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fried chicken with biscuits and hot pepper jam were devoured.

One afternoon we hopped aboard a small bus with Mark
Clark and Mint Julep Tours (www.mintjuleptours.com) for a
“progressive, spirited food tour for a Taste of Bluegrass.” We
hit three places in different neighborhoods, tasting craft cock-
tails at every stop since we weren’t driving.

“Harvest (www.harvestlouisville.com) is an open, airy atmos-
phere; Le Moo is woody and cozy, while the Silver Dollar is
one of our great bourbon bars,” Clark said. “Louisville is a
great food town.”

“Our goal at Harvest is to be the premier farm-to-table restau-
rant in Louisville,” owner Patrick Kuhl told us. Portraits of its
farmers are on the walls and some 80 percent of its provi-
sions come from within a 100-mile radius. Cocktail: Pickled
Peach Serrano Bourbon.

The Silver Dollar (www.whiskybythedrink.com), located in an
old firehouse, has been named one of the 10 best whiskey
bars in the country by GQ. It’s been called Louisville’s most
genuine honky tonk and its bourbon cocktails are the bomb.
Cocktail: Mint Julep.

Le Moo (www.lemoorestaurant.com) features a ranch-like at-
mosphere with cozy wooden booths that feature curtains just
made for closing. This is a serious steak house, where you
are offered a choice of steak knives. You may want to opt for
the 10-oz. Miyazaki, Japan’s grade-A-5 wagyu for $248. But
seafood lovers and others will find plenty on this long menu
to make them very happy, too. Cocktail: Bluegrass Breeze.

In the darkest atmosphere of all, we sipped on superb crafted
cocktails at Mr. Lee’s (www.mrleeslounge.com), a newish up-
scale “speakeasy” in Germantown that invites cozy conversa- “ The Silver Dollar has been named one of the
tions. When you want to reorder, you just pull a little chain on 10 best whiskey bars in the country by GQ. It’s
the wall above your table. Cocktail: House-Smoked Old-Fash-
ioned with Buffalo Trace. been called Louisville’s most genuine honky
tonk and its bourbon cocktails are the bomb. ”
On a Sunday night at the Red Herring (www.redherringlou.
com), one of Louisville’s newest restaurants, we sipped and
snacked while loving the live Bluegrass music by Steve

Center: The Silver Dollar Bar’s signature
cocktail is the Mint Julep. Opposite: The Silver
Dollar’s Mint Julep, icy cold in a silver cup.

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