The 33rd President of the United States liked to down a shot of bourbon with his daily egg. His legacy lives on in Louisville at Dish on Market, a neighborhood bar open seven days a week for all three meals. The value-based eatery will be happy to serve you its Truman Breakfast, replete with the hard stuff. Puts the day in a bit of decidedly decaffeinated perspective. Just don’t overdo it.
Dish is now a part of Louisville’s Urban Bourbon Trail, which just keeps rolling out new ways to love Kentucky’s smoky, sensuous libation.
- Another Urban Bourbon Trail favorite is Avalon, a casual bistro eatery that features its own outdoor bourbon bar. Find the right night, with a bit of breeze about, and the scent of the heady distillation just might waft all the way around the world.
- The folks who run Bristol Bar & Grille know their bourbon intimately. Their catalog is voluminous, divided by categories and lists the proofs and age statement of each bourbon. The food here is terrific too. Bristol is winner of a slew of “Best of Louisville” awards.
- Limestone laces bourbon touches throughout the restaurant: bourbon cane sugar with your espresso, salmon served on a bourbon barrel stave, that sort of thing. Bourbon is elemental to Kentuckians in all sorts of subtle ways.
Louisville’s Urban Bourbon Trail lets folks 21 and older collect stamps from each of the trail’s 20 establishments. You can pick up a passport by simply downloading the app. Then, collect stamps from six participating stops and get a goody at the Louisville Visitors Center at 301 South Fourth St.
Don’t let bourbon stamp collecting stomp on your common sense. Drink responsibly – then either designate a driver or call a cab to get you back to your hotel.
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