Will Around the World: Louisville

Louisville

Holy Grale: It's a tiny little beer place that used to be a church, and they have tons of good beer, as well as a really good food menu. The thing I like about the place is that it's very low-key, so if you happen to be alone, it's not unusual and people are generally a little more mature and friendly.
Hammerheads if you like more eclectic crowds and food. It's basically kind of a divey basement establishment, kind of a hipster "foodie" crowd
Bardstown Rd

NuLu, in the Butchertown area, East Market Street. "sophisticated" area of town that has a slightly more urban feel to it. It's actually got several galleries along the way.

Garage Bar is very cool
Rye is a new whiskey joint out there with food as well
bar called Meat, on Washington Street (by cab, it should take 3-5 minutes from Market St). It's a REALLY awesome bar that sits above a great restaurant called The Blind Pig.
Proof, too. It's on the corner of Main and 7th Street. It's actually associated with 21C hotel, is a museum hotel with modern/postmodern art and a kick ass bar. Here's the website. Then take a cab to Market Street, which is fairly close.
Hillbilly Tea for Moonshine Breakfast: a grilled pork chop with bourbon and sage, herb scrambled eggs and a potato bake ($12)

Zanzabar (2100 South Preston Street; 502-635-9227; zanzabarlouisville.com) offers cheap whiskey at the horseshoe-shaped bar while you catch one of the city’s (or country’s) comers on the intimate stage.
Old Seelbach Bar (500 Fourth Street; 502-585-3200; seelbachhilton.com). It’s rumored that when Second Lt. F. Scott Fitzgerald was stationed in Louisville, he would while away the hours at this stately lounge directly off the Seelbach Hotel’s grand lobby

Muhammad Ali Center (144 North Sixth Street; 502-584-9254; alicenter.org) celebrates Mr. Ali’s singular talent as a fighter and his post-retirement humanitarian efforts, but the curators pulled no punches with the history
Churchill Downs (700 Central Avenue; 502-636-4400; churchilldowns.com)
Cherokee Park. Opened in 1892, Cherokee was one of Frederick Law Olmsted’s last and wildest creations — think Prospect Park in the foothills of Appalachia

Doc Crows (127 West Main Street; 502-587-1626; doccrows.com) occupies the former Bonnie Bros. distillery, at the healthy end of Whiskey Row. Take a seat in the back room of this 1880s-era gem and enjoy oysters on the half shell with bourbon mignonette ($2 to $2.50 each) and Carolina-style pulled pork ($8). Brett Davis, an owner, one of 112 master sommeliers in the country, prowls about most nights. Ask Brett to select which of Doc Crows’ 64 bourbons will go best with your meal.

# posted by billklee @ 14:04

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