space, good beer selection and good appetizers.
Four Pegs
1053 Goss AveGood beer, easy atmosphere.
Tbh, I've never been here, and it's a dive to look at. But on the other hand, it's recognized as having one of the Top-Ten beer selections in the entire world. If you go, let me know how it is!
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Sergio's World Beers
1605 Story AveTbh, I've never been here, and it's a dive to look at. But on the other hand, it's recognized as having one of the Top-Ten beer selections in the entire world. If you go, let me know how it is!
Shopping
Target
4174 Westport RdOur neighborhood Target. Enough said.
Walgreens
808 Eastern Pkwy24-hour lifesaver for essentials.
Liquor Barn St. Matthews
4301 Shelbyville RoadMassive selection.
Sightseeing
Beautiful. Iconic. If you have time, it's a must.
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Woodford Reserve Distillery
7785 McCracken PikeBeautiful. Iconic. If you have time, it's a must.
Everything Else
I-Center ye-Kentucky Exposition
937 Phillips LnSite of the 2016 NRA Convention
Most famous race-track in the world. Home of the Kentucky Derby
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Churchill Downs
700 Central AveMost famous race-track in the world. Home of the Kentucky Derby