Guidebook for Louisville

Marilyn
Guidebook for Louisville

Food Scene

Diners drive from all over Louisville for this family favorite. My adult son still requests Vietnamese spring rolls in lieu of a birthday cake each year.
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Vietnam Kitchen
5339 Mitscher Ave
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Diners drive from all over Louisville for this family favorite. My adult son still requests Vietnamese spring rolls in lieu of a birthday cake each year.
Winner of America's Best Espresso Competition 2014.
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Sunergos Coffee
2122 S Preston St
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Winner of America's Best Espresso Competition 2014.
Try a bacon and maple long john. So good!
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Nord's Bakery
2118 S Preston St
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Try a bacon and maple long john. So good!
Buy your Nord's Bakery goods next door and eat them here with a cup of joe.
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Sunergos Coffee
2122 S Preston St
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Buy your Nord's Bakery goods next door and eat them here with a cup of joe.
All of the food here is beautiful and delicious, but our favorites are the turkey sandwich and the pepperoni pizza. And you'll be just as pleased with any soup of the day and dessert that's offered.
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Blue Dog Bakery & Cafe
2868 Frankfort Ave
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All of the food here is beautiful and delicious, but our favorites are the turkey sandwich and the pepperoni pizza. And you'll be just as pleased with any soup of the day and dessert that's offered.
Southern food with an Asian flair. Fun drinks. Very close to YUM! Center.
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MilkWood Restaurant
316 W Main St
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Southern food with an Asian flair. Fun drinks. Very close to YUM! Center.
Established in 1933, Jack Fry's is still a great place to celebrate a special occasion in Louisville.
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Jack Fry's
1007 Bardstown Rd
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Established in 1933, Jack Fry's is still a great place to celebrate a special occasion in Louisville.
Nice room in Butchertown neighborhood downtown.
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Butchertown Grocery
743 E Washington St
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Nice room in Butchertown neighborhood downtown.
Get a taste of Louisville's eclectic neighborhood scene. This restaurant's desserts are some of the best in Louisville.
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EiDERDOWN
983 Goss Ave
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Get a taste of Louisville's eclectic neighborhood scene. This restaurant's desserts are some of the best in Louisville.
Craft beers from all over the world plus awesome food and the best soundtrack I've ever heard. If you sit in the choir loft, you'll think you're in a European pub. Burgers are made from humanely raised and butchered cows -- and they're excellent. But we usually split an order of shiitake mushroom sliders and frites.
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Holy Grale
1034 Bardstown Rd
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Craft beers from all over the world plus awesome food and the best soundtrack I've ever heard. If you sit in the choir loft, you'll think you're in a European pub. Burgers are made from humanely raised and butchered cows -- and they're excellent. But we usually split an order of shiitake mushroom sliders and frites.
Vietnamese and Chinese food just two blocks away.
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Annie Cafe
308 W Woodlawn Ave
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Vietnamese and Chinese food just two blocks away.
Hong Kong Chinese Restaurant
5312 S 3rd St
Chinese fast food
Very good New York style pizza, calzones, and fresh salads served up by a super friendly staff.
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The Post
1045 Goss Ave
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Very good New York style pizza, calzones, and fresh salads served up by a super friendly staff.
High-end seafood restaurant.
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Seviche A Latin Restaurant
1538 Bardstown Rd
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High-end seafood restaurant.
A friend took me here for my birthday dinner, and the food was delicious! Nice room and friendly service, too.
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La Chasse
1359 Bardstown Rd
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A friend took me here for my birthday dinner, and the food was delicious! Nice room and friendly service, too.
Fried chicken and delicious southern sides. Try the succotash! Skip the dry soda biscuits and get the spoon bread instead.
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The Eagle
1314 Bardstown Rd
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Fried chicken and delicious southern sides. Try the succotash! Skip the dry soda biscuits and get the spoon bread instead.
I’ve been a fan of Heine Brothers’ coffee since it started as a kiosk in a grocery store. Now there are 17 shops around the city.
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Heine Brothers' Coffee - Schnitzelburg/Germantown
822 Eastern Pkwy
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I’ve been a fan of Heine Brothers’ coffee since it started as a kiosk in a grocery store. Now there are 17 shops around the city.
Fresh, delicious, authentic Mexican food served by friendly staff. A new favorite for my family!
La Riviera Maya Mexican Restaurant
8104 National Turnpike
Fresh, delicious, authentic Mexican food served by friendly staff. A new favorite for my family!
Taco Luchador Taqueria just opened its fifth Louisville location in the newly renovated Colonial Gardens, just across the street from Iroquois Park. Yum!
5205 New Cut Rd
5205 New Cut Road
Taco Luchador Taqueria just opened its fifth Louisville location in the newly renovated Colonial Gardens, just across the street from Iroquois Park. Yum!
Wonderful selection of wine and gourmet food items to bring home. Just down the street from Blue Dog Bakery and Cafe.
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The Wine Rack
2632 Frankfort Ave
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Wonderful selection of wine and gourmet food items to bring home. Just down the street from Blue Dog Bakery and Cafe.
Authentic Haitian cuisine just two bocks away.
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Caribbean Cafe
317 W Woodlawn Ave
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Authentic Haitian cuisine just two bocks away.
Newly restored former nightclub (where Elvis performed!) now offers family-friendly restaurants just across from Iroquois Park! Union 15 is the newest addition, offering pizza, salads, sandwiches, and craft beer.
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Colonial Gardens
818 W Kenwood Dr
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Newly restored former nightclub (where Elvis performed!) now offers family-friendly restaurants just across from Iroquois Park! Union 15 is the newest addition, offering pizza, salads, sandwiches, and craft beer.
Fancy coffee across from Iroquois Park. Also serves Louisville Cream ice cream!
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Sister Bean's
5225 New Cut Rd
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Fancy coffee across from Iroquois Park. Also serves Louisville Cream ice cream!
A Louisville favorite
Ehrler's Ice Cream
201 E Main St
A Louisville favorite
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Gralehaus
1001 Baxter Ave
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Essentials

Neighborhood supermarket with ingredients that span the globe. You can order a Cubano sandwich at the deli if you get there before they sell out.
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Valu Market Iroquois Manor
5301 Mitscher Ave
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Neighborhood supermarket with ingredients that span the globe. You can order a Cubano sandwich at the deli if you get there before they sell out.
Close to Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and Churchill Downs.
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Kroger
1265 Goss Ave
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Close to Papa John's Cardinal Stadium and Churchill Downs.
Across the street from Churchill Downs.
FedEx Office Print & Ship Center
3107 S 3rd St
Across the street from Churchill Downs.
Go one block south, turn left at the library, and then go one block east to take a relaxing class at Jody's beautiful new yoga studio. No mat? No problem. She'll loan you one.
Supreme Peace Yoga & Wellness
343 W Kenwood Way
Go one block south, turn left at the library, and then go one block east to take a relaxing class at Jody's beautiful new yoga studio. No mat? No problem. She'll loan you one.
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Whole Foods Market
4944 Shelbyville Rd
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Shopping

Wander through this huge selection of salvaged architectural antiques for your house and garden.
Architectural Salvage & Antiques
614 E Broadway
Wander through this huge selection of salvaged architectural antiques for your house and garden.
Gorgeous gift shop with friendly, helpful sales staff.
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Scout
3626 Brownsboro Rd
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Gorgeous gift shop with friendly, helpful sales staff.
Visit while you can! Joe Ley is retiring after 53 years in the antiques business, and everything in his three-story business must go.
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Joe Ley Antiques
615 E Market St
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Visit while you can! Joe Ley is retiring after 53 years in the antiques business, and everything in his three-story business must go.

Parks & Nature

Walk across the Ohio River on this gorgeous old railroad bridge turned walking path. On the Jeffersonville, Indiana, side, don't miss Schimpff's candy store. It's been around since 1891 and features handmade candy demonstrations and an antique candy box museum.
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Suuri nurmikko
231 Witherspoon St
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Walk across the Ohio River on this gorgeous old railroad bridge turned walking path. On the Jeffersonville, Indiana, side, don't miss Schimpff's candy store. It's been around since 1891 and features handmade candy demonstrations and an antique candy box museum.
The longest known cave system in the world, with over 350 miles of discovered passageways. On the way, grab some home cookin' at The Whistle Stop (216 East Main Street, Glendale, Kentucky).
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Mammoth Cave
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The longest known cave system in the world, with over 350 miles of discovered passageways. On the way, grab some home cookin' at The Whistle Stop (216 East Main Street, Glendale, Kentucky).
Tree-lined Southern Parkway teems with marathon runners and Iron Man competitors during those special events, and the bridal path alongside it is a neighborhood favorite for runners, walkers, and strollers. Head south a couple miles and you run right in to Iroquois Park.
Southern Parkway
Southern Parkway
Tree-lined Southern Parkway teems with marathon runners and Iron Man competitors during those special events, and the bridal path alongside it is a neighborhood favorite for runners, walkers, and strollers. Head south a couple miles and you run right in to Iroquois Park.
The largest of the Olmstead parks in Louisville. If you're looking for a treat after a walk in the park, stop at Sister Bean's Coffee Shop across from the park and try the locally made Louisville Creamery ice cream. In the fall, don't miss the Jack O'Lantern Spectacular, a 1/4-mile walking trail through the forest at night lit be 5,000 carved pumpkins! Proceeds benefit the local parks system.
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Iroquois Park
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The largest of the Olmstead parks in Louisville. If you're looking for a treat after a walk in the park, stop at Sister Bean's Coffee Shop across from the park and try the locally made Louisville Creamery ice cream. In the fall, don't miss the Jack O'Lantern Spectacular, a 1/4-mile walking trail through the forest at night lit be 5,000 carved pumpkins! Proceeds benefit the local parks system.
Well worth the 30-minute drive from Louisville. Peaceful, gorgeous, and open year-round. Hiking trails for all skill levels. Great for picnics in warm weather, but there's also a cafe on site.
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Bernheim Forest
Arboretum Way
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Well worth the 30-minute drive from Louisville. Peaceful, gorgeous, and open year-round. Hiking trails for all skill levels. Great for picnics in warm weather, but there's also a cafe on site.

Arts & Culture

You don't have to be a boxing fan to love this museum. Here, you'll learn about the six core principles that have fueled the champ's life's journey.
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Muhammad Ali -keskus
144 N 6th St
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You don't have to be a boxing fan to love this museum. Here, you'll learn about the six core principles that have fueled the champ's life's journey.
The Speed Art Museum reopened in March 2016 after a four-year, $60-million dollar renovation and expansion.
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Speed Art -museo
2035 S 3rd St
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The Speed Art Museum reopened in March 2016 after a four-year, $60-million dollar renovation and expansion.
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Frazierin historiamuseo
829 W Main St
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Louisville Slugger -museo ja tehdas
800 W Main St
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Louisville Science Center
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Drinks & Nightlife

Bar with really loud music and pretty solid Southern food. We had some excellent mac and cheese here.
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The Green Building Gallery
732 E Market St
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Bar with really loud music and pretty solid Southern food. We had some excellent mac and cheese here.

Entertainment & Activities

Underground fun! Zip line, tram tours, aerial ropes challenge course, and bike path -- all in a man-made cavern underneath the city.
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Louisville Mega Cavern
1841 Taylor Ave
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Underground fun! Zip line, tram tours, aerial ropes challenge course, and bike path -- all in a man-made cavern underneath the city.
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Louisville Slugger Field
401 E Main St
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Wild rides plus a water park, and only five minutes away.
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Kentucky Kingdom & Hurricane Bay
937 Phillips Ln
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Wild rides plus a water park, and only five minutes away.
Want to go to a concert or UofL basketball game without having to park? Catch the #4 TARC bus on the corner and get dropped off just a block from the venue. There are lots of great restaurants in that block too.
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KFC Yum Center
1 Arena Plaza
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Want to go to a concert or UofL basketball game without having to park? Catch the #4 TARC bus on the corner and get dropped off just a block from the venue. There are lots of great restaurants in that block too.