Twin neighbourhoods south of Bardstown Road built by 19th-century German immigrants, with Monnik Beer Co and Hammerheads anchoring the modern food scene.
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Order The lamb ribs and a pork-belly slider, plus a local draft.
Hammerheads in Louisville packs forty seats into a Germantown basement on Swan Street, running smoked lamb ribs and pork sliders out of an open kitchen.
Order Cornmeal-fried catfish and gumbo, with a bourbon flight from the 300-bottle wall.
North of Bourbon on Goss Avenue in Louisville cooks Louisiana-rooted Southern plates with over 300 bourbons in a Germantown room named to The New York Times.
Order A pretzel with house beer cheese and a flight of four house beers.
Monnik Beer Co. on East Burnett in Louisville brews Belgian-inspired beer in a Schnitzelburg brewpub, the neighbourhood's Friday-night beer-hall headquarters.
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