Louisville Attractions?

[eddie_m]

Can you tell that louisville folks eat out more per capita than almost any city?

For Italian, I like Ray Parella's on Frankfort or Rocky's across the river in Indiana or Come Back Inn at the corner of Breckinridge & Swan. CBI's meatball sandwich is frickin' AMAZING!

Pizza -- I'm not sure what the place is near Shogun because I'm not in that area too often. sorry.

[parker]

Thanks for all the ideas! Tim T, you evidently made a funny and it went over my head. What was it so I can get a laugh?

[Tim_T]

Thanks for all the ideas! Tim T, you evidently made a funny and it went over my head. What was it so I can get a laugh?

Parker, you have to understand that I am a big Louisville fan, but well...google the Rick Pitino trial and you will see what the joke is!

[the_donger]

Specifically the red snapper and the 15 second Italian sausage at Porcini's.

[parker]

Parker, you have to understand that I am a big Louisville fan, but well...google the Rick Pitino trial and you will see what the joke is!

LMAO! You got me good. I didnt put the restaurant with Pitions 15 seconds of fame, and the aged snapper! I might try aged snapper from the menu but im CERTAIN I wont like their sausage.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Hey Parker, if you are into the party scene 4th. Street Live is pretty cool on the weekends. Slugger Museum is cool as is the Fireamrs museum practically across the road. The Ali center is areally cool as well and you can spend most of a day there. As for food, Mike Linnings is a good deal with a great atmosphere. Also Porcini's has a special that involves aged snapper stuffed with 15 second Italian Sausage!

I heard it was "goldie" fish and a Slim Jim?

[eddie_m]

There are a number of really interesting areas of Louisville. On the first Friday of each month, the art galleries on Market Street just east of downtown (an area called NuLu) stay open until 9pm or so and serve wine. It's a great time to people-watch, look at some art, have some wine and eat at one of the restaurants nearby.

Frankfort Avenue also has a similar event with the trolleys running and multitudes walking up and down the street among the great galleries, shops, restaurants and bars (that area is called Crescent Hill).

Bardstown Road, in the Highlands, has the same feel with restaurants, locally-owned stores, and lots of walking traffic.

Louisville was just named the second best food city by some national magazine (I forgot which mag). Here are my favorites:
Expensive -- Jack Fry's, Uptown Cafe (best desserts in town), August Moon (Chinese), J. Alexander's
Moderate -- Irish Rover, Ditto's, Bristol Bar & Grill, Queen of Sheba (it's Ethiopian, if you like really exotic food), El Mundo (Mexican), Cumberland Microbrewery, Cafe LuLu, Wick's Pizza, Impellizeri Pizza
Cheap -- Bluegrass Brewing Company, The Bambi Bar (on Bardstown Rd, best burgers in town!), Annie Cafe (Vietnamese food), Morris Deli, Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen

Other things to do: free concerts at the Waterfront on Wednesdays, St. Joseph's Orphanage picnic, Churchill Downs, the KY Derby Festival (includes the mini-marathon, balloon glow, Thunder over Louisville, etc.), the QDMA convention, the classic car show, they stock some local lakes with rainbow trout, check it all out at Louisvillescene.com.

I love this town.

[parker]

I love Pizza! is one of the ones you mentioned next to Shogun, it was packed over there?

[RoadToad]

Yeah there are some great places to eat. A couple that haven't been mentioned are: Safier's, on 4th St just up from the Palace. One of the owners is Greek, the other Hindi, and their menu is kind of a cross. Real good food and not expensive. My vegetarian friends say theirs is the best falafel in town. And I think Sante Fe Grill, across from Cardinal Stadium, is some of the best Mexican food in town, and probably the cheapest. No alcohol at either place, but Sante Fe's does sell "Mexican Coke," which is formulated a little different than the Coke you usually get in the States. And if you're going there, take cash. They don't take no stinkin' plastic!

[MrSplitshot]

All that cool stuff to do...and they had to go and ruin it by making it the home of the Cardinals. Sheesh!

I'm actually quite a fan of going to the Indiana side of the river and eating over there at Kingfish or Buckhead Mountain Grille...good food, and if the weather is nice you can sit out back and get a nice skyline view of Louisville across the river.

Can't believe nobody has mentioned taking a ride on the Belle of Louisville!

[walkeraviator]

Ditto on most of teh food selections on the list above... to it I add

Italian... Rocky's or La Gallo Rosa (Bradstown Rd area)
Hibachi.. Blue Sake or Kanzai (which is actually in IN by BPS)
Moderate Priced stuff... KT's and get teh Hot Brown
J.Alexanders is nowhere near as good as it used to be
Ditto's is awesome and so is Morris Deli

Best Breakfast in Town is at Lynns Paradise Cafe (as seen on The Food Network's Throwdown w/ Bobby Flay), but it is a little pricey...

and in a month or so Cherokee Park lake and Tom Wallace Lake will be stocked with raindows... catch em on corn...

[RoadToad]

Several other lakes will be stocked as well. I'm looking forward to that, too!

My favorite Italian is the Come Back Inn on St. Catherine. The name doesn't sound Italian, but the food is awesome!