5 soul food rooms in Louisville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Louisville | Soul Food across every city.
Soul food and Southern cooking sit close to the heart of Louisville's dining identity. 610 Magnolia on Magnolia Avenue in Old Louisville and North of Bourbon on Goss Avenue in Germantown both build on Southern technique, while Proof on Main and J. Graham's Cafe downtown work the same traditions into their menus.
610 Magnolia ★ 4.8
old-louisville · 610 Magnolia Avenue, Louisville, KY 40208
Edward Lee's 610 Magnolia in Louisville runs a weekly tasting menu out of an Old Louisville Victorian, the chef's Southern-Korean flagship since 2003.
Proof on Main ★ 4.6
downtown · 702 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202
Proof on Main in Louisville pairs chef Cody Stone's Ohio Valley plates with a deep bourbon list, set inside the 21c Museum Hotel on West Main Street.
Lou Lou on Market ★ 4.3
nulu · 812 East Market Street, Louisville, KY 40206
Lou Lou on Market in Louisville moved into the former Decca space, a New Orleans-rooted NuLu kitchen running shrimp and grits and Bananas Foster.
J. Graham's Cafe ★ 4.6
downtown · 335 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202
J. Graham's Cafe in the Brown Hotel serves Louisville's original Hot Brown, the open-faced turkey-and-Mornay sandwich invented here in 1926.
North of Bourbon ★ 4.6
germantown · 935 Goss Avenue, Louisville, KY 40217
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.