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Loretto, KY · Food & Drink
TheDailyPour
Heaven Hill Debuts Phoenix, a Bourbon That Includes Rare Liquid Produced Before the Distillery’s Devastating 1996 Fire
Heaven Hill Distillery on Tuesday unveiled Heaven Hill Phoenix, a limited-edition 18-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon that blends whiskey aged for 18 years (distilled in March 2008) with a 30-year-old component distilled at the original Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery before the 1996 distillery fire. The one-time release commemorates the 30th anniversary of the blaze and […]
fastfoodclub.com
Kentucky Locals Wait In Long Lines At This Louisville Soul Food Cafeteria For Fried Chicken And Smothered Pork Chops
Some lunch lines move fast, and some lines are worth every minute you spend in them. In Louisville, one cafeteria line along Dixie Highway falls firmly into the second group. People stand there with their trays because the fried chicken and smothered pork chops keep pulling them back week after week. Hotel workers send guests there, friends drag out-of-towners there on their first night, and regulars treat it like a standing appointment.
thebourbonflight.com
1792 introduces wheated full proof bourbon at 125 proof
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (October 28, 2026)— Barton 1792 Distillery is expanding its lineup with 1792 Wheated Full Proof Bourbon, a new 125-proof expression that builds on the wheated recipe behind 1792 Sweet Wheat. The bourbon will be available beginning in November in California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. The...
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Pursuit Spirits Experience Named North America’s Leading Bourbon Distillery Tour
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People Travel From Every Corner Of Kentucky Just To Eat At This Hole-In-The-Wall Restaurant
There’s a strip mall in Lexington, Kentucky, hiding one of the most talked-about delis in the entire state, and the sign out front barely gives it away. Dad’s Favorites Deli is the kind of place that makes you question every fancy restaurant you’ve ever paid too much money to eat at.
hoodline.com
Serai Brings Malaysian Flavors to a 200-Year-Old Clifton Tollhouse
A nearly 200-year-old brick building on Frankfort Avenue that once served as a toll house along the old Frankfort Pike now holds something entirely new: a Malaysian-rooted kitchen grinding its own spice pastes from scratch. Serai, the restaurant from chef and owner Sebastian Moh, has opened in Louisville's Clifton neighborhood, bringing flavors from Malaysia, Thailand and China to a space long associated with Italian comfort food.
everafterinthewoods.com
Locals Say This Kentucky Buffet Is Worth Every Bite And Every Mile
A Korean buffet where the kimchi is made in-house? That alone deserves a road trip. Most buffets lean on fried rice and hope. This one stacks bulgogi, spicy pork, japchae, and kimbap side by side. A separate spread of banchan and soups waits nearby. I can’t imagine a better way...
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This Unassuming Kentucky Eatery Is Home To The Best Burgers You’ll Ever Taste
Some places don’t need a fancy sign or a velvet rope to tell you they’re special, and Burger Girl Diner in Louisville, Kentucky is exactly that kind of place. The moment you pull into the parking lot, something shifts in your brain, like a little alarm goes off that says, “Pay attention, because this matters.”
The Courier Journal
Retro Louisville: Burger Queen restaurants rebrand as Druther's
Its name may look like a combination of two fast food restaurants, but the former Louisville-based chain known as Burger Queen had a unique style of its own. Burger Queen was founded in Florida in the 1950s before partners James Gannon and George and John Clark bought the company and opened the first Louisville-area location in 1963. The business grew to 175 restaurants by 1980. Burger Queen sold not only hamburgers, but also fried chicken, fish, salad and breakfast items. An agreement with Dairy Queen prevented Burger Queen from selling ice cream. Burger Queen changed its name to Druther's in the early 1980s, but not because of any pressures from Burger King or Dairy Queen. At the time, company leaders told The Courier Journal that burger sales were accounting for less than 25% of the chain's diverse menu, making the Burger Queen name a marketing liability. Under the Druther's name, the restaurant chain lasted about a decade. Dozens of restaurants were converted to Dairy Queen franchises starting in 1990. There were 34 Druther's locations operating in 1991, according to one Courier Journal report, but as of October 2026, only one Druther's location in Campbellsville, at 101 N. Columbia Ave., remains
Only In Your State
This Kentucky Joint Serves the State's Best Wings, and the Recipe Is Actually Trademarked
Trademarked bar food is not a thing you run into often. Mark’s Famous Honeywings™ carry that little symbol after the name, which means somebody at this Louisville barbecue institution thought the recipe was worth protecting back when the first plates started going out in 1988. Esquire apparently agreed. When the magazine went state by state […]