Guidebook for Louisville
Food Scene
It's Delicious! On Sunday they offer half price wines along with $6 margaritas and mojitos.
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Seviche A Latin Restaurant
1538 Bardstown RdIt's Delicious! On Sunday they offer half price wines along with $6 margaritas and mojitos.
This is our favorite restaurant in the city, they source most of their food locally.
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Mayan Cafe
813 E Market StThis is our favorite restaurant in the city, they source most of their food locally.
Delicious coffee and crepes. They also have a small kids table with books and toys to keep the little ones occupied.
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Safai Coffee Shop
1707 Bardstown RdDelicious coffee and crepes. They also have a small kids table with books and toys to keep the little ones occupied.
This is a restaurant that has a great basement bar, they offer live jazz and sometimes play old movies on a projector. There is also a fantastic outdoor patio for sunny days.
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Decca Restaurant
812 E Market StThis is a restaurant that has a great basement bar, they offer live jazz and sometimes play old movies on a projector. There is also a fantastic outdoor patio for sunny days.
This is California style mexican restaurant offers a great outdoor Teeki bar, making it fantastic for dining or just grabbing a drink.
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El Camino
1314 Bardstown RoadThis is California style mexican restaurant offers a great outdoor Teeki bar, making it fantastic for dining or just grabbing a drink.
FANTASTIC food and atmosphere with speakeasy type bar upstairs.
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Butchertown Market
1201 Story AveFANTASTIC food and atmosphere with speakeasy type bar upstairs.
Roux
1325 Bardstown RdMust do Sunday brunch with $10 bottomless mimosas and live jazz.
Arts & Culture
This award-winning restaurant is part of 21C boutique hotel and modern art museum. Enjoy a crafted cocktail while you walk around and take in the art. The octopus appetizer is a favorite of ours.
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Proof On Main
702 W Main StThis award-winning restaurant is part of 21C boutique hotel and modern art museum. Enjoy a crafted cocktail while you walk around and take in the art. The octopus appetizer is a favorite of ours.
As the grandest hotel in Louisville and the center of Kentucky's bourbon and whiskey country, The Seelbach attracted some of the most famous gangsters. Notorious figures included Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz – known as the "Beer Baron of the Bronx."
The King of the Bootleggers - George Remus, a Cincinnati mobster, referred to as "King of the Bootleggers," got rich running whiskey northward during Prohibition. As a local gangster, he would spend time at The Seelbach, for business and pleasure. Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, who also visited The Seelbach for bourbon and cigars, was taken with the charismatic Remus. In fact, Remus became the inspiration for the title character Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby."
Al Capone's Secret Passageways - Al Capone, probably the most legendary gangster of the 1920s, used to visit The Seelbach frequently for blackjack, poker and bootlegging. Today, you can dine in a small alcove in The Oakroom where Capone would play cards. The famous gangster even sent a large mirror from Chicago, still in the room today, so that he could watch his back. Capone's favorite room also has two hidden doors behind special panels, leading to secret passageways.
"The Great Gatsby" is Born - While in Army training at nearby Camp Taylor, famed author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, often visited The Seelbach on weekend passes to sip Kentucky bourbon and smoke expensive cigars. With a reputation for carousing, Fitzgerald was once banned from The Seelbach after he had one too many!
During his visits, Fitzgerald encountered gangster George Remus, who became the model for Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby." His experiences in The Seelbach's elegant rooms inspired him to use the hotel as a model during the writing of "The Great Gatsby." As the premier Louisville hotel, debutantes of upper-class society often "came out" on the top floor ballroom, throwing grand galas, similar to the parties in Fitzgerald's classic 1920s novel. Fitzgerald chose the Grand Ballroom at The Seelbach as the backdrop for Tom and Daisy Buchanan's wedding reception in his American masterpiece.
The Seelbach Hilton Louisville
500 S 4th StAs the grandest hotel in Louisville and the center of Kentucky's bourbon and whiskey country, The Seelbach attracted some of the most famous gangsters. Notorious figures included Lucky Luciano and Dutch Schultz – known as the "Beer Baron of the Bronx."
The King of the Bootleggers - George Remus, a Cincinnati mobster, referred to as "King of the Bootleggers," got rich running whiskey northward during Prohibition. As a local gangster, he would spend time at The Seelbach, for business and pleasure. Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, who also visited The Seelbach for bourbon and cigars, was taken with the charismatic Remus. In fact, Remus became the inspiration for the title character Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby."
Al Capone's Secret Passageways - Al Capone, probably the most legendary gangster of the 1920s, used to visit The Seelbach frequently for blackjack, poker and bootlegging. Today, you can dine in a small alcove in The Oakroom where Capone would play cards. The famous gangster even sent a large mirror from Chicago, still in the room today, so that he could watch his back. Capone's favorite room also has two hidden doors behind special panels, leading to secret passageways.
"The Great Gatsby" is Born - While in Army training at nearby Camp Taylor, famed author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, often visited The Seelbach on weekend passes to sip Kentucky bourbon and smoke expensive cigars. With a reputation for carousing, Fitzgerald was once banned from The Seelbach after he had one too many!
During his visits, Fitzgerald encountered gangster George Remus, who became the model for Jay Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby." His experiences in The Seelbach's elegant rooms inspired him to use the hotel as a model during the writing of "The Great Gatsby." As the premier Louisville hotel, debutantes of upper-class society often "came out" on the top floor ballroom, throwing grand galas, similar to the parties in Fitzgerald's classic 1920s novel. Fitzgerald chose the Grand Ballroom at The Seelbach as the backdrop for Tom and Daisy Buchanan's wedding reception in his American masterpiece.
Museo de Historia Frazier
829 W Main StNewly renovated, this space has something for everyone, including kids with a large interactive space just for the little ones.
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El Museo de Arte de la Velocidad
2035 S 3rd St Newly renovated, this space has something for everyone, including kids with a large interactive space just for the little ones.
KMAC Museum
715 W Main StDrinks & Nightlife
If your looking for a great neighborhood bar then you have to checkout Nachbar, with an extensive beer and bourbon menu, cozy atmosphere and large outdoor patio you will be sure to feel like one of the locals.
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Nachbar
969 Charles StIf your looking for a great neighborhood bar then you have to checkout Nachbar, with an extensive beer and bourbon menu, cozy atmosphere and large outdoor patio you will be sure to feel like one of the locals.
Check out the calendar of upcoming events is you are interested in catching a show while in town.
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The Mercury Ballroom
611 S 4th StCheck out the calendar of upcoming events is you are interested in catching a show while in town.
A must if you are a beer lover, this once a church now a beer and food spot, it has one of the best outdoor dining areas in town.
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Holy Grale
1034 Bardstown RdA must if you are a beer lover, this once a church now a beer and food spot, it has one of the best outdoor dining areas in town.
Parks & Nature
Cherokee Park is a 409-acre (166 ha) municipal park located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States and is part of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy. It was designed in 1891 by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture along with 18 of Louisville's 123 parks. Beargrass Creek runs through much of the park, and is crossed by numerous pedestrian and automobile bridges.The park features a 2.4 mile Scenic Loop through the park's pastoral setting featuring rolling hills, open meadows and woodlands with separate lanes for vehicle traffic (one-way) and recreational users.[2]
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Cherokee Park
745 Cochran Hill RdCherokee Park is a 409-acre (166 ha) municipal park located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States and is part of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy. It was designed in 1891 by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture along with 18 of Louisville's 123 parks. Beargrass Creek runs through much of the park, and is crossed by numerous pedestrian and automobile bridges.The park features a 2.4 mile Scenic Loop through the park's pastoral setting featuring rolling hills, open meadows and woodlands with separate lanes for vehicle traffic (one-way) and recreational users.[2]
A 20 minute drive but the arboretum is a worth is, all-levels and hikes and nature trails, a cafe serving local and organic food and its 5 minutes from Jim Beam Distillery.
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Bernheim Forest
Arboretum WayA 20 minute drive but the arboretum is a worth is, all-levels and hikes and nature trails, a cafe serving local and organic food and its 5 minutes from Jim Beam Distillery.
This National Park is worth the day trip if you enjoy caving, and if that isn't your cup of tea the park also boast many trails and nature walks.
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Cueva de Mamut
This National Park is worth the day trip if you enjoy caving, and if that isn't your cup of tea the park also boast many trails and nature walks.
Entertainment & Activities
Climb NuLu
1000 E Market StIndoor climbing for all levels
Great local theatre that shows both blockbusters and independent films.
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Baxter Avenue Theatres
1250 Bardstown RdGreat local theatre that shows both blockbusters and independent films.