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$12-20BrunchEuropean-style brunch cafe
Blue Dog Bakery and Cafe on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville bakes European-style hearth breads and runs a Sunday brunch from a Crescent Hill kitchen.
OrderCroque madame on house sourdough with a side of pickled vegetables.
TipWalk-in. Bread sells out by 13:00; arrive earlier for breakfast pastries.
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$12-18BrunchAll-day breakfast, Kentucky dinerDowntown
Wild Eggs on South Floyd Street downtown serves the Kelsey KY Brown, a breakfast take on Louisville's Hot Brown, plus biscuits and stone-ground grits.
OrderKelsey KY Brown: sourdough, roasted turkey, bacon, white cheddar mornay, fried egg.
TipWeekdays open at 06:30, weekends at 07:00. Walk east on Market Street afterwards and you are in NuLu in ten minutes.
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$18-28BrunchHotel brunch, Hot Brown
J. Graham's Cafe in the Brown Hotel serves Louisville's original Hot Brown for brunch and lunch, the open-faced turkey-and-Mornay sandwich invented.
OrderThe Hot Brown, the original 1926 recipe with house Mornay sauce.
TipWalk-in for the bar. The dining room takes reservations on Resy through the hotel.
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$8-14BrunchDiner brunch
Wagner's Pharmacy in Louisville has cooked diner breakfast since 1922, the Derby-week racetrack canteen across from Churchill Downs with breakfast plates.
OrderCountry ham, two eggs, biscuits and gravy, sweet tea.
TipWalk-in counter. Closed Mondays. Breakfast all day Sunday Weekends fill by noon.
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$22-35Brunch21c Museum Hotel brunch, bourbon
Proof on Main inside the 21c Museum Hotel runs weekend brunch with bison burgers and Ohio Valley plates, the city's most-photographed brunch room.
OrderBison burger with house pickles and a bourbon flight on the side.
TipBook on OpenTable. The bar takes walk-ins for the brunch menu.
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$10-16BrunchSouthern biscuit sandwich brunch
Biscuit Belly NuLu on East Main in Louisville stacks Southern biscuit sandwiches at the chain's original NuLu storefront, the weekend brunch counter.
OrderSweet Heat biscuit sandwich with fried chicken, plus a side of cheddar grits.
TipWalk-in only. Weekend mornings draw 20 to 40-minute waits; arrive before 09:30 to skip the queue.